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, ...

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.

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 ...

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Here is another new Film Data Scientist episode, this time looking at the claims made for and against woke movies. If the video has made you want to explore the topic a little deeper, here are some ...

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 ...