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Happy New Year, druzya! For our first film pick of 2018, we're watching historical drama\xa0Tsar from 2009, directed by Pavel Lungin and starring Pyotr Mamonov and Oleg Yankovskiy.\nTo discuss the film, Ally is joined by co-host of High & Low: A Kurosawa Podcast\xa0and Russian history super-fan Spencer Seams.\nThis episode contains moderate SPOILERs from 19 minutes in until the end. \nIt also includes (at least) one significant factual error about Russian history by Ally. \nFor. Shame.\xa0No actual prizes for spotting it(/them), but kudos if you do.\nIf you'd like to get in touch and tell us what you thought of the film and/or the podcast episode, here are some options:\nTwitter:\xa0@RussophilesU\nEmail:\xa0russophilesunite@gmail.com\nFacebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/russophilesunite/\nOutro music: Grubiy Zakat by Zvuki Mu (fronted by Pyotr Mamonov).