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The Klassiki PodcastRewriting history in Aleksandr Askoldov’s CommissarWe’ve reached the end of season 5! Thank you to everyone for listening along. We’ll be back in 2026, but for now, happy holidays and speak to you soon.
To close out the season, we’re returning to the ever-expanding archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal and an essay on one of the great lost talents of the Soviet studio system. Aleksandr Askoldov only completed one feature film in his career, 1967’s excoriating anti-war drama Commissar, before falling foul of the censors and disappearing into obscurity. But the film remains a landmark for its deconstruction of Soviet m...
2025-12-1516 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe Klassiki Kino Club: An Unusual ExhibitionFriend of the show Alisa Goruleva is back on the pod this week for the latest edition of the Kino Club, our watch-a-long exploration of Klassiki’s film catalogue. As always, host Sam Goff set Alisa the task of picking a title from our library that she hadn’t seen before to discuss. Her choice this time around was very fitting: An Unusual Exhibition, the 1968 comedy of artistic frustration by the great Georgian filmmaker Eldar Shengelaia, who sadly passed away in August of this year.
Alisa and Sam pay tribute to Shengelaia before exploring the film’s strange...
2025-12-0835 minThe Klassiki PodcastDeciphering The Saragossa ManuscriptListeners may remember our conversation earlier this year with Michael Brooke celebrating the centenary of Wojciech Has – one of Poland’s greatest and most misunderstood directors. We’re taking one last opportunity to honour Has’s hundredth anniversary year: right now until Christmas Day, subscribers can enjoy a restored version of his mind-bending masterpiece The Saragossa Manuscript. Adapted from a founding classic of Polish literature, the film presents a surreal odyssey across time and space that nests stories within stories to baffling and hypnotic effect.
To unpack the film, Sam invited old friend of the show, film writer an...
2025-12-0143 minThe Klassiki PodcastLucian Pintilie: godfather of the Romanian New WaveFor this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal for a profile of the great Romanian director Lucian Pintilie, whose provocative, modernist work bridges the gap between communist-era filmmaking and the New Wave that has defined Romanian cinema in the 21st century. Subject to censorship and exile, Pintilie returned to his homeland in the 1990s to cement his legacy and influence a new generation of directors.
Read the original piece here and make sure to check out Pintilie’s classic satire Reconstruction as well as our collection of classic Roma...
2025-11-2415 minThe Klassiki PodcastEastern notions: celebrating Ali KhamraevCentral Asia remains a great blindspot for many Western cinephiles – so we were thrilled to hear about an upcoming season in New York, hosted by the Asia Society in partnership with Anthology Film Archives. Eastern Notions is a celebration of the great Uzbek director Ali Khamraev, one of the true masters of Central Asian cinema, with more than 20 features in a career stretching back to the 1960s. Running from 20-23 November, the season highlights five of Khamraev’s fiction films, with the great man making a rare appearance in the States to attend in person.
To mark the...
2025-11-1734 minThe Klassiki PodcastJulia Loktev on My Undesirable Friends: Part One – Last Air in Moscow14 years after her previous feature, Julia Loktev is back with a monumental new documentary project. My Undesirable Friends is her collective portrait of some of the last independent journalists working in Russia in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Part One, titled Last Air in Moscow, was shot entirely on iPhone during Loktev’s trips to the Russian capital. Over more than five immersive hours, we follow journalists from the TV channel Rain and other oppositional outlets as they struggle to keep pace with Russia’s descent into the abyss, from labelling jour...
2025-11-1037 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe Klassiki Kino Club: The Return of the ProjectionistThis week, we’re reopening the Klassiki Kino Club, our watch-along exploration of Klassiki’s ever-expanding catalogue. In the hot seat this time around is Ally Pitts, host of the long-running Russian and Soviet Movies Podcast and confirmed Eastern European film aficionado. Ally’s choice comes from Azerbaijan: Orkhan Aghazadeh’s 2024 documentary The Return of the Projectionist, a portrait of cinephilia and friendship across generations.
Ally and host Sam Goff get into Aghazadeh’s playful blend of observation and performance, the state of cinema in the post-Soviet space, and how to make a nostalgic film without being sentimental...
2025-11-0331 minThe Klassiki PodcastHorror behind the Iron CurtainAs every film fan knows, October is horror season. And while eastern Europe these days is full of horror filmmakers who can mix it with the best of them, this wasn’t always the case: under communism, the genre often struggled to get past state censors. But the idea that there was no horror produced behind the Iron Curtain is a myth. There was in fact a rich tradition in the sixties and seventies, drawing on national folklore, literary sources, and the region’s traumatic recent history to chilling effect. On Klassiki, you can currently stream a Halloween double head...
2025-10-2741 minThe Klassiki PodcastMother Teresa and Persian poetry at the London Film FestivalThe 69th edition of the London Film Festival has just rolled through the capital’s cinemas, bringing a host of filmmaking talents in its wake. Sam headed down to the festival press circuit to speak to two directors in town with their latest films. First we hear from North Macedonia’s Teona Strugar Mitevska, who has been a shining light of Balkan filmmaking for over 20 years. Her latest film is perhaps her most ambitious yet: Mother, a punkish take on Mother Teresa starring Noomi Rapace, which had its premiere in Venice this summer.
