• EVENT: The Saint Audio Podcast Festival, 23-26 May '24 in Oxford, UK!
    Apr 7 2024

    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: russophilesunite@gmail.com

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

    Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/

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

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    3 mins
  • FEED TAKEOVER: Ally guests on Projection Booth episode on Amphibian Man (Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky; 1961)
    Mar 17 2024

    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: russophilesunite@gmail.com

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

    The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Alissa Timoshkina in conversation with Catriona Kelly on Russian Food Since 1800
    Feb 18 2024

    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: russophilesunite@gmail.com

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

    The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

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    3 mins
  • Ally's top 5 first-time watches of 2023
    Jan 28 2024

    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: russophilesunite@gmail.com

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

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

    The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

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    11 mins
  • NEWSFLASH: Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2023) in UK cinemas Jan-Mar ’24
    Jan 14 2024

    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: russophilesunite@gmail.com

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

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

    The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

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    5 mins
  • Some sad news
    Dec 17 2023

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

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    3 mins
  • MINI-REVIEW: Unclenching the Fists (Kira Kovalenko; 2021)
    Nov 26 2023

    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: russophilesunite@gmail.com

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

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

    The platform formerly known as Twitter: @RussophilesU

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    11 mins
  • FEED TAKEOVER: Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch; 1939) with Ally Pitts - All the Best Lines episode
    Nov 5 2023

    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: russophilesunite@gmail.com

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/

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

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    1 hr and 7 mins