A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts

Underdog story? No, this is an undercat story! At the 2025 Oscars the Latvian animation Flow won the best animation category, beating out contenders with much bigger budgets and star names attached.  ...

30 Maalis 202521min

In your home and maybe in your town? Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodca...

2 Maalis 20256min

Host Ally Pitts highlights several Soviet silent comedy films screening at Slapstick Festival 2025 in Bristol, UK, and makes some podcast recommendations. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: ...

5 Tammi 20253min

Host Ally Pitts looks back at some highlights of 2024 and looks ahead to 2025. Note from Ally: Unfortunately, the audio for this episode is not up to the usual standard due to a mistake on my part. O...

5 Tammi 20259min

Composer and musician Juliet Merchant joins host Ally Pitts to discuss some of the silent films she has written scores for.  At the time of recording, six of the films Juliet has composed scores for a...

8 Joulu 20241h 23min

Ally Pitts announces a screening of Lev Kuleshov’s By the Law; 3pm on Sunday 24th November '24 at the Barbican Cinema, and a screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin at the Winter Gardens ...

17 Marras 20246min

Classic episode re-release, featuring music by composer Juliet Merchant. In this episode, originally released in August 2018, Sarah Roberts, artist and podcaster, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this earl...

22 Syys 20241h 19min

Host Ally Pitts shares news about two exhibitions running in 2024 that feature the work of artist Alexandra Exter. He also discusses a previous film covered on the podcast, Aelita, which she worked on...

24 Elo 20247min