Then we catch up with...
2025-10-2022 min
A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWS: Battleship Potemkin docks in The Light cinemas on Sun 26th Oct + more silent film screening news!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....
2025-10-1905 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe Strugatsky Brothers on screenWelcome back! It’s season five of the Klassiki podcast. We’ve got ten more great episodes lined up for you, featuring some exciting interviews, historical deep dives, and a Halloween special later this month. In the meantime, get in touch with us at podcast@klassiki.online.
We’re kicking things off with some science fiction. Boris and Arkady Strugatsky were brothers who dominated postwar Soviet sci-fi with their philosophical, subversive, and hugely popular novels and short stories. The Strugatskys also had a second life on screen, collaborating with a wide array of directors on adaptations of their w...
2025-10-1344 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWS! Ally Pitts introduces Milton Keynes Gallery screening of Battleship PotemkinSergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece continues its centenary run in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in throughout September and October 2025. Since we published a mini-episode about this BFI season last week, our intrepid host has been confirmed as providing the intro to the screening at MK Gallery on Friday 26th September at 7pm. He's also in talks with The Light in Banbury, Oxfordshire about introducing it there too on Sunday 26th October!
Links:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/battleship-potemkin
https://mkgallery.org/event/battleship-potemkin-12a/
https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/
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2025-08-3101 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWSFLASH: Battleship Potemkin centenary screenings & Blu-ray releaseSergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece is in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in late August, and through September and October 2025.
UPDATE: Since this mini-episode was originally published, our intrepid host Ally Pitts has been confirmed as providing the intro to the screening at Milton Keynes Gallery on Friday 26th September at 7pm, and he's also in talks with The Light in Banbury, Oxfordshire to introduce it there too on Sunday 26th October!
Battleship Potemkin is also on the streaming service Klassiki with a score by Max Reinhardt & the Instant Orchestra.
Links mentioned/allud...
2025-08-2409 minThe Klassiki PodcastCinema of the DonbasWe’ve reached the end season four! Thank you as always for listening along. We’ll be back in the autumn, so look out for that and make sure you’re subscribed in your podcast app of choice so you don’t miss out.
In the meantime, we want to hear from you. Do you have questions, comments, complaints, or suggestions for the show? You can now email them to us at podcast@klassiki.online. Get in touch ahead of the new season.
We’re closing out season four with a look at a fascinating and misund...
2025-08-1849 minThe Klassiki PodcastFrom Shakespeare to Solaris: the otherworldly career of Jüri JärvetFor this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal for a profile of the great Estonian actor Jüri Järvet – a cult hero of Soviet and Baltic film who overcame family trauma as a young man before bursting onto the international scene in the 1970s. In the space of just a few years, Jarvet helped to modernise Estonian cinema, worked with Tarkovsky, and played King Lear to huge critical and popular acclaim. Despite this, his story is not well known in the West.
Read the original piece here and wa...
2025-08-1113 minThe Klassiki PodcastFilm at the end of the world, with Ben RiversThis week, we’re launching the latest edition of Klassiki Picks, our series of watchlists curated by our friends in the world of cinema and eastern Europe. In this hot seat this time around is prolific British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers, whose latest feature, the post-apocalyptic tale Mare’s Nest, premieres in competition at the Locarno Film Festival this week. With that in mind, Ben has picked a fascinating quartet of titles for Klassiki: four films that explore the end of the world, whether literal or metaphorical, featuring sci-fi weirdness, nuclear paranoia, and the threat of social collapse.
2025-08-0443 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe Klassiki Kino Club: Andrzej Munk’s EroicaCritic, researcher, and friend of the show Alisa Goruleva is back on the pod this week for the second edition of the Kino Club, our watch-a-long exploration of Klassiki’s ever-expanding catalogue. Host Sam Goff asked Alisa to pick another film from our library that she hadn’t seen before to discuss. This time around, she plumped for Andrzej Munk’s 1958 war satire Eroica, a cynical deconstruction of the myths of military heroism.
Alisa and Sam discuss Munk’s tragically short career, his place among the titans of post-war Polish film, and Eroica’s blend of black humour, des...
2025-07-2837 minThe Klassiki PodcastBéla Tarr, Hungary’s maestro of melancholyFor this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal. Today is the seventieth birthday of one of the true greats: Béla Tarr, Hungary’s maestro of slow cinema melancholy. So, to celebrate, host Sam Goff is reading from our companion to the life and times of this icon of eastern European film – from his early days as a schoolboy anarchist to his position as a grandee of world cinema.
Read the original piece here and make sure to explore our collection of Hungarian titles. Sign up for a free 7...
2025-07-2119 minThe Klassiki PodcastOne hundred years of Marlen Khutsiev2025 is the centenary year of one of Soviet cinema’s true greats: Marlen Khutsiev, whose films from the fifties and sixties captured the excitement of the post-war years. If there was such a thing as the Soviet New Wave, then Khutsiev was its beating heart. In films like I Am Twenty and July Rain, he borrowed from the neorealists in Italy and iconoclasts in France to depict a society on the brink of transformation.
