STATE FUNERAL (Sergei Loznitsa; 2019)
Kristaps Andrejsons, journalist and host of The Eastern Border podcast, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this documentary which provides a startling insight into the cult of personality surrounding Soviet ...
21 Maj 20211h 16min
Gorky Park (Michael Apted; 1983)
Phil Manchester, former Moscow resident and pub quizmaster extraordinaire, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this adaptation of the first of Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko detective novels, set in early 1...
2 Maj 20211h 23min
Khraniteli (Soviet TV version of The Lord of the Rings)
Against their better judgement, Ally & Carrie Pitts decided to watch this extremely low-budget adaptation of JRR Tolkien's classic fantasy. Here are a few of their thoughts. If you'd like to get in ...
12 Apr 202117min
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 Bloomsbu...
7 Apr 202136min
I am Twenty (Marlen Khutsiev; 1965)
Nadja Bee, film critic and co-founder of KinoSelect, joins Ally Pitts to discuss a sprawling drama from the 1960s in which a group of friends navigate the trials, tribulations, and joys of young adult...
4 Apr 20211h 26min
A Russian Youth (Alexander Zolotukhin; 2019)
Lyn Seren, host of Gentlemen Don't Get Caught: An R.E.M. Podcast, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this depiction of an adolescent conscript's experience of the First World War, which features an unusual (...
7 Mars 20211h 6min
Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov; 2019)
Lyn Seren, host of Gentlemen Don't Get Caught: An R.E.M. Podcast, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this appropriately dark exploration of a relationship between two traumatised young women living in Lening...
7 Feb 20211h 20min
Interview with Kino Klassika season manager Olga Doletskaya
Kino Klassika is a UK non-profit organisation that highlights films from Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Shortly before the launch of Klassiki, Kino Klassika's new streaming service, Ally Pitt...
25 Jan 202142min
