Ellen Jones

2 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Ellen Jones

The Phoenician Scheme(101 mins, 15) Directed by Wes Anderson; starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael CeraFilm lovers have long agreed to disagree: either you adore Wes Anderson’s oeuvre or you find his finicky frame design and quirky characters irritating in the extreme. Perhaps this latest movie – the film-maker’s third in two years – will break that truce? Because even the superfans must be getting a little sick of this shtick by now?

Aug 4, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Ellen Jones

‘Flat, shiny’: Zachary Levi and Benjamin Bottani in Harold and the Purple Crayon. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy Crockett Johnson’s much loved 1950s children’s books have been adapted several times before, though British viewers may be more familiar with CBBC’s Su Pollard-voiced equivalent, Penny Crayon . This time round, it’s a live-action film with animated elements, starring Zachary Levi as an adult version of the onesie-wearing, magic crayon-wielding Harold.

May 21, 2024 | epigram.org.uk | Ellen Jones |Hannah Stainbank |Aditi Hrisheekesh

By Ellen Jones, Second Year, Politics and International Relations We’re rarely more aware of the world around us than at the start of a new season, when that world begins to change. Though British spring tends to drag its heels, it’s the littlest things—flowers knuckling up through the earth, or a patch of blue sky—that announce its arrival in a cycle far bigger than us. With that in mind, here are three reads to take into the brighter, longer days of a new season.

Mar 19, 2024 | hercampus.com | Ellen Jones

The by-election in Rochdale at the end of February was a dramatic one, with the founder of the Workers Party of Britain, George Galloway, beating his Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat counterparts to electoral victory. The scale of his success was similarly staggering: Galloway received more votes than the three mainstream party candidates put together, with none of them even placing second—a position that went to an independent candidate, David Anthony Tully.

Feb 25, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Ellen Jones

‘Charismatic’: Irina Starshenbaum as Shoshana Borochov. Photograph: Altitude Now is as good a time as any to better understand Israel, and Michael Winterbottom may be the film-maker best placed to aid us in this understanding.