Saint Audio Podcast Festival is happening over the late May Bank Holiday Weekend (that's 23-26 May), in Oxford, UK! See you there, maybe?

Links mentioned in the episode:

Saintaudiopodcastfestival.com 

Screening of Spice World (1997) at the Ultimate Picture Palace, presented by The Flop House podcast.

Contact us/socials:

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

Email: [email protected]

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

Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/

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

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

Ally Pitts introduces an episode of The Projection Booth he guested on in 2022.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Listen to the rest of Ally's guest appearances on The Projection Booth.

Contact us:

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

Email: [email protected]

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

The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

Professor Catriona Kelly will be discussing her new book Russian Food Since 1800: Empire at Table with previous guest on this show, Alissa Timoshkina at Pushkin House in London on Friday 15th March 2024.

It's an in-person & online hybrid event, which will from 6.30 to 8.00 pm GMT.

Find out more about the event and buy tickets at pushkinhouse.org

Our episode on Little Vera (dir. Vasily Pichul; 1988).

Contact us:

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

Email: [email protected]

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

The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

In the spirit of High Fidelity, Ally Pitts brings you an audio listicle of some awesome movies he saw for the first time in 2023.

They are, in the order they appear on the episode:

- Conscience (Volodymr Denisenko; 1968)

- Fright Night (Tom Holland; 1985)

- Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris Jr; 1989)

- The Queen of Spades (Thorold Dickinson;1949)

- The Afterlight (Charlie Shackleton; 2021)

Honourable mentions to: 

The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko; 1977)

Links mentioned in the episode:

- Ally's Letterboxd page

- Get a 30-day free trial of MUBI

- Ally's MUBI recommendations

- Klassiki (there’s a free 7-day trial available via their website, and you can get 50% off an annual subscription, with the code RUPOD50)

- The Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford

- MK Horror's Facebook group

Contact us:

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

Email: [email protected]

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

Links mentioned in the episode:

Cinemas screening Tchaikovsky's Wife (UK and Republic of Ireland): sovereignfilms.co.uk/tchaikovskyswife

The Guardian's Pjotr Sauer interviews Kirill Serebrennikov

BBFC content advice for Tchaikovsky's Wife

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!

Contact us:

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

Email: [email protected]

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

Probably not the best place to start if you're arriving at this feed for the first time.

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.

Contact us:

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

Email: [email protected]

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

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.

Contact Us:

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

Twitter: @RussophilesU

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

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

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

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 

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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

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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

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.

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

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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.

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! 

Contact Us:

Twitter: @RussophilesU

Email: [email protected]

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

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