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Ellen Cheshire
Nov 20, 20181 min read
Hitler's Propaganda Machine
Almost 10 years ago in 2009, I wrote a chapter on German WWII films for Under Fire: a century of war movies. Last year I was interviewed...
Ellen Cheshire
Nov 14, 20182 min read
Jane Campion - 25th Anniversary
2018 saw the publication of my book In the Scene: Jane Campion (Supernova Books/Aurora Metro, 2018). A book that has been 25 years in the...
Ellen Cheshire
Apr 5, 20185 min read
Remembering Gregory Peck
Just over a hundred years ago, on 5 April 1916 Eldred Peck was born in San Diego, California. After graduating from Berkeley with a BA...
Ellen Cheshire
Mar 6, 20185 min read
Have the Oscars fallen out of love with the Bio-Pic?
Actors appearing in Bio-Pics or films based on a true story have once again had a strong presence in the Oscar nominations for the 90th Acad
Ellen Cheshire
Feb 4, 20182 min read
#Circus250
250 years ago, on an abandoned patch of land near London’s Waterloo, showman, entrepreneur and equestrian rider Philip Astley drew out a...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 20, 20182 min read
Audrey Hepburn: Dutch in 7 Lessons (1948)
On this day 25 years ago Audrey Hepburn sadly passed away. But let's not dwell on this sad end, as this year is the 70th anniversary of...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 4, 20182 min read
War on Film
Is it any surprise that Darkest Hour (2017) is doing better at the Box Office and in Award Ceremonies than Churchill (2017). Darkest...
Ellen Cheshire
Jan 3, 20181 min read
My Top 10 Films of 2017
My Top 10 Films of 2017... The Handmaiden Directed by Park Chan-wook Get Out Directed by Jordan Peele Lady Macbeth Directed by William...
Ellen Cheshire
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Ken Russell's Elgar
55 years ago in November 1962, Ken Russell’s documentary on Elgar for BBC’s Monitor series caused quite a stir but has since achieved...
Ellen Cheshire
Oct 2, 20173 min read
#52FilmsbyWomen - 2nd year of films Directed by Women
In January 2016 I pledged to watch #52FilmsbyWomen, as the end of the year approached I had to cram in extra film screenings to meet my...
Ellen Cheshire
Aug 4, 20172 min read
Hue and Cry - the first Ealing comedy
As someone who writes and lectures about film I am frequently asked what my favourite film is, and it is a really tough question. There...
Ellen Cheshire
Jul 21, 20172 min read
Aladdin Revisited
With all this talk of Guy Ritchie's live action version of Disney's Aladdin, thought I'd re-visit the original.. Aladdin 1992. 90min....
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
Feb 21, 20173 min read
Rescuing The Rescuers
40 years ago I fell for Disney's The Rescuers, I recall pushing my baby brother in his pushchair to the local shop while I bought more...
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
Dec 31, 20163 min read
#52FilmsbyWomen - 1st year of films Directed by Women
In 2015 I wrote a chapter on women working behind the camera in the silent film period for Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema, published in...
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
Jul 15, 20163 min read
Iris Murdoch Remembered
Today (15 July) would have been Iris Murdoch's 97th Birthday. Born in 1919 she died aged 80 in 1999. In my book Bio-Pics: a life in...
Ellen Cheshire
Feb 28, 20163 min read
The Wachowskis: Bound (1996)
I had to do the maths twice for this, I just can't belive it is 19 years today since Bound (1996) was released in the UK. It was one of...
Ellen Cheshire
Feb 27, 20162 min read
Film-making & Husband-stalking!
This month (February 2016) saw the publication of Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema by Supernova Books. I was thrilled to discover that...
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