And our host Ally Pitts is introducing the screening in Banbury! Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece finishes its centenary run in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Sunday 26th October 2025 with screenings at The Light cinemas.

https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/

https://thelight.co.uk/ 

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/battleship-potemkin

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.

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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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Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece is in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in late August, and through September and October 2025.

UPDATE: Since this mini-episode was originally published, our intrepid host Ally Pitts has been confirmed as providing the intro to the screening at Milton Keynes Gallery on Friday 26th September at 7pm, and he's also in talks with The Light in Banbury, Oxfordshire to introduce it there too on Sunday 26th October!

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/battleship-potemkin

https://uppcinema.com/show/battleship-potemkin/ 

https://dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/cinema/battleship-potemkin-12a 

https://mkgallery.org/event/battleship-potemkin-12a/ 

https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/

https://thelight.co.uk/ 

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/

Klassiki:

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.

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-klassiki-recommendations-updated-regularly/detail/ 

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Host Ally Pitts shares some news about a season of films adapted from or inspired by the works of Jane Austen that he has co-curated with the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford.

He also mentions Whit Stillman's UK tour in late July 2025. And Soviet Winnie the Pooh. Obviously.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-jane-austen-250/ 

T. Hanks for the Memories Podcast: Bridge of Spies (2015) episode 

The Social Minute: A Social Network minute-by-minute podcast 

As If! A Clueless minute-by-minute podcast by Darren Husted 

Soviet animator Fyodor Khitruk, director of the Soviet Winnie the Pooh cartoons 

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/ 

Milton Keynes Gallery cinema listings 

https://lostreels.co.uk/whitstillmantour.html

Picturehouse Rediscover strand 

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Matthew Chadourne, stand-up comedian, executive producer and creative director of the Oxford Comedy Festival, and co-host of the Saint Misbehavin' podcast joins host Ally Pitts to discuss this understated Oscar and Bafta-winning classic by Ukrainian-born World War II veteran Grigori Chukhrai.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/our-acts  

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/shows 

https://qedcomedylab.co.uk/saintmisbehavinpod 

https://www.criterion.com/films/343-ballad-of-a-soldier

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/201-ballad-of-a-soldier 

https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse/list?sort=spine_number&country=Soviet%20Union 

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/ten-great-non-hollywood-world-war-ii-movies/detail/

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Host Ally Pitts shares some news about a screening of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror that he'll be introducing on Sunday 25th May as part of the Dreamscapes classic season at Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford. He also shares news about screenings of Soviet films at the Prince Charles Cinema, and shares details of silent film screenings with live music by Hugo Max.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

Dreamscapes classic season at Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-dreamscapes/ 

Antifa on screen classic season at the UPP

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-antifa-on-screen/

Come and See & Elem Klimov

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast-594862/episodes/come-and-see-elem-klimov-1985-41611107 

https://uppcinema.com/show/come-and-see/

https://letterboxd.com/thetop100/list/the-greatest-films-ever-made-as-selected/ 

https://www.criterion.com/films/28895-come-and-see

The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London

https://princecharlescinema.com/seasons-events/bleak-week/

https://princecharlescinema.com/seasons-events/tarkovsky/  

https://princecharlescinema.com/film/6773592/the-colour-of-pomegranates-sayat-nova/ 

https://princecharlescinema.com/film/20569368/the-cranes-are-flying/ 

https://princecharlescinema.com/film/1865782/battleship-potemkin-bronenosets-potyomkin/

https://princecharlescinema.com/whats-on/  

Hugo Max scores silent cinema

https://hugomax.co.uk/news 

https://hugomax.co.uk/upcoming-past-performances 

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Host Ally Pitts highlights the 40th anniversary of Come and See, directed by Elem Klimov, shares news about a season of films on the theme of anti-fascism at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford, and brings attention to a couple of other anti-fascist/anti-totalitarian/anti-cult of personality films. 

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

Antifa on screen at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-antifa-on-screen/

Klassiki

For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki: klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/ 

If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.

Ally’s Klassiki recommendations 

Come and See & Elem Klimov

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast-594862/episodes/come-and-see-elem-klimov-1985-41611107 

https://uppcinema.com/show/come-and-see/

https://letterboxd.com/thetop100/list/the-greatest-films-ever-made-as-selected/ 

https://www.criterion.com/films/28895-come-and-see

https://princecharlescinema.com/whats-on/  

The Cremator & Juraj Herz

https://uppcinema.com/show/the-cremator/ Sun 11th and Mon 12th MAY

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-antifa-on-screen/ 

https://www.secondrundvd.com/release_cremator_bd.html 

https://klassiki.online/caught-by-the-night-gothic-visions-juraj-herz-podcast/ 

The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin, Pamela Hutchinson, and Eccentricism in Leningrad

https://uppcinema.com/show/the-great-dictator/ 

https://pamhutch.wordpress.com/in-person/

https://klassiki.online/ian-christie-eccentrism-soviet-avant-garde-podcast/ 

Ordinary Fascism & Mikhail Romm

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/film/triumph-over-violence/ 

Repentance & Tengiz Abuladze 

https://letterboxd.com/film/repentance/ 

https://films.klassiki.online/repentance

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Host Ally Pitts discusses the 2024 documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, shares how Hamlet became his favourite Shakespeare play, and explores its connection to and influence on two of Russian culture's most famous figures, Boris Pasternak and Andrei Tarkovsky. And he talks about Withnail and I. Again. Not necessarily in that order. 

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

mubi.com/russiansovietpod

mubi.com/en/gb/films/grand-theft-hamlet

letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-mubi-recommendations-updated-regularly/

letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-genre-recommendations-documentary/detail/ 

podchaser.com/podcasts/gentlemen-dont-get-caught-1554501 

podchaser.com/podcasts/mubi-podcast-1906950/episodes/grand-theft-hamlet-how-shakesp-243200018  

miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ 

podchaser.com/podcasts/under-the-grid-2346988/episodes/stony-stratford-159334015

dangerclosepod.com/doctor-zhivago 

dangerclosepod.com/articles/surplusordnance-episode-24

mkpulse.co.uk/withnail-i/ 

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Matthew Chadourne, stand-up comedian, executive producer and creative director of the Oxford Comedy Festival, and co-host of the Saint Misbehavin' podcast joins host Ally Pitts to talk about his various comedy and movie-related projects.

This is designed to serve as an appetizer for an upcoming episode on Grigory Chukrai’s Ballad of a Soldier with Matthew as the guest, which will be released on this feed as soon as it's edited.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/our-acts 

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/shows

https://qedcomedylab.co.uk/saintmisbehavinpod 

https://www.secondrundvd.com/index.html

All the Best Lines Ninotchka episode with Ally as the guest

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To celebrate the Latvian film Flow winning the best animation category at the 2025 Oscars, Ally Pitts introduces an episode from previous guest Kristaps Andrejsons, which was originally published on his show, The Eastern Border.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://theeasternborder.lv/about

https://dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/cinema/flow-u

https://mkgallery.org/event/the-4-30-club-away-u/

https://mkgallery.org/event/away-u/ 

https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/flow/ 

https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/the-movies-me-gints-zilbalodis

All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast

We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash.

Email: [email protected]

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

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