A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast

07/03/2023

Ally is on under the handle ally_
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04/02/2023

Ally joined Mike White and for an episode of on film , in which a hapless engineer from Moscow takes a business trip to a provincial town where strange things are afoot...

recently released the film on Blu-ray with an excellent commentary from Samm.

20/11/2022

To mark the 5th anniversary of the release of the pilot episode one for this show, we're taking you to where it all began...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.
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09/10/2022

Klassiki are proud to partner with Samizdat, Scotland’s first Eastern European film festival, screening diverse new cinema and classical film. From 27 September - 1 October 2022 at the Centre for…

25/09/2022

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.
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26/06/2022

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.

15/05/2022

The latest episode of the show is on directed by
It tells the story of an elderly couple in 1930s are suddenly visited by a mysterious bird of prey.

was once again our guest for this episode.

15/05/2022

Check out Ally's series of guest appearances for month on along with the brilliant

The films we're talking about are:
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08/05/2022

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 Maria Sibiryakova's interview with the stars of The Lord Eagle, Zoya Popova and Stepan Petrov at Klassiki Online.
Some Ways You Can Support the Show:
First of all, please subscribe on your podcatcher of choice, if you haven't already!
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
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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11/04/2022

Podchaser.com is donating $0.25 to support World Central Kitchen's for every podcast review on their site from now until the end of April 2022.
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23/09/2021

ATTENTION: BLU-RAY GIVEAWAY!

We've teamed up with Second Run to give away two copies of their Blu-ray of The Lighthouse (AKA Mayak), directed by Maria Saakyan. Follow the link below to find out more. The deadline to enter is Mon 27th September '21.

“A new restoration of Maria Saakyan’s stunning film The Lighthouse (Mayak) is out on Blu-ray on 27th Sept! To celebrate, we've teamed up with Second Run to give away 2 copies of the Blu-ray. To enter: 1) Follow & 2) RT this tweet 3) Tag a friend Ts&Cs⬇️”

12/07/2021

Hello there! We've tweaked the name of the show and the logo so that it's a little bit more precise.

If you'd like to get a t-shirt with the revised logo, use our TeePublic affiliate link below. There's 30% off this one until Thursday.

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15/05/2021

Thrilled to be working with MUBI to offer a 30-day free trial of their incredible film streaming service!
https://www.mubi.com/russophiles

From next Friday (21st May) their wonderfully eclectic selection of films will include Sergei Loznitsa's stunning documentary STATE FUNERAL, which assembles footage recorded in Moscow and around the USSR in the days following the death of dictator Joseph Stalin. It offers a chilling insight into the personality cult that pervaded Soviet society.

We’ve partnered with Russophiles Unite! to offer you a free month of hand-picked films, including Sergei Loznitsa’s monumental STATE FUNERAL.