Most cinemas have not fully recovered since COVID. Cutting costs and flexible programming proved to be the most effective survival tactics. Around half of those who work in exhibition feel that the ...

I was in Munich to speak at the Creators Conference as part of the Munich Film Festival. It was a really fun project as the organisers gave me complete freedom to study any aspect of the German film ...

Margins are tight and prices have been rising for a while so this is an area for industry watchers to keep an eye on. If price sensitivity among the next generation of cinema goers rises then it could ...

Family secrets have held steady. Stoker hides a history of violence beneath a polished surface. We Need to Talk About Kevinbuilds tension around a mother’s fear of what her son truly is. The Skeleton ...

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 ...

Everyone seems to have a hot take on whether AI is going to radically transform the film industry, or is just flashy vapourware. What is certainly true is that there are already a bunch of tools on ...

Local films helped some countries fill the gap left by Hollywood delays. France bounced back faster than most thanks to a strong local film industry. With nearly 40% of 2023 admissions going to French ...

Notes Today’s data comes from MovieLens, a long-running film recommendation site created by GroupLens at the University of Minnesota. The dataset I used includes 32 million ratings by 200,000 ...