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Classic episode re-release, featuring music by composer Juliet Merchant.
In this episode, originally released in August 2018, Sarah Roberts, artist and podcaster, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this early Soviet silent sci-fi adventure.
SPOILERS from about 16 minutes in until the end.CONTENT WARNING: discussion of the film's depiction of abusive relationships and violence against women.
Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:
Art by guest Sarah Roberts: https://sarahkathleenroberts.com/
Composer Juliet Merchant's live performance dates: julietmerchantmusic.com/
Aelita screening 9th November 2024 @ St. Hilda's College, Oxford, UK with live performance by Juliet Merchant
Ally Pitts on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov; 1929)
Ally Pitts on Media-Eval: A Medieval Pod Culture Podcast with Dr. Sarah Ifft-Decker
klassiki.online/yuliya-solntseva-hidden-history-soviet-queen-of-film/
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.
www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/eye-of-the-storm
www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/start-here-modernism-in-ukraine
slaviclitpod.com/aelita-1924-by-protazanov/
theukrainianmuseum.org/alexandra-exter-the-stage-is-a-world/
Aelita screening 20th October 2024 @ the Fine Arts Building, Chicago
Didn't mention this in the episode, but we should have: it's Silent Movie Day 2024 on 29th September.
Ally's silent film recommendations on Letterboxd
Contact us/socials:
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: [email protected]
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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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.
Contact us/socials:
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: [email protected]
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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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
Some UK independent cinemas taking part in the Béla Tarr retrospective:
https://tynesidecinema.co.uk/film-seasons/bela-tarr-retrospective/ https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/belatarrcollection
https://www.riocinema.org.uk/movie/will-heaven-fall-upon-us
All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast
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): @RussophilesU
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/
Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser
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International(?) man of mystery Lyn Seren joins Ally Pitts to discuss Andrei Tarkovsky's penultimate film. We also talk about rückenfigurs and Milton Keynes artists Boyd & Evans a bit!
Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:
International Association for Suicide Prevention’s directory: https://www.iasp.info/suicidalthoughts/
UK: https://www.samaritans.org/
US: https://988lifeline.org/
All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast
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.
Milton Keynes-based artists Boyd & Evans: https://www.boydandevans.com/
British-Russian comedian Olga Koch: https://www.rocknrolga.com/
Oxford Comedy Festival: https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/
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): @RussophilesU
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/
Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser
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Links mentioned in the episode:
The Top 100 Podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera episode with Ally Pitts.
Saint Audio Podcast Festival line-up
Saint Audio Podcast Festival announcement episode.
I am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, screening at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford.
At the time of recording, Salt for Svanetia is available to stream on Klassiki, which is available in the UK, the US, and the Republic of Ireland. If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.
Jean-Pierre Melville episode of Shoot the Piano Player: A French New Wave Podcast with Spencer Seams & Joel Torres.
Criterion release of I am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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]
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/
The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU
Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser
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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
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Probably not the best place to start if you're arriving at this feed for the first time.
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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
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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/
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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:
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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/
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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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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.
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.
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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.
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