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 Dec 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 Dec 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
