A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts13 Helmi 2020

My Boyfriend is an Angel (Vera Storozheva; 2011)

Carrie joins Ally once again, this time to discuss a fantastical rom-com in which Sasha (Anna Starshenbaum), a student, meets Serafim (Artur Smolyaninov), a celestial visitor in Moscow on New Year's Eve. CONTENT WARNING: As we discuss in this episode, this film contains extreme racial insensitivity and also outright racism. Expect SPOILERS from about 17 minutes until the end. My Boyfriend is an Angel also stars Olga Popova, Nikita Efremov, Sergey Puskepalis, Ivan Makarevich, The show's intro music is by Sasha Ilyukevich and the Highly Skilled Migrants.

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Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd; 2016)

Lyn Seren, film enthusiast, cat admirer, and car owner, joins Ally Pitts to discuss British film Lady Macbeth, which features a star-making performance by Florence Pugh. The screenplay is an adaptatio...

18 Tammi 201830min

Tsar (Pavel Lungin; 2009)

Happy New Year, druzya! For our first film pick of 2018, we're watching historical drama Tsar from 2009, directed by Pavel Lungin and starring Pyotr Mamonov and Oleg Yankovskiy. To discuss the film, A...

4 Tammi 20181h 6min

The Irony of Fate (Eldar Ryazanov; 1975) Special Festive Episode!!!

The film this time around is perennial Russian festive favourite The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy your Bath! from 1975. It was directed by Eldar Ryazanov and stars Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, and Yury...

21 Joulu 201746min

Moscow does not Believe in Tears (Vladimir Menshov; 1980)

Jenny Shelton, writer and period drama enthusiast, joins Ally Pitts to review Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Picture winner for 1980 Moscow does not Believe in Tears, directed by Vladimir Men...

7 Joulu 20171h 1min

[Pilot Episode] Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1979)

As the title suggests, this is the first one of these. Buy Zona by Geoff Dyer and support the podcast! The first ten minutes or so of the podcast are non-spoilery but from then on EXPECT SPOILERS. M...

23 Marras 20171h 1min