I used 3,144,427 data points to decode Emma Thompson's performance in Love Actually to understand the 'maths' of great acting ...

The total number of detected sound events per minute in action movies has been rising steadily. A modern action film packs in ...

After analysing 38 million film credits, I found 11,827 movies where one person held all four creative roles. I'm calling ...

It’s a common claim that movies today feel more intense than they used to. In a world of multiple screens, endless ...

This article is part of my ‘Big Ideas’ series, in which I explore the evolving landscape of the film industry. Each instalment combines data, research, and analysis to go deep on a trend, idea or case ...

A larger market for independent films worldwide is emerging, and I don’t think the industry has fully taken on board the consequences yet. To be clear, I think the individual forces behind this are ...

I’ve written about the data behind Hallmark movies a few times before. So it was great fun to sit down with Pulitzer prize-winning data journalist (and good friend) Walt Hickey of NumLock to talk all ...

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 has just been released, and, at the time of writing, it appears that two things are true: The critics hate it. Currently, only 12% of the 81 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are ...

This article is part of my ‘Big Ideas’ series, in which I explore the evolving landscape of the film industry. Each instalment combines data, research, and analysis to go deep on a trend, idea or case ...