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How many Hollywood movies are made outside America?
I crunched the data behind the state of "non-American" Hollywood movies, and considered how any system of American tariffs might work.
May 5
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Was Harvey Weinstein thanked more often than God at the Oscars?
I analysed almost 2,000 Oscar speeches to discover if the claim that Harvey Weinstein was thanked more often than God is true. Plus, we'll find out…
Feb 27
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Which colours dominate movie posters and why?
I analysed 58,687 movie posters from the past century to see which colours dominate, how their use has shifted over time and what each hue signals to…
Aug 20
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What film professionals can learn from A24's business model
How a carefully balanced mix of creative risk-taking, financial discipline and audience-first thinking turned an indie studio into a cultural…
Mar 26
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Why your film can't secure distribution (from 300+ brutally honest film market professionals)
I interviewed 327 film professionals about what filmmakers get wrong when trying to secure a film distribution deal and then did not hold back with the…
Apr 11
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What Netflix’s patents reveal about the future of watching movies
I read through almost 500 Netflix patents to look at what the streaming has been tackling, building and disrupting.
Apr 30
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What cinemas are demanding of the film industry
The unvarnished truth from 246 cinema executives working on the front line of moviegoing. This is exactly what the exhibition sector wants from both…
Jul 7
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How AI tools are already changing the jobs of film professionals today
Although perhaps the biggest changes are still to come, AI tools are already reshaping how films are written, sold and made in big ways.
Jun 18
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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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What Amazon’s patent filings reveal about how filmmaking may change in the future
I dug through 7,423 Amazon patents related to video and found the ones most likely to change how filmmakers approach development, pre-production…
May 14
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The five biggest concerns facing US cinema exhibitors today
What 246 cinema professionals think about the state of theatrical exhibition, what's going wrong, and who's to blame.
Jun 1
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Can cinemas survive the next 20 years? Exhibition execs on the post-COVID recovery and beyond
Cinema operators and industry insiders reflect on the state of theatrical recovery, revealing cost-cutting, programming shifts, and ongoing uncertainty…
Jun 22
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