Host Ally Pitts shares some news about a season of films adapted from or inspired by the works of Jane Austen that he has co-curated with the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford.

He also mentions Whit Stillman's UK tour in late July 2025. And Soviet Winnie the Pooh. Obviously.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-jane-austen-250/

T. Hanks for the Memories Podcast: Bridge of Spies (2015) episode

The Social Minute: A Social Network minute-by-minute podcast

As If! A Clueless minute-by-minute podcast by Darren Husted

Soviet animator Fyodor Khitruk, director of the Soviet Winnie the Pooh cartoons

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/

Milton Keynes Gallery cinema listings

https://lostreels.co.uk/whitstillmantour.html

Picturehouse Rediscover strand

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We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash.

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Matthew Chadourne, stand-up comedian, executive producer and creative director of the Oxford Comedy Festival, and co-host of the Saint Misbehavin' podcast joins host Ally Pitts to discuss this understated Oscar and Bafta-winning classic by Ukrainian-born World War II veteran Grigori Chukhrai.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/our-acts

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/shows

https://qedcomedylab.co.uk/saintmisbehavinpod

https://www.criterion.com/films/343-ballad-of-a-soldier

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/201-ballad-of-a-soldier

https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse/list?sort=spine_number&country=Soviet%20Union

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/ten-great-non-hollywood-world-war-ii-movies/detail/

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/

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Host Ally Pitts shares some news about a screening of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror that he'll be introducing on Sunday 25th May as part of the Dreamscapes classic season at Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford. He also shares news about screenings of Soviet films at the Prince Charles Cinema, and shares details of silent film screenings with live music by Hugo Max.

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

Dreamscapes classic season at Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-dreamscapes/

Antifa on screen classic season at the UPP

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-antifa-on-screen/

Come and See & Elem Klimov

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/a-russian-soviet-movie-podcast-594862/episodes/come-and-see-elem-klimov-1985-41611107

https://uppcinema.com/show/come-and-see/

https://letterboxd.com/thetop100/list/the-greatest-films-ever-made-as-selected/

https://www.criterion.com/films/28895-come-and-see

The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London

https://princecharlescinema.com/seasons-events/bleak-week/

https://princecharlescinema.com/seasons-events/tarkovsky/

https://princecharlescinema.com/film/6773592/the-colour-of-pomegranates-sayat-nova/

https://princecharlescinema.com/film/20569368/the-cranes-are-flying/

https://princecharlescinema.com/film/1865782/battleship-potemkin-bronenosets-potyomkin/

https://princecharlescinema.com/whats-on/

Hugo Max scores silent cinema

https://hugomax.co.uk/news

https://hugomax.co.uk/upcoming-past-performances

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/

Listen to Ally's other podcast appearances on Podchaser