

A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts
Cinephile, history fan, and one-time Muscovite Ally Pitts explores contemporary and Soviet-era Russian language cinema one film at a time! The show combines interviews and movie discussion, and features expert guests including authors, journalists, stand-up comedians, and indie podcasters. From time to time, it also tackles Hollywood’s attempts to bring aspects of Russian culture, literature, and history to the Silver Screen.
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NEWS: Soviet Silent Comedies at Slapstick Festival 2025 in Bristol PLUS podcast recommendations
2025-01-05 • 3min

2024 highlights & 2025 plans
2025-01-05 • 9min

Interview with film composer Juliet Merchant
2024-12-08 • 1h 23min

NEWS: Two Soviet silent film screenings in Nov '24
2024-11-17 • 6min

100 years of Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924) [Classic episode re-release with new intro, outro and music]
2024-09-22 • 1h 19min

Alexandra Exter, Aelita, and Modernist Art in Ukraine 1900-1930
2024-08-24 • 7min

NEWS: Béla Tarr & Tarkovskian echoes
2024-07-21 • 7min

Nostalgia AKA Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1983)
2024-07-14 • 1h 25min

NEWS: Man with a Movie Camera, 60 years of Mikhail Kalatozov’s I am Cuba, and Oxford Meet-ups
2024-05-19 • 4min

EVENT: The Saint Audio Podcast Festival, 23-26 May '24 in Oxford, UK!
2024-04-07 • 3min

FEED TAKEOVER: Ally guests on Projection Booth episode on Amphibian Man (Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky; 1961)
2024-03-17 • 1h 46min

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Alissa Timoshkina in conversation with Catriona Kelly on Russian Food Since 1800
2024-02-18 • 2min

Ally's top 5 first-time watches of 2023
2024-01-28 • 11min

NEWSFLASH: Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2023) in UK cinemas Jan-Mar ’24
2024-01-14 • 4min

Some sad news
2023-12-17 • 3min

MINI-REVIEW: Unclenching the Fists (Kira Kovalenko; 2021)
2023-11-26 • 11min

FEED TAKEOVER: Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch; 1939) with Ally Pitts - All the Best Lines episode
2023-11-05 • 1h 6min

BONUS EPISODE: Ally’s Klassiki Recommendations
2023-08-20 • 48min

PODCAST 5th ANNIVERSARY BONUS SHOW: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein; 1925) Classic Schmassic episode with Ally Pitts
2022-11-20 • 1h 8min

FEED TAKEOVER! SRB Podcast episode: The Stalinist Film Industry
2022-09-25 • 50min

Trailer: Teddy Goes to the USSR podcast
2022-06-26 • 2min

The Lord Eagle (Eduard Novikov; 2018)
2022-05-08 • 1h 22min

#Reviews4Good at Podchaser.com
2022-04-11 • 2min

MOVIE NEWS: Petrov’s Flu (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2021) in UK Cinemas February 2022
2022-02-14 • 4min

Bonus Episode: Stump the Guesser! (Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson; 2020)
2022-01-23 • 17min

New Year 2022 Bonus Episode
2022-01-17 • 29min

Carnival Night (Eldar Ryazanov; 1956)
2021-12-26 • 46min

The Lighthouse (AKA Mayak) (Maria Saakyan; 2006)
2021-11-30 • 2h 15min

The Lighthouse (AKA Mayak) (Maria Saakyan; 2006) Second Run Blu-ray Twitter Competition Terms & Conditions
2021-09-22 • 2min

Announcement: Gentlemen Don't Get Caught, an R.E.M. Podcast, hosted by Ally Pitts & Lyn Seren
2021-08-08 • 2min

STATE FUNERAL (Sergei Loznitsa; 2019)
2021-05-21 • 1h 16min

Gorky Park (Michael Apted; 1983)
2021-05-02 • 1h 23min

Khraniteli (Soviet TV version of The Lord of the Rings)
2021-04-12 • 17min

Interview with Alex Christofi, author of Dostoevsky in Love
2021-04-07 • 36min

I am Twenty (Marlen Khutsiev; 1965)
2021-04-04 • 1h 26min

A Russian Youth (Alexander Zolotukhin; 2019)
2021-03-07 • 1h 6min

Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov; 2019)
2021-02-07 • 1h 20min

Interview with Kino Klassika season manager Olga Doletskaya
2021-01-25 • 42min

War and Peace (Sergei Bondarchuk; 1966)
2021-01-03 • 1h 15min

Morozko [AKA Frosty AKA Father Frost AKA Jack Frost...] (Alexander Rou; 1964)
2020-12-27 • 44min

Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (Blake Harris; 2020)
2020-12-06 • 1h 6min

Leto (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2018)
2020-11-22 • 1h 38min

Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova; 1967)
2020-11-02 • 1h 25min

Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan (Sergei Bodrov Sr; 2007)
2020-11-01 • 2h 55min

Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov; 2002)
2020-04-02 • 1h 29min

My Boyfriend is an Angel (Vera Storozheva; 2011)
2020-02-13 • 1h 9min

Office Romance (Eldar Ryazanov; 1977)
2020-01-09 • 1h 32min

Chapaev (Sergey & Georgy Vasilyev; 1934)
2019-12-05 • 1h 35min

Anna (Luc Besson; 2019)
2019-11-07 • 1h 20min

Sunflower (Vittorio De Sica; 1970)
2019-10-03 • 55min