Ellen Cheshire
#52FilmsByWomen - 6th 'Year' of films Directed by Women
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...
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Ellen Cheshire
Jun 27, 20207 min
A - Z of films Directed by Women
Following on from May's #30DayFilmChallenge where I enjoyed revisiting films in my collection which I'd not watched in some time, in June...
Ellen Cheshire
Jun 7, 20203 min
#52FilmsByWomen - 5th Year of films Directed by Women
Well the good news is that each 'year' it is getting easier to find films directed by women, on the down side they still only represent a...
Ellen Cheshire
Apr 30, 20202 min
Happy Birthday Jane Campion.
On Jane Campion's birthday, I thought I'd take some time-out to trace my history and fascination with her extraordinary body of work. I...
Ellen Cheshire
Mar 8, 20202 min
20 Films Directed by Women since 2000
In celebration of International Women's Day, I've set myself the challenge to pick one film a year, directed by a woman since 2000....
Ellen Cheshire
Oct 14, 20194 min
#52FilmsByWomen - 4th Year of films Directed by Women
The #52FilmsByWomen pledge was started in 2015 by Los Angeles’ Women in Film, an organisation dedicated to promoting equal opportunities...
Ellen Cheshire
Aug 22, 20194 min
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...
Ellen Cheshire
Aug 14, 20193 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 10, 20191 min
Early Women Filmmakers: Films Directed by Women
Last night, or was it early morning I set my alarm for 0230 in order to do a radio interview with Paul Ross on his Late Late Early Early...
Ellen Cheshire
May 6, 20191 min
Perfect Night In
Neil Perryman host of podcast Perfect Night In invited me to plan my perfect night of television for his Desert Island Disc-style show......
Ellen Cheshire
Mar 29, 20191 min
Women in front of & behind the camera: an overview of films Directed by Women
This year the fabulous independent art house cinema in Chichester, the Chichester Cinema in New Park is celebrating its 40th Anniversary....
Ellen Cheshire
Dec 20, 20183 min
#52FilmsByWomen - 3rd Year of films Directed by Women
A few weeks ahead of schedule, I have completed my third year pledging to watch #52FilmsByWomen. Read blogs for Year 1 and Year 2....
Ellen Cheshire
Nov 14, 20182 min
Jane Campion - 25th Anniversary
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...
Ellen Cheshire
Oct 2, 20173 min
#52FilmsbyWomen - 2nd year of films Directed by Women
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...
Ellen Cheshire
Dec 31, 20163 min
#52FilmsbyWomen - 1st year of films Directed by Women
In 2015 I wrote a chapter on women working behind the camera in the silent film period for Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema, published in...
Ellen Cheshire
Feb 28, 20163 min
The Wachowskis: Bound (1996)
I had to do the maths twice for this, I just can't belive it is 19 years today since Bound (1996) was released in the UK. It was one of...
Ellen Cheshire
Feb 27, 20162 min
Film-making & Husband-stalking!
This month (February 2016) saw the publication of Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema by Supernova Books. I was thrilled to discover that...
Ellen Cheshire
Dec 21, 20151 min
Stories Women Tell: Films Directed by Women
There has been much written this year about women film directors and the lack of opportunities for them. So as people are pulling...
Ellen Cheshire
May 4, 20151 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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