I have been asked a number of times over the years to study actors and the acting profession. The interested parties tend to ...

A common belief among sales and distribution professionals is that “names sell”. As in, films starring famous actors (“names”) are more marketable than films without any famous names. But how true is ...

The first on Stuart’s list – little to no early reviews – has already been covered well by Walt Hickey over at FiveThirtyEight. In the article When Should You Buy Into A Movie’s Hype? he looked at the ...

Last week I shared some results from a survey I conducted of 542 film industry business professionals who have attended Cannes, AFM or Berlin in the past five years. I looked at their perceptions of ...

Last week, a reader reached out to ask a question around film reviews. They were discussing the critical reaction to Tenet with friends and one suggested that many of the poor reviews were unreliable ...

In the past, I have explored various facets of swearing in films, such as which country produces the most expletive-laden movies, the prevalence of swear words in different genres and how swearing can ...

Attending a film festival is an exciting experience. It can also be expensive, surprising, inspiring, trying, exhausting, exhilarating, unpredictable, frustrating ...

It: Chapter Two is an unusual horror film because it’s almost three hours long. This means it is longer than 99.78% of all horror films made over the past twenty years. Earlier in the year Avengers: ...

In the second of four articles we wrote for the American Film Market, Bruce Nash and I looked at the relative popularity of genres around the world. We studied the territorial breakdown of theatrical ...

In Cannes this year I noticed a stark increase in faith-based content being offered in the film market. It’s a strange sight to see stands offering wholesome Christian films about clean living next to ...

I am currently at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), experiencing Canadian hospitality, international films and British jetlag. TIFF is a lot larger than I suspect most people realise.