Ellen Cheshire

Here's the 19th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between December...

Welcome, fellow film fans to the most eagerly anticipated awards show of the year—the Oscars! As we eagerly await the grand night when the stars dazzle brightest and cinema is honoured, it's time to indulge in some delightful predictions and share my personal favourites while shining a light on those that were unjustly overlooked. Join the conversation on X . This year's Oscar race is shaping up to be one of the most exceptional in recent memory. With nine out of ten Best Pic

It’s January 2024, and time to rewind back to 1974 as I watch seven films from that year that I’ve never seen before. Plus, a revisit of...

I've started a podcast with two friends, James Clarke and Paul Tonks, check out Excellent Adventures: The Time Travel Movie Podcast on...

With thanks to @letterboxd pro stats, compiling this end of year film lists so much simpler. I logged 832 films this year, 606 first-time watches, and 228 re-watches. 76 in cinemas, the rest at home. You can check out my letterboxd profile, cheshellen . And what a year it was! I took part in some fab online community themed watches inc #precodeapril #shocktober #noirvember . I also created some of my own film viewing projects including #JeanHagenJune and #AroundTheWorldi

Here's the 18th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between August...

In 2024 I'm planning a nostalgic journey to revisit the 21 live performances & 30 films I saw at the cinema in 1984. Join me ...

Earlier this year I was asked to write the lead essay for the BFI's release of Ken Russell's Gothic. Written by Stephen Volk it's a wild...

In my quest to visit theatres I've not been to before, this week I found myself at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park to see an adaptation...

One of my planned stopping off points in Spain was the port city of A Coruña on the Northwest coast. If people have heard of A Coruña at...

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry opened in 1997. When the fishing industry in the city...

Today is the last day working for a charity based in Colindale which saw me visiting North and North West London on occasion for work...

A teaching gig in Gerrards Cross and the desire to see Giffords Circus which at the time was pitched in Barrington, Oxfordshire saw me...

I had longed heard of Giffords Circus , and work gig that was (sort of) in the direction of their stint in Barrington, Oxfordshire gave me an opportunity to visit this 'vintage village green' circus. As you arrive their smartly covered vehicles are parked in a wide outer circle, with vintage-styled food, bars and souvenirs in an inner semi circle facing towards the big top. As we entered into the Big Top the difference between this and a more traditional circus was apparent a

Here's the 17th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films and TV watched between March -...

The Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in the East Sussex village of Ditchling has long been on my bucket list. When I spotted that their temporary exhibition this year was on seaside signage, I managed to actually get there! This exhibition, Signs of the Seaside, is on until 3 September and comprises new commissions, historic artefacts, photos, posters and books showcasing the typography of the British seaside. Although I very much enjoyed the main exhibition, I was expecting

A stint of cat sitting coincided with a special opening event of the Brighton Hippodrome, which is undergoing extensive restoration. I...

Circus Zyair set up their Big Top and accompanying bar in Oaklands Park, Chichester. Wending our way past the Chichester Festival Theatre...

On a wild and windy July day I took my pier themed handbag for a walk along the promenade at Bognor Regis, stopping for a drink at the former Pier Cinema and Pier Electric Theatre now Legends bar and Shieks Nightclub . We also passed by and admired the new (replacement) plaque dedicated to Tony Hancock outside the hotel where he stayed whilst filming Punch and Judy Man (1963). Bognor Regis Pier, Legends Bar and Shieks Nightclub The Royal Norfolk Hotel where Hancock staye

"I do like to be beside the seaside..." a perfect place, as this penny shuffle in Swanage Pier Amusement arcade calls it, for Jolly...