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Can media coverage predict who wins an Oscar?
I analysed fifteen years of Oscar nominees to see whether the most-mentioned contenders in the trades tend to go on to win.
Dec 11
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Stephen Follows
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What types of films are critic-proof?
I crunched the numbers on 8,190 movies to discover which types stay profitable even when the critics are unkind.
Dec 8
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Why are modern films framing actors’ faces differently than they used to?
Using data from over 3,655 movies, I've discovered that directors are increasingly framing their character shots differently.
Dec 4
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Which films are becoming new Christmas classics?
Using ten years of data from 160,000 films, I looked at how audience behaviour shifts each December to reveal the emerging Christmas classic movies.
Dec 1
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November 2025
Does narrative coherence affect a film’s financial performance?
A deep dive into how over 10,000 movies and millions of audience signals help us work out if making sense makes cents.
Nov 24
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Stephen Follows
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How many film festivals reject films already online?
Last month, I looked at how many film festivals still insist on premiere status, and found that most don’t.
Nov 20
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Stephen Follows
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No-one knows how much movies cost to make anymore
The film industry has largely stopped sharing production budgets, leaving less than 4% of movies with any public data, and when tested, many of the…
Nov 10
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Are movies with fewer producers better?
I crunched the data on 75,903 producing credits across 8,415 films in order to discover whether more producers lead to better movies or not.
Nov 6
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October 2025
Does thanking too many people in the credits indicate a movie is bad?
A few years ago, David Wilkinson got in touch to ask for advice on his crowdfunding campaign. One of the topics he wanted to chat about was the ‘cost…
Oct 27
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Stephen Follows
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What do film critics think of film festival standing ovations?
I analysed 1,941 trade press articles and spoke to leading critics to uncover whether standing ovations actually mean anything.
Oct 24
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Stephen Follows
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Do most film festivals require premiere status?
I studied the rules of 10,549 film festivals to see how many still insist on a premiere and how many don’t.
Oct 20
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Stephen Follows
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What’s the biggest barrier to cinema-going?
There is a hard truth about cinema-going that many in the exhibition sector don’t seem to want to admit.
Oct 15
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Stephen Follows
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