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 share their insights into topics ranging from the Golden Age of Hollywood to Eastern European cuisine. Occasionally, Ally also tackles non-Russian attempts to bring Russian literature or history to the Silver Screen.
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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 share their insights into topics ranging from the Golden Age of Hollywood to Eastern European cuisine. Occasionally, Ally also tackles non-Russian attempts to bring Russian literature or history to the Silver Screen.
Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece continues its centenary run in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in throughout September and October 2025. Since we published a mini-episode about this BFI season last week, our intrepid host has been confirmed as providing the intro to the screening at MK Gallery on Friday 26th September at 7pm. He's also in talks with The Light in Banbury, Oxfordshire about introducing it there too on Sunday 26th October!
Links:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/battleship-potemkin
https://mkgallery.org/event/battleship-potemkin-12a/
https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/
https://thelight.co.uk/
https://uppcinema.com/show/battleship-potemkin/
https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/
Klassiki:
Battleship Potemkin is also on the streaming service Klassiki with a score by Max Reinhardt & the Instant Orchestra.
For a 30-day free trial: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/
If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.
https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-klassiki-recommendations-updated-regularly/detail/
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A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts
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 share their insights into topics ranging from the Golden Age of Hollywood to Eastern European cuisine. Occasionally, Ally also tackles non-Russian attempts to bring Russian literature or history to the Silver Screen.
