A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts31 Aug 2025

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 week, our intrepid host has been confirmed as providing the intro to the screening at MK Gallery on Friday 26th September at 7pm. He's also in talks with The Light in Banbury, Oxfordshire about introducing it there too on Sunday 26th October!

Links:

https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/battleship-potemkin

https://mkgallery.org/event/battleship-potemkin-12a/

https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/

https://thelight.co.uk/

https://uppcinema.com/show/battleship-potemkin/

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/

Klassiki:

Battleship Potemkin is also on the streaming service Klassiki with a score by Max Reinhardt & the Instant Orchestra.

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