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A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts

A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts

53 episodes

History fan, cinephile, and former Moscow resident Ally Pitts from the UK explores the delights of Russian & Soviet cinema one film at a time! In the process, expert guests educate Ally on topics ranging from the Golden Age of Hollywood to Eastern European cuisine. Occasionally, the show also tackles non-Russian attempts to bring Russian literature or history to the Silver Screen.

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100 years of Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924)

Published: Sept. 22, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 38 seconds

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

Published: Aug. 24, 2024, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds

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NEWS: Bela Tarr & Tarkovskian echoes

Published: July 21, 2024, 5:31 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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Nostalgia AKA Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1983)

Published: July 14, 2024, 3:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 3 seconds

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NEWS: Man with a Movie Camera, 60 years of Mikhail Kalatozovs I am Cuba, and Oxford Meet-ups

Published: May 19, 2024, 8:38 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 23 seconds

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EVENT: The Saint Audio Podcast Festival, 23-26 May '24 in Oxford, UK!

Published: April 7, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 12 seconds

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FEED TAKEOVER: Ally guests on Projection Booth episode on Amphibian Man (Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky; 1961)

Published: March 17, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 10 seconds

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Alissa Timoshkina in conversation with Catriona Kelly on Russian Food Since 1800

Published: Feb. 18, 2024, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds

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Ally's top 5 first-time watches of 2023

Published: Jan. 28, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 3 seconds

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NEWSFLASH: Tchaikovskys Wife (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2023) in UK cinemas Jan-Mar 24

Published: Jan. 14, 2024, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 51 seconds

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Some sad news

Published: Dec. 17, 2023, 12:24 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 20 seconds

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

Published: Nov. 26, 2023, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds

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

Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 44 seconds

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

Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 44 seconds

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BONUS EPISODE: Allys Klassiki Recommendations

Published: Aug. 20, 2023, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 25 seconds

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

Published: Nov. 20, 2022, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 13 seconds

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

Published: Nov. 20, 2022, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 13 seconds

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FEED TAKEOVER! SRB Podcast episode: The Stalinist Film Industry

Published: Sept. 25, 2022, 8:22 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds

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Trailer: Teddy Goes to the USSR podcast

Published: June 26, 2022, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds

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The Lord Eagle (Eduard Novikov; 2018)

Published: May 8, 2022, 8:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 14 seconds

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#Reviews4Good at Podchaser.com

Published: April 11, 2022, 11:16 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 18 seconds

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MOVIE NEWS: Petrovs Flu (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2021) in UK Cinemas February 2022

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 17 seconds

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Bonus Episode: Stump the Guesser! (Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson; 2020)

Published: Jan. 23, 2022, 11:21 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds

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New Year 2022 Bonus Episode

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 10:53 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes

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Carnival Night (Eldar Ryazanov; 1956)

Published: Dec. 26, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 10 seconds

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The Lighthouse (AKA Mayak) (Maria Saakyan; 2006)

Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 12:26 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 46 seconds

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The Lighthouse (AKA Mayak) (Maria Saakyan; 2006) Second Run Blu-ray Twitter Competition Terms & Conditions

Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds

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Announcement: Gentlemen Don't Get Caught, an R.E.M. Podcast, hosted by Ally Pitts & Lyn Seren

Published: Aug. 8, 2021, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 46 seconds

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STATE FUNERAL (Sergei Loznitsa; 2019)

Published: May 21, 2021, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 36 seconds

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Gorky Park (Michael Apted; 1983)

Published: May 2, 2021, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 46 seconds

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Khraniteli (Soviet TV version of The Lord of the Rings)

Published: April 12, 2021, 1:05 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 1 second

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Interview with Alex Christofi, author of Dostoevsky in Love

Published: April 7, 2021, 11:42 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds

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I am Twenty (Marlen Khutsiev; 1965)

Published: April 4, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 1 second

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A Russian Youth (Alexander Zolotukhin; 2019)

Published: March 7, 2021, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 49 seconds

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Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov; 2019)

Published: Feb. 7, 2021, 9:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 31 seconds

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Interview with Kino Klassika season manager Olga Doletskaya

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 37 seconds

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War and Peace (Sergei Bondarchuk; 1966)

Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 40 seconds

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Morozko [AKA Frosty AKA Father Frost AKA Jack Frost...] (Alexander Rou; 1964)

Published: Dec. 27, 2020, 6:53 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 26 seconds

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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (Blake Harris; 2020)

