John Ellis
@profjohnellis.bsky.social
TV and British film. Editor of View. Chair of Learning on Screen. Emeritus prof at Royal Holloway. Allotment holder and occasional birdwatcher. Once a TV producer at www.largedoorltd.com
Unexpected treat on UK’s @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social catch up service: Raoul Walsh’s 1930 western The Big Trail, a confident early sound movie shot in 70mm. A beautiful crisp b&w print for a change. A real revelation… and a young John Wayne too.
August 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Unexpected treat on UK’s @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social catch up service: Raoul Walsh’s 1930 western The Big Trail, a confident early sound movie shot in 70mm. A beautiful crisp b&w print for a change. A real revelation… and a young John Wayne too.
Amazed to be one of the 99 asked to comment on David Attenborough’s 99th birthday. There’s simply no one else like him! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
May 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Amazed to be one of the 99 asked to comment on David Attenborough’s 99th birthday. There’s simply no one else like him! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
In 1720 the nuns of the Convent of St Paul in Tavira Portugal commissioned an altarpiece showing the Last Judgement. Their choice for eternal damnation: priests, a bishop, a bureaucrat and a king…#womensart
March 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In 1720 the nuns of the Convent of St Paul in Tavira Portugal commissioned an altarpiece showing the Last Judgement. Their choice for eternal damnation: priests, a bishop, a bureaucrat and a king…#womensart
How can audiovisual archives respond to the new forms of content discovery that have developed from googling and streaming? VIEW’s new edition explores through interviews with archivists, fresh research and reconceptualisation. viewjournal.eu/30/volume/13...
February 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How can audiovisual archives respond to the new forms of content discovery that have developed from googling and streaming? VIEW’s new edition explores through interviews with archivists, fresh research and reconceptualisation. viewjournal.eu/30/volume/13...
For some of our neighbours, Christmas seems to be over already. To everyone else, have a good one!
December 25, 2024 at 9:35 AM
For some of our neighbours, Christmas seems to be over already. To everyone else, have a good one!
My late friend Thomas Elsaesser’s archive is now online. A real original thinker about cinema
October 28, 2023 at 7:45 AM
My late friend Thomas Elsaesser’s archive is now online. A real original thinker about cinema
Check out the new website for Learning on Screen!
Sign in as a member (if your U.K. uni or college has paid up) and you’ll be amazed at the goodies available. Everything from dependable copyright advice to massive TV and film databases… plus BoB of course
www.learningonscreen.ac.uk
Sign in as a member (if your U.K. uni or college has paid up) and you’ll be amazed at the goodies available. Everything from dependable copyright advice to massive TV and film databases… plus BoB of course
www.learningonscreen.ac.uk
October 27, 2023 at 11:47 AM
Check out the new website for Learning on Screen!
Sign in as a member (if your U.K. uni or college has paid up) and you’ll be amazed at the goodies available. Everything from dependable copyright advice to massive TV and film databases… plus BoB of course
www.learningonscreen.ac.uk
Sign in as a member (if your U.K. uni or college has paid up) and you’ll be amazed at the goodies available. Everything from dependable copyright advice to massive TV and film databases… plus BoB of course
www.learningonscreen.ac.uk