Ellen Cheshire

Crucial 21st Century Cinema #Crucial21DbW is #DirectedbyWomen's fantastic initiative for 2019. Every day they are publishing a blog post...

On 9 February 2019 I led a Study Day on Gothic Cinema at Saffron Screen. In the morning I gave an overview of Film Form and Gothic...

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...

Narrowing down my top 10 films to just 10 was really tough. Could have easily been a top 20! And there's still some films that have been...

A few weeks ahead of schedule, I have completed my third year pledging to watch #52FilmsByWomen. Read blogs for Year 1 and Year 2....

Back in May 2013 I started working on Taschen's The Charlie Chaplin Archives edited by Paul Duncan. This was an amazing project for which I had to trace Chaplin's life from birth through to 1915/16 for the first three chapters of the book which covered his early life/stage career, his first year in Hollywood at Keystone and this second year at Essanay before handing over to other researchers/writers. Following this I have given a number of talk on Chaplin's early career, hi

Margaret Lockwood was one of Britain’s biggest 1940s film stars. She was best known for her roles in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and The...

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...

2018 saw the publication of my book In the Scene: Jane Campion (Supernova Books/Aurora Metro, 2018). A book that has been 25 years in the...

Just over a hundred years ago, on 5 April 1916 Eldred Peck was born in San Diego, California. After graduating from Berkeley with a BA...

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

250 years ago, on an abandoned patch of land near London’s Waterloo, showman, entrepreneur and equestrian rider Philip Astley drew out a...

On this day 25 years ago Audrey Hepburn sadly passed away. But let's not dwell on this sad end, as this year is the 70th anniversary of...

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

My Top 10 Films of 2017... The Handmaiden Directed by Park Chan-wook Get Out Directed by Jordan Peele Lady Macbeth Directed by William...

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...

In January 2016 I pledged to watch #52FilmsbyWomen, as the end of the year approached I had to cram in extra film screenings to meet my...

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...

With all this talk of Guy Ritchie's live action version of Disney's Aladdin, thought I'd re-visit the original.. Aladdin 1992. 90min....

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