Journal

Thoughts on cinema, technology, and the invisible threads that connect them.

The Importance of Physical Media: Cinema’s Safety Net

The Importance of Physical Media: Cinema’s Safety Net

Physical media once provided cinema with a financial safety net, allowing films to fail, recover, and find audiences over time. As streaming has replaced ownership with licensing, that tolerance for delayed success has quietly disappeared.

Physical MediaDistributionStreaming
Seven Degrees of Collaboration: Beyond Kevin Bacon

Seven Degrees of Collaboration: Beyond Kevin Bacon

Looking beyond the poster. Current discovery algorithms emphasise the big-named cast and crew. They see the Director and the Stars, but miss the Crafts. We are building a new kind of graph – one that traces the careers of the thousands of invisible artisans who shape the art form – to prove that the best way to find your next favorite film is to follow the crew, not the cast.

MethodologyGraph TheoryDiscovery