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A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts

Ally Pitts

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Frequency: 1 episode/30d. Total Eps: 104

Cinephile, history fan, and one-time Muscovite Ally Pitts explores contemporary and Soviet-era Russian language cinema one film at a time! The show combines interviews and movie discussion, and features expert guests including authors, journalists, stand-up comedians, and indie podcasters. From time to time, it also tackles Hollywood’s attempts to bring aspects of Russian culture, literature, and history to the Silver Screen.

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Alexandra Exter, Aelita, and Modernist Art in Ukraine 1900-1930

Season 7

Saturday, August 24, 2024 • Duration 07:44

Host Ally Pitts shares news about two exhibitions running in 2024 that feature the work of artist Alexandra Exter. He also discusses a previous film covered on the podcast, Aelita, which she worked on as a costume designer and set decorator.

The Royal Academy of Art's exhibition is In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine from 1900 to the 1930s. That's in London and runs until 13th October 2024

The Ukrainian Museum's exhibition is Alexandra Exter: The Stage is a World. That's in New York City and is running from 27th September 2024 until 19 January 2025

Links mentioned in the episode: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/eye-of-the-storm

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/start-here-modernism-in-ukraine

Art by previous guest Sarah Roberts:https://sarahkathleenroberts.com/

https://slaviclitpod.com/aelita-1924-by-protazanov/

https://www.theukrainianmuseum.org/alexandra-exter-the-stage-is-a-world/

https://klassiki.online/yuliya-solntseva-hidden-history-soviet-queen-of-film/

https://klassiki.online/podcast/ For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/

If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.

All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast

We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles are a bit of a mishmash.

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Twitter (or 'X', if you really insist): @RussophilesU

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

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NEWS: Béla Tarr & Tarkovskian echoes

Season 7 · Episode 100

Sunday, July 21, 2024 • Duration 07:27

Host Ally Pitts shares news about the BFI's Béla Tarr retrospective season Will Heaven Fall Upon Us?

Ally's local, the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford is one of the participating UK cinemas.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

Béla Tarr retrospective Season at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford

For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast/

The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman

Peter Bradshaw's interview with Béla Tarr for the Guardian

https://www.criterion.com/films/33388-werckmeister-harmonies

The British Film Institute's Béla Tarr retrospective season

Ally's Klassiki recommendations on Letterboxd

Damnation blu-ray from Arbelos

Calvert Journal article on Béla Tarr by Carmen Gray

MINI-REVIEW: Unclenching the Fists (Kira Kovalenko; 2021)

Season 7 · Episode 92

Sunday, November 26, 2023 • Duration 11:07

Ally Pitts reviews Kira Kovalenko's 2021 Ossetian language coming of age drama Unclenching the Fists and then recommends a handful of other films currently streaming on MUBI.

Links mentioned in the episode:

To get a 30-day free trial of MUBI, please visit:https://mubi.com/russiansovietpod

Carmen Gray's article, Scarred States: Unclenching the Fists and the Art of Escape.

Podcast episode on Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash; 1991), hosted by Spencer Seams & Joel Torres.

(We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles are staying the same for now).

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

FEED TAKEOVER: Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch; 1939) with Ally Pitts - All the Best Lines episode

Season 7 · Episode 77

Sunday, November 5, 2023 • Duration 01:06:44

Ally Pitts introduces an episode of All the Best Lines, hosted by Smokey and Adam Roche, that he guested on in 2021.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Listen to more All the Best Lines episodes.

Listen to our episode on War & Peace with Adam Roche.

Listen to The Projection Booth on Ninotchka.

(We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles are staying the same for now).

Twitter: @RussophilesU

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

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BONUS EPISODE: Ally’s Klassiki Recommendations

Season 7 · Episode 72

Sunday, August 20, 2023 • Duration 48:25

Dr Samuel Goff, editorial director at the film streaming service Klassiki, joins Ally Pitts to talk about Ally's five film picks from the Klassiki film Library.

To receive a 50% discount on an annual subscription to Klassiki, please use the code RUPOD50 at checkout.

Visit Klassiki.Online and sign up for a free trial!

Follow Klassiki on:

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/klassiki/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100052319903979

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klassiki.online/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Klassiki_Online

Some Ways You Can Support the podcast:

First of all, please subscribe on your podcast app of choice, if you haven't already!

