I read all 68 pages of the patent behind Ben Affleck’s stealth AI start-up that Netflix just bought in order to understand ...

I studied the dialogue in 64,332 movies released between 1940 and 2022. Each movie’s writing was scored using four metrics, ...

Hollywood cinema is not known to be a bastion of truth. It’s a place where entertainment and expediency are prioritised over accuracy and authenticity. It's frequently claimed that NASA uses the 1998 ...

The Film Data Scientist returns to dig into what it means for a movie to be "dumb", and how movies are changing in this regard.

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Colour is one of the quickest ways a poster can tell you what kind of film it’s selling. Before you’ve read the title or registered the actors, your brain has already clocked the palette and filed it ...

Netflix’s patents offer a rare glimpse into the future that major streamers are building for film and television. While much of the industry debates box office figures and windowing, Netflix’s filings ...

Note: This week I will be at the Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market. If you want to grab a coffee, drop me a line. Last year I published a study which showed that sex on screen has declined ...