NOIRVEMBER SPECIAL: Not Russian, a novel by Mikhail Shevelev
Cameron Lallana of The Slavic Literature Pod joins host Ally Pitts for a special episode on this short but hard-hitting novel about a Russian journalist whose life is thrown into chaos when a figure f...
30 Marras 20252h 3min
NEWS: Battleship Potemkin docks in The Light cinemas on Sun 26th Oct + more silent film screening news!
And our host Ally Pitts is introducing the screening in Banbury! Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece finishes its centenary run in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Sunday 26th October 2025 with scree...
19 Loka 20255min
NEWS! Ally Pitts introduces Milton Keynes Gallery screening of Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece continues its centenary run in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in throughout September and October 2025. Since we published a mini-episode about this BFI season last...
31 Elo 20251min
NEWSFLASH: Battleship Potemkin centenary screenings & Blu-ray release
Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece is in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in late August, and through September and October 2025. UPDATE: Since this mini-episode was originally published, our intrepid...
24 Elo 20259min
NEWS: Ally Pitts curates Jane Austen 250th anniversary film season! Plus Whit Stillman tour, and podcast recommendations!
Host Ally Pitts shares some news about a season of films adapted from or inspired by the works of Jane Austen that he has co-curated with the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford. He also mentions Whit S...
29 Kesä 20255min
Ballad of a Soldier (Grigori Chukhrai; 1959)
Matthew Chadourne, stand-up comedian, executive producer and creative director of the Oxford Comedy Festival, and co-host of the Saint Misbehavin' podcast joins host Ally Pitts to discuss this underst...
8 Kesä 20252h 19min
NEWS: Tarkovsky’s Mirror in Oxford, PLUS Soviet cinema at PCC, and Hugo Max silent film screening tour
Host Ally Pitts shares some news about a screening of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror that he'll be introducing on Sunday 25th May as part of the Dreamscapes classic season at Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxf...
17 Touko 20253min
