A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts19 Okt 2025

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 screenings at The Light cinemas. Those The Light locations are in: Addlestone, Bolton, Bradford, Cambridge, Huddersfield, New Brighton, Redhill, Sheffield, Sittingbourne, Stockport, Thetford, Walsall, and Wisbech. The film is screening as part of The Light's Iconic strand. Ally also mentions the musician Hugo Max's current UK tour accompanying the silent films Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Nosferatu, Häxan, and Der Golem for the spooky season. Links:

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

https://thelight.co.uk/ https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/iconic https://hugomax.co.uk/halloween-with-hugo-uk-tour-2025 https://hugomax.co.uk/scoring-silent-cinema https://hugomax.co.uk/upcoming-performances

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

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

Klassiki:

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

For a 30-day free trial: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/

If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-klassiki-recommendations-updated-regularly/detail/

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NEWSFLASH: Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2023) in UK cinemas Jan-Mar ’24

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Some sad news

Probably not the best place to start if you're arriving at this feed for the first time.

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MINI-REVIEW: Unclenching the Fists (Kira Kovalenko; 2021)

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FEED TAKEOVER: Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch; 1939) with Ally Pitts - All the Best Lines episode

Ally Pitts introduces an episode of All the Best Lines, hosted by Smokey and Adam Roche, that he guested on in 2021. Links mentioned in the episode: Listen to more All the Best Lines episodes. Listen ...

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BONUS EPISODE: Ally’s Klassiki Recommendations

Dr Samuel Goff, editorial director at the film streaming service Klassiki, joins Ally Pitts to talk about Ally's five film picks from the Klassiki film Library. To receive a 50% discount on an annual ...

20 Aug 202348min

PODCAST 5th ANNIVERSARY BONUS SHOW: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein; 1925) Classic Schmassic episode with Ally Pitts

To mark the 5th anniversary of the release of the pilot episode for this show, we're taking you to on a trip into the show's pre-history...our host Ally Pitts's podcasting debut! Classic Schmassic wa...

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