The Lighthouse (AKA Mayak) (Maria Saakyan; 2006)

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 talk about his various comedy and movie-related projects. This is designed to serve as an appetizer for an upcoming episode on Grigory Chukrai’s Ballad of a Soldier with Matthew as the guest, which will be released on this feed as soon as it's edited. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/our-acts  https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/shows https://qedcomedylab.co.uk/saintmisbehavinpod  https://www.secondrundvd.com/index.html https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/magdalen-monday-movies/  All the Best Lines Ninotchka episode with Ally as the guest Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/  https://www.instagram.com/ally_pitts_movies_etc/  Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

6 Huhti 47min

To celebrate the Latvian film Flow winning the best animation category at the 2025 Oscars, Ally Pitts introduces an episode from previous guest Kristaps Andrejsons, which was originally published on his show, The Eastern Border. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast-594862/episodes/state-funeral-sergei-loznitsa-91766026  https://theeasternborder.lv/about https://uppcinema.com/show/flow/  https://dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/cinema/flow-u https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13080/flow Milton Keynes Gallery: https://mkgallery.org/event/the-4-30-club-away-u/ https://mkgallery.org/event/flow-u/  https://mkgallery.org/event/away-u/  https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/flow/  Not technically an indie cinema, but still, this interview Picturehouse cinemas did with Gints Zilbalodis is worth a read. https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/the-movies-me-gints-zilbalodis Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

30 Maalis 21min

In your home and maybe in your town? Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/ If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription. https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme  https://www.instagram.com/gulpfictionbooks/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-10-favourite-polish-films/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-klassiki-recommendations-updated-regularly/detail/  https://www.secondrundvd.com/index.html  Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

2 Maalis 6min

Host Ally Pitts highlights several Soviet silent comedy films screening at Slapstick Festival 2025 in Bristol, UK, and makes some podcast recommendations. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: https://slapstick.org.uk/slapstick-festival-2025/  https://pamhutch.wordpress.com/about/  Pamela Hutchinson's podcast appearances  https://www.annabogutskaya.com/  https://gulpfictionbooks.com/ Streaming service free trials: For a 30-day free trial of Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/ If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription. For a 30-day free trial of MUBI: https://mubi.com/russiansovietpod  Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

5 Tammi 3min

Host Ally Pitts looks back at some highlights of 2024 and looks ahead to 2025. Note from Ally: Unfortunately, the audio for this episode is not up to the usual standard due to a mistake on my part. On balance I thought it was better to release it now as is rather than defer a week until I'd have time to re-record. Thanks for understanding, and please excuse the sound being a little rougher than I'd like on this occasion. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: Support the show and Ally's other movie-related projects at ko-fi.com Issue 48 of Film Stories magazine, featuring Ally's article on The Point in Milton Keynes, the UK's first multiplex cinema/movie theater. Ally on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov; 1929) Ally on The Pink Smoke podcast with Martin Kessler: The Queen of Spades (Thorold Dickinson; 1949) The Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford's independent cinema The Fright Pub horror movie podcast  Ally's notes on Lawrence of Arabia for the Danger Close war movie podcast https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-top-10-first-time-watches-of-2024/detail/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-top-5-re-watches-of-2024/detail/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-top-10-klassiki-watches-of-2024/detail/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-top-10-mubi-watches-of-2024/detail/ Streaming service free trials: For a 30-day free trial of Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/ If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription. For a 30-day free trial of MUBI: https://mubi.com/russiansovietpod  Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

5 Tammi 9min

Composer and musician Juliet Merchant joins host Ally Pitts to discuss some of the silent films she has written scores for.  At the time of recording, six of the films Juliet has composed scores for are available on the streaming service Klassiki, which is available in the UK, the US, and the Republic of Ireland. Here’s a link to a 30-day free trial: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/  If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription. The films are: Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924) The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Lev Kuleshov; 1924) Girl with the Hatbox (Boris Barnet; 1927) House on a Volcano (Hamo Bek-Nazaryan; 1929) Love's Berries (Oleksandr Dovzhenko; 1926) A Life for a Life (Yevgeny Bauer; 1916)  Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: julietmerchantmusic.com/ The Golden Silent Films podcast HippCast: The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival podcast  Ally Pitts on Media-eval: a medieval pop-culture podcast with Dr Sarah Ifft-Decker: The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer; 1928)  Ally Pitts on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov; 1929) Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/films/reviews/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/enjoy-the-silents-my-silent-film-recommendations/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/  We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Twitter (or 'X', if you really insist): @RussophilesU Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

8 Joulu 20241h 23min

Ally Pitts announces a screening of Lev Kuleshov’s By the Law; 3pm on Sunday 24th November '24 at the Barbican Cinema, and a screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin at the Winter Gardens in Morecambe in Lancashire on at 7.15pm on Saturday 30th November '24. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/silent-film-live-music-by-the-law  https://www.northernsilents.com/whats-on/battleship-potemkin-morecambe  https://www.northernsilents.com/silents-by-the-sea  Ally Pitts on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov; 1929) Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Twitter (or 'X', if you really insist): @RussophilesU Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/films/reviews/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/enjoy-the-silents-my-silent-film-recommendations/  https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/  Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

17 Marras 20246min

Classic episode re-release, featuring music by composer Juliet Merchant. In this episode, originally released in August 2018, Sarah Roberts, artist and podcaster, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this early Soviet silent sci-fi adventure. SPOILERS from about 16 minutes in until the end. CONTENT WARNING: discussion of the film's depiction of abusive relationships and violence against women. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: Art by guest Sarah Roberts: https://sarahkathleenroberts.com/ Composer Juliet Merchant's live performance dates: julietmerchantmusic.com/  Ally Pitts on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov; 1929) Ally Pitts on Media-Eval: A Medieval Pod Culture Podcast with Dr. Sarah Ifft-Decker Ally's silent film recommendations on Letterboxd klassiki.online/yuliya-solntseva-hidden-history-soviet-queen-of-film/  klassiki.online/podcast/ For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/ If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription. www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/eye-of-the-storm  www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/start-here-modernism-in-ukraine  slaviclitpod.com/aelita-1924-by-protazanov/  theukrainianmuseum.org/alexandra-exter-the-stage-is-a-world/  Aelita screening 9th November 2024 @ St. Hilda's College, Oxford, UK with live performance by Juliet Merchant  Aelita screening 20th October 2024 @ the Fine Arts Building, Chicago Didn't mention this in the episode, but we should have: it's Silent Movie Day 2024 on 29th September. Contact us/socials: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash. Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com Twitter (or 'X', if you really insist): @RussophilesU Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/ Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

22 Syys 20241h 19min