29th September is Silent Movie Day, which means cinemas/movie theaters around the world will be showing some of the best surviving films from this incredible era of film! In this mini-sode, host Ally Pitts also trails that the next regular episode of the show will be about Lev Kuleshov's 1926 gothic western masterpiece By the Law. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode: Event listings by US state & by countries besides the US: https://silentmovieday.org/participate-1

https://silentmovieday.org/about-nsmd

Ultimate Picture Palace Oxford: https://uppcinema.com/show/a-page-of-madness-live-score/

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Host and creator Ally Pitts outlines what you can expect from the podcast, shares why he started it, and his experience of making the show since 2017. He signposts some popular episodes to get you started. He also outlines the show's position on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Short version: the show stands with Ukraine. This trailer was written, recorded, and released late August 2026.

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Ally Pitts will be introducing Silents Synched's R.E.M. x Sherlock Jr, directed by Buster Keaton at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford on Monday 27th July '26 as part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026. Besides this show, Ally co-hosts Gentlemen Don't Get Caught: An R.E.M. track-by-track podcast with Lyn Seren. More links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/oxford-comedy-festival-2026/

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/ourshows

https://www.silentsynced.com/

https://silentmovieday.org/

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Ally Pitts will be introducing Silents Synched's R.E.M. x Sherlock Jr, directed by Buster Keaton at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford on Monday 27th July '26 as part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026. Besides this show, Ally co-hosts Gentlemen Don't Get Caught: An R.E.M. track-by-track podcast with Lyn Seren. More links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/oxford-comedy-festival-2026/

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/ourshows

https://www.silentsynced.com/

https://silentmovieday.org/

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Ally Pitts will be introducing Silents Synched's R.E.M. x Sherlock Jr, directed by Buster Keaton as part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026. Besides this show, Ally co-hosts Gentlemen Don't Get Caught: An R.E.M. track-by-track podcast with Lyn Seren. More links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/oxford-comedy-festival-2026/

https://oxfordcomedyfestival.co.uk/ourshows

https://www.silentsynced.com/

https://silentmovieday.org/

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

Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

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Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Our host Ally Pitts has co-programmed a season of four films by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda at Oxford's Ultimate Picture Palace cinema as part of the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2026. To launch the season, he’ll be introducing Ashes and Diamonds there at 3pm on Sunday 12th April.

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/kinoteka-on-tour-2026/

More links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

For a 30-day free trial of the streaming service Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/

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

https://uppcinema.com/show_type/kinoteka-on-tour-2026/

https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour/manchester

https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour/edinburgh

https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme/strands/kinoteka-on-tour/newcastle

https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-10-favourite-polish-films/

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-klassiki-recommendations-updated-regularly/detail/

https://www.secondrundvd.com/index.html

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Cameron Lallana of The Slavic Literature Pod joins host Ally Pitts for a special episode on this short but hard-hitting novel about a Russian journalist whose life is thrown into chaos when a figure from his past suddenly comes back into his life as the leader of a terrorist group. The premise sounds run-of-the-mill, but the execution is anything but as the situation causes our protagonist to dig into his memories of the past few decades to try to figure out what has happened to Russian society during that time. Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

https://slaviclitpod.com/

https://europaeditions.co.uk/book/9781787704879/not-russian

https://www.europaeditions.com/author/337/mikhail-shevelev

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/noirvember-2024/detail/ Not Russian By Mikhail Shevelev (uk.bookshop.org affiliate link) A Very Short Introduction to Film Noir (uk.bookshop.org affiliate link) - Film Noir https://ko-fi.com/russiansovietmoviepod https://patreon.com/ally_pitts_movies_etc BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics https://herheadinfilms.com/

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And our host Ally Pitts is introducing the screening in Banbury! Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece finishes its centenary run in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Sunday 26th October 2025 with screenings at The Light cinemas. Those The Light locations are in: Addlestone, Bolton, Bradford, Cambridge, Huddersfield, New Brighton, Redhill, Sheffield, Sittingbourne, Stockport, Thetford, Walsall, and Wisbech. The film is screening as part of The Light's Iconic strand. Ally also mentions the musician Hugo Max's current UK tour accompanying the silent films Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Nosferatu, Häxan, and Der Golem for the spooky season. Links:

https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/

https://thelight.co.uk/ https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/iconic https://hugomax.co.uk/halloween-with-hugo-uk-tour-2025https://hugomax.co.uk/scoring-silent-cinema https://hugomax.co.uk/upcoming-performances

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/battleship-potemkin

Klassiki:

Battleship Potemkin is also on the streaming service Klassiki with a score by Max Reinhardt & the Instant Orchestra.

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https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-klassiki-recommendations-updated-regularly/detail/

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