Nostalgia AKA Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1983)
International(?) man of mystery Lyn Seren joins Ally Pitts to discuss Andrei Tarkovsky's penultimate film. We also talk about rückenfigurs and Milton Keynes artists Boyd & Evans a bit! Links mentioned...
14 Jul 20241h 25min
NEWS: Man with a Movie Camera, 60 years of Mikhail Kalatozov’s I am Cuba, and Oxford Meet-ups
Links mentioned in the episode: The Top 100 Podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera episode with Ally Pitts. Saint Audio Podcast Festival line-up Saint Audio Podcast Festival announcement ep...
19 Mai 20244min
EVENT: The Saint Audio Podcast Festival, 23-26 May '24 in Oxford, UK!
Saint Audio Podcast Festival is happening over the late May Bank Holiday Weekend (that's 23-26 May), in Oxford, UK! See you there, maybe? Links mentioned in the episode: Saintaudiopodcastfestival.com ...
7 Apr 20243min
Amphibian Man (Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky; 1961) Ally guests on The Projection Booth [FEED TAKEOVER]
A fish out of water romantic adventure from the Leningrad film studio LenFilm. A massive hit with Soviet audiences, it's a sort of antecessor of Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water and one of Quen...
17 Mar 20241h 46min
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Alissa Timoshkina in conversation with Catriona Kelly on Russian Food Since 1800
Professor Catriona Kelly will be discussing her new book Russian Food Since 1800: Empire at Table with previous guest on this show, Alissa Timoshkina at Pushkin House in London on Friday 15th March 20...
18 Feb 20242min
Ally's top 5 first-time watches of 2023
In the spirit of High Fidelity, Ally Pitts brings you an audio listicle of some awesome movies he saw for the first time in 2023. They are, in the order they appear on the episode: - Conscience (Volod...
28 Jan 202411min
NEWSFLASH: Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2023) in UK cinemas Jan-Mar ’24
Links mentioned in the episode: Cinemas screening Tchaikovsky's Wife (UK and Republic of Ireland): sovereignfilms.co.uk/tchaikovskyswife The Guardian's Pjotr Sauer interviews Kirill Serebrennikov BBFC...
14 Jan 20244min
Some sad news
Probably not the best place to start if you're arriving at this feed for the first time.
17 Des 20233min