You can make a one-off donation at ko-fi-com/russophilesunite

If you're listening from the UK, you can pick up a book from our uk.bookshop.org affiliate store; 10% of the sale will go towards the running of the show, and another 10% will go towards supporting independent bookshops around the country.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow and rate us on Podchaser: www.podchaser.com/russophilesunitemoviepodcast

PODCAST 5th ANNIVERSARY BONUS SHOW: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein; 1925) Classic Schmassic episode with Ally Pitts

Season 7 · Episode 70

Sunday, November 20, 2022 • Duration 01:08:13

To mark the 5th anniversary of the release of the pilot episode for this show, we're taking you to on a trip into the show's pre-history...our host Ally Pitts's podcasting debut! Classic Schmassic was an amazing comedy podcast about movies from before 1980. For this episode, Ally joined hosts Chris Mead & Owen Choules to discuss Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin and whether it lives up to its reputation.

You can find more about Chris and his work as an improv performer and teacher at chrismead.co.

Owen has been a guest on shows including As If: A Minute-by-Minute Clueless podcast and the Four Weddings and a Funeral episode of the brilliant Falling in Love Montage.

Some Ways You Can Support the Show:

First of all, please subscribe on your podcast app of choice, if you haven't already!

You can make a one-off donation at ko-fi-com/russophilesunite

There's also our www.rusandsov.com affiliate store where you can get t-shirts, wall posters, coffee mugs, and more with a Russian and or Soviet theme. If you use the promo code RUSSOPHILESUNITE at check out, you'll get 10% off, and they ship locally in the US, the EU, and Australia.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow and rate us on Podchaser: www.podchaser.com/russophilesunitemoviepodcast

FEED TAKEOVER! SRB Podcast episode: The Stalinist Film Industry

Season 7

Sunday, September 25, 2022 • Duration 50:33

Ally Pitts introduces a conversation between Sean Guillory and Maria Belodubrovskaya that was originally recorded for the SRB Podcast. Find it wherever you listen to this podcast.

Note: the SRB Podcast is now the Eurasian Knot.

There's also a brief update on what's happening with the show.

Also, Feedspot added us to their 100 best movie podcasts list, which is pretty awesome!

Twitter: @RussophilesU

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

Find Ally's other podcast appearances at: https://www.podchaser.com/creators/alistair-pitts-107ZzmUqmI

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Trailer: Teddy Goes to the USSR podcast

Season 7

Sunday, June 26, 2022 • Duration 02:31

We highly recommend you check out this history podcast series centering on Teddy Roe, an American who visited the Soviet Union in 1968.

Visit the Teddy Goes to the USSR website, or find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Lord Eagle (Eduard Novikov; 2018)

Season 6 · Episode 58

Sunday, May 8, 2022 • Duration 01:22:14

Jenny Shelton from the RSPB discusses this historical drama from Yakutia with host Ally Pitts. The film centres around an elderly couple whose grueling but predictable life in rural Siberia in the 1930s is a disrupted by the arrival of mysterious bird of prey.

Episode Sponsor:

You can watch The Lord Eagle, along with many other films from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia on the streaming service Klassiki Online.

Read uk.bookshop.org affiliate store; 10% of the sale will go towards the running of the show, and another 10% will go towards supporting independent bookshops around the country.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow and rate us on Podchaser: www.podchaser.com/russophilesunitemoviepodcast

Music:

The show's intro music is Cold by Sasha Ilyukevich and the Highly Skilled Migrants.

You can find more of their music at: https://thehighlyskilledmigrants.bandcamp.com/ or on Spotify.

Twitter: @RussophilesU

#Reviews4Good at Podchaser.com

Monday, April 11, 2022 • Duration 02:18

Podchaser.com is donating $0.25 to support World Central Kitchen's #ChefsForUkraine for every podcast review on their site from now until the end of April 2022.

Russophiles Unite's Podchaser page.

The Eastern Border's Podchaser page.

More about Podchaser's #Reviews4Good campaign.

Here's Podchaser's FAQ about #Reviews4Good. Contact Us:

Twitter: @RussophilesU

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/russophilesunite

Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

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