A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts7 Apr 2021

Interview with Alex Christofi, author of Dostoevsky in Love

Author and publisher Alex Christofi joins Ally Pitts to discuss the tumultuous life of Fyodor Dostoevsky, who is the subject of his fascinating new biography, Dostoevsky in Love, published by Bloomsbury Continuum. Listeners in the UK can pick up a copy of Dostoevsky in Love via our uk.bookshop.org affiliate link. 10% of the sale will go towards covering the costs of running the show and you'll also be helping out independent bookshops! Visit our uk.bookshop.org affiliate store here to see the rest of our Russia-themed book selection. As you might expect, there is a section on Classics of Russian Literature. If you'd like to get in touch, it would be great to hear from you! Here are some ways you can do that:

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Episoder(101)

Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd; 2016)

Lyn Seren, film enthusiast, cat admirer, and car owner, joins Ally Pitts to discuss British film Lady Macbeth, which features a star-making performance by Florence Pugh. The screenplay is an adaptatio...

18 Jan 201830min

Tsar (Pavel Lungin; 2009)

Happy New Year, druzya! For our first film pick of 2018, we're watching historical drama Tsar from 2009, directed by Pavel Lungin and starring Pyotr Mamonov and Oleg Yankovskiy. To discuss the film, A...

4 Jan 20181h 6min

The Irony of Fate (Eldar Ryazanov; 1975) Special Festive Episode!!!

The film this time around is perennial Russian festive favourite The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy your Bath! from 1975. It was directed by Eldar Ryazanov and stars Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, and Yury...

21 Des 201746min

Moscow does not Believe in Tears (Vladimir Menshov; 1980)

Jenny Shelton, writer and period drama enthusiast, joins Ally Pitts to review Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Picture winner for 1980 Moscow does not Believe in Tears, directed by Vladimir Men...

7 Des 20171h 1min

[Pilot Episode] Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1979)

As the title suggests, this is the first one of these. Buy Zona by Geoff Dyer and support the podcast! The first ten minutes or so of the podcast are non-spoilery but from then on EXPECT SPOILERS. M...

23 Nov 20171h 1min