Attending a film festival is an exciting experience. It can also be expensive, surprising, inspiring, trying, exhausting, ...

In my previous article, I looked at the topic of Hallmark Christmas movies. It took me deep down the Hallmark rabbit hole, and I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the journey into schmaltzy, feel-good ...

I was chatting with a reader last week and the topic of movie remakes came up. Their gut feeling was that there has been a growing trend of remakes of movies from the 1970s. I had a similar feeling ...

It: Chapter Two is an unusual horror film because it’s almost three hours long. This means it is longer than 99.78% of all horror films made over the past twenty years. Earlier in the year Avengers: ...

I am working on a long-term research project looking at gender among documentarians. Previously, I’ve studied the gender split among directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, composers and ...

Of all the creative jobs involved in the making of a feature film, the role of director is perhaps the most important. It’s also the one which most clearly identifies a film. We talk about Spielberg ...

Today’s article is in response to a question from Jack Malvern at The Times. He got in touch to ask if fewer romantic comedies were being made. There has been press speculation that the “rom-com” ...

The film industry is full of under-appreciated people whose work doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Visual effects teams make movie stars look younger, body doubles make them look sexier and ...

I am currently at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), experiencing Canadian hospitality, international films and British jetlag. TIFF is a lot larger than I suspect most people realise.

Last week, it was announced that UK distributor Metrodome has gone into administration. It’s sad news for their staff, the filmmakers they worked with, the exhibitors they supplied and for all UK ...