Ellen Cheshire

Royal bio-pics have been a mainstay of commercial cinema since its inception. Historians fear them, as ultimately, they are seen as a...

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...

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...

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

Is it any surprise that Darkest Hour (2017) is doing better at the Box Office and in Award Ceremonies than Churchill (2017). Darkest...

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...

Last month I graduated with a MA in Gothic: Culture, Subculture, Counterculture from St Mary's University Twickenham. The University is...

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...

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...

Once again actors appearing in Bio-Pics or films based on a true story have swept the Oscar nominations for the 88th Academy Awards. 4 of...