A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts27 Apr 2025

2025: Come and See (Elem Klimov; 1985) 40th anniversary + Antifa on Screen season at the UPP in Oxford

Host Ally Pitts highlights the 40th anniversary of Come and See, directed by Elem Klimov, shares news about a season of films on the theme of anti-fascism at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford, and brings attention to a couple of other anti-fascist/anti-totalitarian/anti-cult of personality films.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

Antifa on screen at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-antifa-on-screen/

Klassiki

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Ally’s Klassiki recommendations

Come and See & Elem Klimov

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast-594862/episodes/come-and-see-elem-klimov-1985-41611107

https://uppcinema.com/show/come-and-see/

https://letterboxd.com/thetop100/list/the-greatest-films-ever-made-as-selected/

https://www.criterion.com/films/28895-come-and-see

https://princecharlescinema.com/whats-on/

The Cremator & Juraj Herz

https://uppcinema.com/show/the-cremator/ Sun 11th and Mon 12th MAY

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-antifa-on-screen/

https://www.secondrundvd.com/release_cremator_bd.html

https://klassiki.online/caught-by-the-night-gothic-visions-juraj-herz-podcast/

The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin, Pamela Hutchinson, and Eccentricism in Leningrad

https://uppcinema.com/show/the-great-dictator/

https://pamhutch.wordpress.com/in-person/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-films-1925 Includes The Gold Rush and Battleship Potemkin

https://klassiki.online/ian-christie-eccentrism-soviet-avant-garde-podcast/

Ordinary Fascism & Mikhail Romm

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/film/triumph-over-violence/

Repentance & Tengiz Abuladze

https://letterboxd.com/film/repentance/

https://films.klassiki.online/repentance

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