Cinephile, history fan, and one-time Muscovite Ally Pitts explores contemporary and Soviet-era Russian language cinema one film at a time! The show combines interviews and movie discussion, and features expert guests including authors, journalists, stand-up comedians, and indie podcasters. From time to time, it also tackles Hollywood’s attempts to bring aspects of Russian culture, literature, and history to the Silver Screen.
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Host Ally Pitts discusses the 2024 documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, shares how Hamlet became his favourite Shakespeare play, and explores its connection to and influence on two of Russian culture's most famous figures, Boris Pasternak and Andrei Tarkovsky. And he talks about Withnail and I. Again. Not necessarily in that order.
Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:
mubi.com/en/gb/films/grand-theft-hamlet
letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-mubi-recommendations-updated-regularly/
letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-genre-recommendations-documentary/detail/
podchaser.com/podcasts/gentlemen-dont-get-caught-1554501
podchaser.com/podcasts/mubi-podcast-1906950/episodes/grand-theft-hamlet-how-shakesp-243200018
miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/
podchaser.com/podcasts/under-the-grid-2346988/episodes/stony-stratford-159334015
dangerclosepod.com/doctor-zhivago
dangerclosepod.com/articles/surplusordnance-episode-24
flixwise.com/2018/08/19/flixwise-canada-ep-22-withnail-and-i/
Contact us/socials:
All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast and Ally Pitts you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast
linktr.ee/ally_pitts
We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash.
Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/
Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/
instagram.com/ally_pitts_movies_etc/
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