Cinema operators and industry insiders reflect on the state of theatrical recovery, revealing cost-cutting, programming ...

I studied the subtitles of over 60,000 films and found that some genres almost always shape the tone, even in hybrids.

Tyler Perry built his entire career by noticing the audiences that Hollywood consistently overlooked. From his first stage plays touring the “ Chitlin' Circuit ” to blockbuster film franchises ...

I looked at admissions data from over 30 countries to see who’s back at the cinema and who’s still missing. The answers say more about national culture and policy than just COVID.

Given that formating is so rigid, it's certainly possible that there is a correlation between page count and screen time. Writers do not have much scope to change the length of their Scene headings, ...

Last year I published a study which showed that sex on screen has declined by almost 40% over the past quarter-century.. At the time, I was asked whether we could see a comparable decline in levels of ...

In order to answer this question in more detail, I built four datasets (all looking at 1999 to 2018): " All movies" - Every single movie made worldwide and listed on online movie listing sites. " ...

The WGA strictly regulates the way in which writers can be credited on live action films, meaning that on average, each film had 3.5 writers. Animated films are not covered by the WGA agreement with ...

Last week on Twitter I was asked about the average director's career and how many directors get to make a second film. This was sparked by some research I conducted a while ago on the average careers ...