I studied the dialogue in 64,332 movies released between 1940 and 2022. Each movie’s writing was scored using four metrics, which will allow us to see the change over time. Vocabulary variety ...

A new video from me, under The Film Data Scientist banner, examining the claim that "Go woke, go broke" applies to movies.

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 ...

I think we all suspect that if a distributor is preventing critics from reviewing a movie, it’s not because they’re so pleased with how good it is that they want to make sure the critics really enjoy ...

Next Thursday, I shall be joining many in the film community in wintry Berlin for the Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market. (If you’re going to be in Berlin too, reach out, and we can grab a ...

As another year’s European Film Market winds down, I have completed my annual round-up of what I saw, heard, and read. A major reason I attend these events is to listen to what people talk about, what ...

Over the years I have been asked why I don’t have a YouTube channel, especially given the cinematic nature of the things I study. The honest answer is just time. But over the past few months I have ...