Ellen Cheshire
Operation Fascination: Diana Rigg
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...
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Ellen Cheshire
May 20, 20205 min
How Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala changed my life.
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...
Ellen Cheshire
Aug 14, 20193 min
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
Jun 4, 20153 min
Triumph or Travesty? Fabulous or Folly? Heavenly or Horrific?
It’s been 75 years since Disney’s Fantasia was released, and 15 years since Fantasia 2000 so I thought it time to re-visit them. Fantasia...
Ellen Cheshire
Jun 2, 20153 min
Austen and Ang Lee
Ahead of Thursday's screening of Sense and Sensibilty as part of Worthing WOW's Jane Austen season here's an extract from the chapter on...
Ellen Cheshire
Jun 1, 20153 min
A King Among Queens: Linda Thorson and The Avengers
A few years back Linda Thorson, who played Tara King in 33 episodes of The Avengers in 1968-69, very kindly responded to some email...
Ellen Cheshire
May 28, 20152 min
Everybody can Can-Can!
On Monday evening I was channel hopping and found Moulin Rouge had just started on Movie Mix, "I'll watch of bit of this" I thought - two...
Ellen Cheshire
May 21, 20152 min
Which Way? Alice in Wonderland film adaptations
150 years ago, people read for the first time Alice’s immortal line “And what is the use of a book, without pictures or conversation?” ...
Ellen Cheshire
May 14, 20152 min
City Symphonies
Last year I invested (via kickstarter) in London Symphony, a brand New Silent Film about the Culture and Diversity of London. The...
Ellen Cheshire
May 7, 20153 min
Beauty and the Beast
With the UK release of Christophe Gans new version of the Beauty and the Beast myth still a few months away, thought I'd revisit...
Ellen Cheshire
May 4, 20152 min
Esther Williams: Million Dollar Mermaid
I have always had a soft spot for the MGM musical extravaganzas of the 1950s, particularly those starring Esther Williams, the swimming...
Ellen Cheshire
May 4, 20156 min
Happy Birthday Audrey Hepburn
A few years ago I had what for many people would be THE perfect job. I had to watch every single film Audrey Hepburn had ever made, for...
Ellen Cheshire
May 4, 20151 min
Not so Silent Women: Films Directed by Women
Recently I've been working on a chapter for Aurora Metro's forthcoming Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema (exploring women’s contribution...
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