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Ellen Cheshire

Feb 19, 20191 min read

My Oscar predictions for 2019

As you know I love a bio-pic - so much so that I wrote a book on them! Bio-Pics: a life in pictures Last year I was mourning the lack of...

Ellen Cheshire

Jan 7, 20192 min read

Rapturous applause for actors plays real people

Last year I wrote a blog asking whether the Academy Awards had fallen out of love with Bio-Pics, as nominations and wins were down on...

Ellen Cheshire

Jan 3, 20192 min read

My Top 10 Films of 2018

Narrowing down my top 10 films to just 10 was really tough. Could have easily been a top 20! And there's still some films that have been...

Ellen Cheshire

Mar 6, 20185 min read

Have the Oscars fallen out of love with the Bio-Pic?

Actors appearing in Bio-Pics or films based on a true story have once again had a strong presence in the Oscar nominations for the 90th Acad

Ellen Cheshire

Jan 4, 20182 min read

War on Film

Is it any surprise that Darkest Hour (2017) is doing better at the Box Office and in Award Ceremonies than Churchill (2017). Darkest...

Ellen Cheshire

Apr 6, 20173 min read

Behind the Gothic Candelabra

Last month I graduated with a MA in Gothic: Culture, Subculture, Counterculture from St Mary's University Twickenham. The University is...

Ellen Cheshire

Aug 10, 20163 min read

Face 2 Face: Films featuring plastic surgery (a Gothic reading)

Next month I will be giving a conference paper on films featuring plastic surgery which is part of my research for my MA in Gothic...

Ellen Cheshire

Jul 15, 20163 min read

Iris Murdoch Remembered

Today (15 July) would have been Iris Murdoch's 97th Birthday. Born in 1919 she died aged 80 in 1999. In my book Bio-Pics: a life in...