#gothic

Ellen Cheshire

Jan 18, 20191 min read

Gothic Study Day

On 9 February 2019 I led a Study Day on Gothic Cinema at Saffron Screen. In the morning I gave an overview of Film Form and Gothic...

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

Jan 3, 20171 min read

My Top 10 Films of 2016

My Top 10 Films of 2016 were... Hail, Caesar! Written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Florence Foster Jenkins...

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

Nov 10, 20155 min read

Gothic inspirations

In many of the reviews for Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak critics made reference to Horace Walpole’s novel The Castle of Otranto as...