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, 2020
- 5 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, 2019
- 3 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, 2015
- 3 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, 2015
- 3 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, 2015
- 3 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, 2015
- 2 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, 2015
- 2 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, 2015
- 2 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, 2015
- 3 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, 2015
- 2 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, 2015
- 6 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, 2015
- 1 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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