Ellen Cheshire

Jane Campion was born on this day in 1954. To celebrate this great filmmaker make May the month where you'll catch up with her short...

In preparation for a talk in June 2024 on film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays for Chichester Literary Society last year I asked on...

Here's the 19th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between December...

Welcome, fellow film fans to the most eagerly anticipated awards show of the year—the Oscars! As we eagerly await the grand night when...

It’s January 2024, and time to rewind back to 1974 as I watch seven films from that year that I’ve never seen before. Plus, a revisit of...

I've started a podcast with two friends, James Clarke and Paul Tonks, check out Excellent Adventures: The Time Travel Movie Podcast on...

With thanks to @letterboxd pro stats, compiling this end of year film lists so much simpler. I logged 832 films this year, 606...

Here's the 18th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between August...

In 2024 I'm planning a nostalgic journey to revisit the 21 live performances & 30 films I saw at the cinema in 1984. Join me ...

Earlier this year I was asked to write the lead essay for the BFI's release of Ken Russell's Gothic. Written by Stephen Volk it's a wild...

In my quest to visit theatres I've not been to before, this week I found myself at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park to see an adaptation...

One of my planned stopping off points in Spain was the port city of A Coruña on the Northwest coast. If people have heard of A Coruña at...

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry opened in 1997. When the fishing industry in the city...

Today is the last day working for a charity based in Colindale which saw me visiting North and North West London on occasion for work...

A teaching gig in Gerrards Cross and the desire to see Giffords Circus which at the time was pitched in Barrington, Oxfordshire saw me...

I had longed heard of Giffords Circus, and work gig that was (sort of) in the direction of their stint in Barrington, Oxfordshire gave me...

Here's the 17th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between March -...

The Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in the East Sussex village of Ditchling has long been on my To Visit list. When I spotted that their...

A stint of cat sitting coincided with a special opening event of the Brighton Hippodrome, which is undergoing extensive restoration. I...

Circus Zyair set up their Big Top and accompanying bar in Oaklands Park, Chichester. Wending our way past the Chichester Festival Theatre...