Host Ally Pitts shares news about the BFI's Béla Tarr retrospective season Will Heaven Fall Upon Us?

Ally's local, the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford is one of the participating UK cinemas.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

Béla Tarr retrospective Season at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford

For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast/

The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman

Peter Bradshaw's interview with Béla Tarr for the Guardian

https://www.criterion.com/films/33388-werckmeister-harmonies

The British Film Institute's Béla Tarr retrospective season

Ally's Klassiki recommendations on Letterboxd

Damnation blu-ray from Arbelos

Calvert Journal article on Béla Tarr by Carmen Gray

Some UK independent cinemas taking part in the Béla Tarr retrospective:

https://tynesidecinema.co.uk/film-seasons/bela-tarr-retrospective/ https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/belatarrcollection

https://www.riocinema.org.uk/movie/will-heaven-fall-upon-us

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

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): @RussophilesU

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

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International(?) man of mystery Lyn Seren joins Ally Pitts to discuss Andrei Tarkovsky's penultimate film. We also talk about rückenfigurs and Milton Keynes artists Boyd & Evans a bit!

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

International Association for Suicide Prevention’s directory: https://www.iasp.info/suicidalthoughts/

UK: https://www.samaritans.org/

US: https://988lifeline.org/

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

For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki:https://klassiki.online/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast/

If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.

Milton Keynes-based artists Boyd & Evans: https://www.boydandevans.com/

British-Russian comedian Olga Koch: https://www.rocknrolga.com/

Oxford Comedy Festival: https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/

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): @RussophilesU

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

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Links mentioned in the episode:

The Top 100 Podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera episode with Ally Pitts.

Saint Audio Podcast Festival line-up

Saint Audio Podcast Festival announcement episode.

I am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, screening at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford.

At the time of recording, Salt for Svanetia is available to stream on Klassiki, which is available in the UK, the US, and the Republic of Ireland. If you use the code RUPOD50, you can get 50% off an annual subscription.

Jean-Pierre Melville episode of Shoot the Piano Player: A French New Wave Podcast with Spencer Seams & Joel Torres.

Criterion release of I am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.

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(We've changed the name of the show, but the social handles are a bit of a mishmash).

Email: russiansovietmoviepod@gmail.com

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Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/

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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).

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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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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).

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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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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

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser