Ellen Cheshire

A recent twitter question about the first film you saw in cinemas, brought to mind my first visit, on 22 February 1974 to the Muswell...

Today is the 17 May 2021, and across the UK cinemas are re-opening. And boy, have I missed going to the cinema! Over the past year I have...

Well, with the notional 'year' element that came with the #52FilmsByWomen pledge out the window, this is now my 9th batch of 52 "films"...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is an innovative and hugely entertaining film. You can easily forgive the holes in the plot and one-dimensional...

February is #LGBTHistoryMonth and I am focusing my film watching on LGBTQ films. Check out my diary at letterboxd. After the epic Ben Hur...

In 1914 George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion was first staged - a huge furore broke out when Eliza Doolittle uttered the line “I washed...

Re-watching Spartacus today in remembrance of Jean Simmons who died on this day (22 January) in 2010, I was reminded that I'd written an...

Edgar Allan Poe's name is synonymous with horror and detective fiction. He is considered to be the father of both the detective story,...

In celebration of International Women's Day in March 2020, I set myself the challenge to pick one film a year, directed by a woman since...

Using letterboxd for the first time in 2020 I began logging all films in the diary, making a list of those #DirectedbyWomen. Thereby...

What with a broken ankle at the start of 2020 followed by a pandemic/lockdown/working from home, probably watched more films in 2020 than...

With the additional time saved from working from home and money saved from not going out, I have been watching more films at home, a mix...

With limited access to cinemas, I'm still having fun discovering new films and revisiting old favourites at home. Back in June 2020 I...

With limited access to cinemas, I'm still having fun discovering new films and revisiting old favourites at home. Back in June 2020 I...

Today is Ang Lee's birthday, and as his films have been a big part of my life for the past 20 years (and this year in particular) I...

With rumours that Disney are planning a live-action re-make of Tarzan (1999) starring Ryan Reynolds, thought it an opportune time to go...

Loosely based on Victor Hugos’ 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris, Disney’s adaptation of his pot-boiler is a brave one as it remains loyal...

2020 is the 55th anniversary of Diana Rigg's first appearance as Emma Peel in the British TV show The Avengers. As a teen in the 1980s I...

And so the 5th Femme Film Festival is over for another year, but don't worry you can still view many of the shorts, and catch up on news,...

With my In the Scene: Ang Lee book now out (woo hoo!), here are some of my fave moments and performances. Do get in touch if you'd like...