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! Battleship Potemkin is also on the streaming service Klassiki with a score by Max Reinhardt & the Instant Orchestra.

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/ https://films.klassiki.online/battleship-potemkin

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/

Contact us/socials:

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

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

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/ instagram.com/ally_pitts_movies_etc/

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser

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

Contact us/socials:

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

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

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/ instagram.com/ally_pitts_movies_etc/

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser