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Ellen Cheshire
Aug 27, 20195 min read
Alice in Wonderland: Adventures into the Uncanny - part 4
This is the final post on film versions of Alice in Wonderland with a particular emphasis on the Gothic and the Uncanny, which I...
Ellen Cheshire
Aug 22, 20194 min read
Leni Riefenstahl - documentary filmmaker or propagandist?
On this day, 22 August 1902, Leni Riefenstahl was born in Berlin. As you may have spotted from my writing and talks, I am very interested...
Ellen Cheshire
Aug 14, 20193 min read
Marvellous Mira Nair
With the Chichester International Film Festival scheduling a screening of Monsoon Wedding on 20 August at 20.45 I thought I'd post a...
Ellen Cheshire
Aug 7, 20193 min read
Alice in Wonderland: Adventures into the Uncanny - part 3
This is the third of four posts on film versions of Alice in Wonderland with a particular emphasis on the Gothic and the Uncanny, which I...
Ellen Cheshire
Jul 30, 20193 min read
Alice in Wonderland: Adventures into the Uncanny - part 2
This is the second of four posts on film versions of Alice in Wonderland with a particular emphasis on the Gothic and the Uncanny, which...
Ellen Cheshire
Jul 16, 20196 min read
Alice in Wonderland: Adventures into the Uncanny - part 1
I have long been interested in film versions of Alice in Wonderland, well with the surname Cheshire how could I not be! Over the years I...
Ellen Cheshire
Jun 10, 20191 min read
Early Women Filmmakers: Films Directed by Women
Last night, or was it early morning I set my alarm for 0230 in order to do a radio interview with Paul Ross on his Late Late Early Early...
Ellen Cheshire
Jun 1, 20193 min read
Close Reading: Trainspotting
2018 saw the publication of Illuminate Publishing's textbook WJEC Eduqas Film Studies for A Level and AS for which I wrote a number...
Ellen Cheshire
May 6, 20191 min read
Perfect Night In
Neil Perryman host of podcast Perfect Night In invited me to plan my perfect night of television for his Desert Island Disc-style show......
Ellen Cheshire
Apr 29, 20198 min read
#CheshireonAlice 1 - 50 - Alice in Wonderland
Given my surname, I have always been a fan of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and his other writings. Over the years I...
Ellen Cheshire
Mar 29, 20191 min read
Women in front of & behind the camera: an overview of films Directed by Women
This year the fabulous independent art house cinema in Chichester, the Chichester Cinema in New Park is celebrating its 40th Anniversary....
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
Feb 1, 201919 min read
Women on British Television: Top 10 Female Icons
This feature on iconic women from British TV was commissioned for Classic Television magazine in 2001. The publication sadly folded...
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...
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
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
Dec 20, 20183 min read
#52FilmsByWomen - 3rd Year of films Directed by Women
A few weeks ahead of schedule, I have completed my third year pledging to watch #52FilmsByWomen. Read blogs for Year 1 and Year 2....
Ellen Cheshire
Nov 22, 20181 min read
Charlie Chaplin - BBC World Service
Back in May 2013 I started working on Taschen's The Charlie Chaplin Archives edited by Paul Duncan. This was an amazing project for...
Ellen Cheshire
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Blue Plaque for Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood was one of Britain’s biggest 1940s film stars. She was best known for her roles in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and The...
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