A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts

A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts


Latest Episodes

Ally's top 5 first-time watches of 2023
January 28, 2024

In the spirit ofHigh 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)

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

Links mentioned in the episode:Cinemas screening Tchaikovsky's Wife (UK and Republic of Ireland): sovereignfilms.co.uk/tchaikovskyswifeThe Guardian's Pjotr Sauer interviews Kirill SerebrennikovBBFC content advice for Tchaikovsky's WifeTo receive a 50%

Some sad news
December 17, 2023

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

MINI-REVIEW: Unclenching the Fists (Kira Kovalenko; 2021)
November 26, 2023

Ally Pitts reviews Kira Kovalenko's 2021 Ossetian language coming of age drama Unclenching the Fistsand 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

FEED TAKEOVER: Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch; 1939) with Ally Pitts - All the Best Lines episode
November 05, 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 moreAll the Best Lines episodes.Listen

BONUS EPISODE: Ally’s Klassiki Recommendations
August 20, 2023

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

PODCAST 5th ANNIVERSARY BONUS SHOW: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein; 1925) Classic Schmassic episode with Ally Pitts
November 20, 2022

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

FEED TAKEOVER! SRB Podcast episode: The Stalinist Film Industry
September 25, 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

Trailer: Teddy Goes to the USSR podcast
June 26, 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 where

The Lord Eagle (Eduard Novikov; 2018)
May 08, 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 193