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 ...

We asked 246 cinema owners and exhibition-affiliated professionals about the future of moviegoing and what younger audiences are demanding from the big screen experience ...

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 ...

Given that formating is so rigid, it's certainly possible that there is a correlation between page count and screen time. Writers do not have much scope to change the length of their Scene headings, ...

Grab a cup of tea - this is a long one. It’s rare for filmmakers to get a candid look at the books of someone else’s film but, thanks to the generosity of Marcus Markou, that’s exactly what you'll get ...

Boy, it’s an exciting time to be in the film business. (Utterly terrifying, confusing, and uncertain but also, you know… exciting!). Many of its long-established norms are being challenged, and new ...

Today, I'm going to tackle a couple of related topics which seem to come up frequently in reader questions and comments - how is a cinema's box office income distributed, and how much of it ends up ...