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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 ...
Cinema operators and industry insiders reflect on the state of theatrical recovery, revealing cost-cutting, programming ...
I really must impress upon you just how much this article will ruin a bunch of movies for you. Seriously.   This article ...
This aligns with findings from the Global Cinema Survey, which revealed that 95% of respondents prefer watching movies in cinemas over streaming platforms, with a notable demand for action/adventure ...
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 ...
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 ...
The UK and Canada are the top foreign locations for studio productions. The chart below shows the percentage of movies made by Hollywood studios, which have America as a country of origin on IMDb, ...
Netflix’s recommendation engine has been key to their growth right from the start. By 2017, Wired was reporting that Netflix’s recommendation engine was driving over 80% of all viewing on the platform ...