Ellen Cheshire
Leni Riefenstahl - documentary filmmaker or propagandist?
On this day, 22 August 1902, Leni Riefenstahl was born in Berlin. As you may have spotted from my writing and talks, I am very interested...
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Ellen Cheshire
Jan 16, 20191 min
100 Years on... Lads of the Village: from stage to silent film to court
In 1919 a film version of the hit stage show Lads of the Village lurched into cinemas. The show had been touring the UK for two years at...
Ellen Cheshire
Nov 20, 20181 min
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
Jan 4, 20182 min
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
Aug 4, 20172 min
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...
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