Ellen Cheshire
Ellen's Year in Film: 2023
With thanks to @letterboxd pro stats, compiling this end of year film lists so much simpler. I logged 832 films this year, 606...
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Ellen Cheshire
Mar 24, 20233 min read
#52FilmsByWomen - 16th batch of 52 films Directed by Women
I think this may well be the fastest watch of 52 films #DirectedbyWomen. With the 15th batch of 52 completed on 29 January, here's the...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 29, 20232 min read
#52FilmsByWomen - 15th batch of 52 films Directed by Women
With the notional 'year' element that came with the #52FilmsByWomen pledge out the window, this is now my 15th batch of 52 films since...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 1, 20233 min read
Ellen's Year in Film: 2022
With thanks to @letterboxd pro stats, compiling this end of year film lists so much simpler. I logged 756 films this year, 596...
Ellen Cheshire
Oct 4, 20222 min read
#DirectedbyWomen 1939 - 1896 - behind the scenes
Back in March 2022, for International Women's Day, I did a blog, #DirectedbyWomen 2000 -2021- Stories Women Tell, where I selected a...
Ellen Cheshire
Jul 29, 20223 min read
#52FilmsByWomen - 13th 'Year' of films Directed by Women
With the notional 'year' element that came with the #52FilmsByWomen pledge out the window, this is now my 13th batch of 52 films since...
Ellen Cheshire
May 19, 20222 min read
#DirectedbyWomen 1969 - 1940 - make a connection with these films
For International Women's Day I did a blog, #DirectedbyWomen 2000 -2021- Stories Women Tell, where I selected a single film per year,...
Ellen Cheshire
Apr 11, 20221 min read
#DirectedbyWomen 1970 - 1999 - be a cheerleader for these films!
For International Women's Day I did a blog, Stories Women Tell: Films #DirectedbyWomen 2000 -2021, where I selected a single film per...
Ellen Cheshire
Mar 8, 20222 min read
#DirectedbyWomen 2000-2021 - stories Women Tell: Films
The theme for International Women's Day 2022 is #BreakingtheBias, where we are asked to: Imagine a gender equal world... A world free of...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 5, 20212 min read
21 Films #DirectedbyWomen since 2000
In celebration of International Women's Day in March 2020, I set myself the challenge to pick one film a year, directed by a woman since...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 3, 20213 min read
2020's 222 Films #DirectedbyWomen
Using letterboxd for the first time in 2020 I began logging all films in the diary, making a list of those #DirectedbyWomen. Thereby...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Five Lists: #TopTenFilms2020
What with a broken ankle at the start of 2020 followed by a pandemic/lockdown/working from home, probably watched more films in 2020 than...
Ellen Cheshire
Jun 27, 20207 min read
A - Z of films Directed by Women
Following on from May's #30DayFilmChallenge where I enjoyed revisiting films in my collection which I'd not watched in some time, in June...
Ellen Cheshire
Jun 7, 20203 min read
#52FilmsByWomen - 5th Year of films Directed by Women
Well the good news is that each 'year' it is getting easier to find films directed by women, on the down side they still only represent a...
Ellen Cheshire
Oct 14, 20194 min read
#52FilmsByWomen - 4th Year of films Directed by Women
The #52FilmsByWomen pledge was started in 2015 by Los Angeles’ Women in Film, an organisation dedicated to promoting equal opportunities...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 24, 20191 min read
Directed by Women - Crucial 21st Century Cinema
Crucial 21st Century Cinema #Crucial21DbW is #DirectedbyWomen's fantastic initiative for 2019. Every day they are publishing a blog post...
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