Ellen Cheshire

On 28 June 2020 I started a new viewing project: #1930to2020. Each day I’d watch at least one film from that day’s year. Over the past...

Based on Rudyard Kipling’s stories about Mowgli, the man cub. The Jungle Book was the last full length feature film to be produced under...

After twenty years of Walt Disney’s personal requests to the author the Mary Poppins stories P L Travers finally gave in and agreed that...

What a thrill and honour it was to have been asked by Robin Write, Editor in Chief of Filmotomy, if I'd be on the Jury for this year's...

Continuing my #52FilmsByWomen pledge that I started in 2015. This is now my 6th ‘year’, year being such a loose term as I have watched...

Peter Pan, based on the play by James M Barrie, about a boy who is reluctant to grow up, would seem an ideal project for Walt Disney, a...

The Secret People (1952) Cast: Valentina Cortese (Maria Brentano), Audrey Hepburn (Nora), Serge Reggiani (Louis), Michael Allan (Rodd),...

I am always looking for new ways to accessing my film collection, and selecting what to choose online, so on 28 June 2020 I started a new...

Following on from May's #30DayFilmChallenge where I enjoyed revisiting films in my collection which I'd not watched in some time, in June...

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...

On the 1st May I spotted this #30DayFilmChallenge on twitter and thought that it would be fun challenge to both choose the films, and...

I've been doing a #30DayFilmChallenge, and day 20 is a 'Film that changed your life'. It was a tough one as I couldn't initially recall a...

Well I’ve reached a milestone – the big 5-0. And what would any self-respecting film fan do to commemorate this? Make a list, of course!...

One of my fave podcasts, The Cinematologists, recently celebrated its 100th episode. I've been a fan from the outset enjoying both the...

On Jane Campion's birthday, I thought I'd take some time-out to trace my history and fascination with her extraordinary body of work. I...

3 Years ago on the 23 April 2017, I was present at an historic event. After 30 years, director David Leland was reunited with Emily...

In celebration of International Women's Day, I've set myself the challenge to pick one film a year, directed by a woman since 2000....

In 1990 Gérard Depardieu, the darling of the French cinema for 20 or so years, became an international star with the release of Cyrano de...

Wow! Congratulations to Bong Joon-Ho and the Parasite creative team on their victory at the Oscars. Parasite is a well-deserving winner....

On the 9 Janaury 2020 the Bognor Regis Picturedrome celebrated 100 years as a cinema, with a fabulous Black Tie event... Here's an...