Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov; 2002)
Jonny Tickle, Moscow resident and YouTuber, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this meandering, mysterious walk through Russian history and Saint Petersberg's Hermitage Museum, filmed in a single continuous ...
2 Apr 20201h 29min
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 E...
13 Feb 20201h 9min
Office Romance (Eldar Ryazanov; 1977)
Michele Berdy, Moscow Times columnist, translator, and The Word's Worth podcast host, joins Ally to discuss this Brezhnev-era rom-com starring Alisa Freyndlikh and Andrei Myagkov. Listeners in the UK...
9 Jan 20201h 32min
Chapaev (Sergey & Georgy Vasilyev; 1934)
Martin Kessler, filmmaker and Flixwise: Canada host, returns to discuss this Russian Civil War set proto-action film. It has the dubious distinction of being one of Joseph Stalin's favourite movies, a...
5 Des 20191h 35min
Anna (Luc Besson; 2019)
Lyn Seren, veteran of the podcast and possible 6th Element, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this slightly Cold War-flavoured espionage/action film Expect SPOILERS from about 19 minutes in until the end. ...
7 Nov 20191h 20min
Sunflower (Vittorio De Sica; 1970)
Carrie Pitts, Russian language and literature graduate, joins Ally again as World War II casts its long shadow over the podcast once more. Expect SPOILERS from about 12 minutes in until the end. Sunf...
3 Okt 201955min
How I Ended This Summer (Aleksei Popogrebsky; 2010)
Lyn Seren, occasional watcher of Russian films, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this tense thriller set in the Russian arctic. Expect SPOILERS from about 18 minutes in until the end. CONTENT WARNING: the ...
5 Sep 20191h 16min
Little Vera (Vasily Pichul; 1988)
Alissa Timoshkina, chef, KinoVino supper club founder, and author of Salt and Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen joins Ally Pitts to discuss this somewhat notorious drama from the late 1980s glastno...
1 Aug 20191h 35min
