I crunched eight years of Wikipedia data and 10 million reviews across nine Oscar-winning countries and 12,267 films to find out whether the Parasite effect was real or not.

I crunched the running times of 36,431 movies to work out why it feels like movies are getting longer, and to test the theory ...

For most of movie history, a movie had one producer. In the 1940s and 1950s, the vast majority of movies credited just one producer. Even through the 1970s, producer teams were small and stable. That ...

Today we’re going sonic. Not, not that one - we’re moving on to the audio of movies. I built a system to identify every sound event from almost 2,000 action movies made over the past 75 years. We’re ...

Earlier this year, YouTuber Markiplier released Iron Lung, a $3.6 million horror film he wrote, directed, edited, and stars in. The film went on to gross more than $50 million at the worldwide box ...

It’s a common claim that movies today feel more intense than they used to. In a world of multiple screens, endless distractions and an attention span of… wait ...

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 ...

This month, the 25th anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring has brought all three extended editions back to cinemas again, many in IMAX. The box office grosses for last weekend looks to be north of ...

This is part one of a two-part deep dive into how the film industry is changing. This one focuses on the adverse effects, with the follow-up next week focusing on the positives. So strap in, this is ...