Published: Dec. 6, 2020, noon
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 22 seconds

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Leto (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2018)

Published: Nov. 22, 2020, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 51 seconds

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Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova; 1967)

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 1:31 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 12 seconds

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Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan (Sergei Bodrov Sr; 2007)

Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 12:07 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 55 minutes 34 seconds

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Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov; 2002)

Published: April 2, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 26 seconds

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My Boyfriend is an Angel (Vera Storozheva; 2011)

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 4 seconds

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Office Romance (Eldar Ryazanov; 1977)

Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 4:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 59 seconds

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Chapaev (Sergey & Georgy Vasilyev; 1934)

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 10:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 9 seconds

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Anna (Luc Besson; 2019)

Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 30 seconds

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Sunflower (Vittorio De Sica; 1970)

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 4:04 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 31 seconds

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How I Ended This Summer (Aleksei Popogrebsky; 2010)

Published: Sept. 5, 2019, 6:11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 36 seconds

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Little Vera (Vasily Pichul; 1988)

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 6:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 29 seconds

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Come and See (Elem Klimov; 1985)

Published: July 4, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 57 seconds

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Onegin (Martha Fiennes; 1999)

Published: June 6, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 49 seconds

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Attraction (Fyodor Bondarchuk; 2017)

Published: April 18, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 25 seconds

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Letter Never Sent (Mikhail Kalatozov; 1960)

Published: April 4, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 3 seconds

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Welcome, Or No Trespassing (Elem Klimov, 1964)

Published: March 21, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 43 seconds

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The Cranes are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov; 1957)

Published: March 7, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 24 seconds

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The Diamond Arm (Leonid Gaidai; 1969)

Published: Feb. 21, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 14 seconds

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War and Peace (King Vidor; 1956)

Published: Feb. 7, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 9 seconds

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Prisoner of the Caucasus AKA Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (Leonid Gaidai; 1966)

Published: Jan. 24, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 44 seconds

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Ivans Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1962)

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 3 seconds

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Yolki AKA Six Degrees of Celebration (Timur Bekmambetov et al.; 2010)

Published: Dec. 27, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 26 seconds

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Mermaid (Anna Melikyan; 2007)

Published: Dec. 13, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 15 seconds

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Ivan the Terrible: Part I (Sergei Eisenstein; 1944)

Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 15 seconds

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Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison; 1971)

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 23 seconds

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The White Sun of the Desert (Vladimir Motyl; 1970)

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 30 seconds

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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession (Leonid Gaidai; 1973)

Published: Sept. 13, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 9 seconds

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Assa (Sergei Solovyov; 1987)

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes

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Brother (Alexei Balabanov; 1997)

Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 32 seconds

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Aelita, Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924)

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 55 seconds

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Nicholas & Alexandra (Franklin J. Schaffner; 1971)

Published: July 17, 2018, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 58 seconds

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My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Aleksei German Sr; 1985)

Published: July 5, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 37 seconds

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The Sun (Alexander Sokurov; 2005)

Published: June 21, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 22 seconds

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The Barber of Siberia (Nikita Mikhalkov; 1998)

Published: June 7, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 24 seconds

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Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1966)

Published: May 24, 2018, 5:33 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 28 seconds

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Window to Paris (Yuri Mamin; 1993)

Published: April 12, 2018, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 59 seconds

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Igor Maslennikov; 1981)

Published: March 29, 2018, 10:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 17 seconds

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Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg; 2007)

Published: March 15, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 11 seconds

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Through the Thorns to the Stars AKA To the Stars by Hard Ways (Richard Viktorov; 1980)

Published: March 1, 2018, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 40 seconds

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The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci; 2017)

Published: Feb. 15, 2018, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds

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Loveless (Andrei Zvyagintsev; 2017)

Published: Feb. 14, 2018, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 6 seconds

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Stalingrad (Fyodor Bondarchuk; 2013)

Published: Feb. 1, 2018, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 1 second

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Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd; 2016)

Published: Jan. 18, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 47 seconds

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Tsar (Pavel Lungin; 2009)

Published: Jan. 4, 2018, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 10 seconds

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The Irony of Fate (Eldar Ryazanov; 1975) Special Festive Episode!!!

Published: Dec. 21, 2017, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 2 seconds

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Moscow does not Believe in Tears (Vladimir Menshov; 1980)

Published: Dec. 7, 2017, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 17 seconds

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[Pilot Episode] Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1979)

Published: Nov. 23, 2017, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 40 seconds

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