Ellen Cheshire

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...

With Sally Potter's latest film The Roads Not Taken being released in September 2020, and Orlando being curated as part of the 5th Femme...

The 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival started on Friday 28 August 2020 and over the next 10 days there's a curated programme in three...

Working from home (no commuting) and no access to cinemas has meant that in this reclaimed time I have been continuing my #52FilmsByWomen...

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

On 28 June 2020 I started a new viewing project: #1930to2020. Each day I’d watch at least one film from that day’s year. Over the past...

Based on Rudyard Kipling’s stories about Mowgli, the man cub. The Jungle Book was the last full length feature film to be produced under...

After twenty years of Walt Disney’s personal requests to the author the Mary Poppins stories P L Travers finally gave in and agreed that...

What a thrill and honour it was to have been asked by Robin Write, Editor in Chief of Filmotomy, if I'd be on the Jury for this year's...

Continuing my #52FilmsByWomen pledge that I started in 2015. This is now my 6th ‘year’, year being such a loose term as I have watched...

Peter Pan, based on the play by James M Barrie, about a boy who is reluctant to grow up, would seem an ideal project for Walt Disney, a...