To celebrate Khutsiev in his 100th year, host Sam Goff is joined by Boris Nelepo, programmer, critic, and Co-Head of Programming at the Doc...
2025-07-1444 minThe Klassiki PodcastRolands Kalniņš: riding the Baltic New Wave with “Latvia’s Godard”For this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal. Today, host Sam Goff reads an essay about the work of one of Baltic cinema’s great innovators, Rolands Kalniņš, aka the Latvian Godard, whose playfully political films staged a colourful protest against Soviet occupation. This piece was written by friend of the show Joshua Polanski, a critic specialising in Baltic film who listeners may remember from our episode in season three about Jonas Mekas.
Read the original piece here and read more from Joshua on Baltic film on his site...
2025-07-0714 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe Klassiki Kino Club: István Szabó’s ConfidenceThis week we’re trying something new on the pod: the first edition of the Klassiki Kino Club. We wanted to find a way of championing our ever-growing library of films with our listeners. So we asked a friend of the show to pick a title available on Klassiki that they had never seen before to watch for the first time – and then to jump on a call to offer their reactions and reflections.
Joining us today is Alisa Goruleva, a Russian film critic and researcher based in Berlin who’s recently been writing some wonderful pieces for the...
2025-06-3033 minThe Klassiki PodcastRomania before the New WaveThe cinema of communist Romania rarely gets a look in compared with the 21st-century New Wave of Cristi Puiu, Radu Jude, and co. At Klassiki we’ve just launched a new collection of classic Romanian titles from the 1960s and '70s that tries to redress the balance. From wartime epics to New Wave romance and subversive satire, these films reveal a different side of Romanian film and set the scene for contemporary favourites.
This week, host Sam Goff sits down with critic and programmer Flavia Dima to discuss this history and talk in depth about the fou...
2025-06-2347 minThe Klassiki PodcastFrom Rossellini to Dracula: Radu Jude in TransylvaniaWelcome back! We’ve made it to season four of the Klassiki Podcast. We’re kicking off with a return guest: one of our very favourite filmmakers, Radu Jude. After the success of last year’s gig-economy satire Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Radu is back in 2025 with not one but two new films: Kontinental ‘25, an homage to Roberto Rossellini’s classic morality tale Europa ‘51, and what promises to be an unmissable take on the Dracula legend – watch out for that one arriving soon.
Host Sam Goff sat down with Radu to discuss Tra...
2025-06-1635 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWS: Come and See (Elem Klimov; 1985) 40th anniversary and Antifa on Screen season at the UPP in OxfordHost Ally Pitts highlights the 40th anniversary of Come and See, directed by Elem Klimov, shares news about a season of films on the theme of anti-fascism at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford, and brings attention to a couple of other anti-fascist/anti-totalitarian/anti-cult of personality films.
Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:
Antifa on screen at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford
https://uppcinema.com/show_type/classic-season-antifa-on-screen/
Klassiki
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2025-04-2706 minThe Klassiki PodcastEastern European film past, present, and futureWe’ve reached the end of the third season of the show! Thank you to everyone who’s listened along so far. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a five-star review or a comment on your podcast app of choice. We’ll be back soon with more great shows – subscribe now so you don’t miss a thing.
At the end of April, we’ll be running our third annual partnership with the goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film. To preview this exciting season, host Sam Goff sits down with Heleen Gerritsen, who is stepping...
2025-04-1443 minThe Klassiki PodcastCaught by the night: the gothic visions of Juraj HerzFor this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal for an essay on the Slovak maestro of the macabre, Juraj Herz, written and read by Sam Goff. Best known for his controversial and politically charged 1969 horror film The Cremator, Herz remains the great outsider of the Czech New Wave – a Holocaust survivor who mined his personal trauma to produce some of the most striking gothic visions to be found anywhere in communist-era cinema.
Read the original piece here and make sure to explore our collection of classic Czech and Slov...
2025-04-0715 min
Showroom Cinema PodcastShowroom Cinema Podcast: AprilNathan and Sam are back for a jaunt through the April programme at Showroom Cinema.Along the way you'll hear from Tash and Morgan from Film Girls Galore and Morgan's Meetups, hosts of an all-day Twilight Marathon on Sat 5 Apr; Dr Sheldon Hall, who's Kubrick Film Studies season runs all month; and Sam Goff, Editorial Director at Klassiki, the Eastern European cinema streaming service which presents KINOTEKA on Tour in April.0:00 Intro2:00 Holy Cow3:45 Four Mothers5:45 Twilight with Film Girls Galore and Morgan's...
2025-04-0133 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe Shards: Russia on the edgeThis week, Klassiki is launching a new collection of Russian documentaries, exploring life in the country as repressions continue to intensify and the war on Ukraine stretches into its fourth year.
On the podcast this week, we’re highlighting another recent documentary that deserves wider attention – Masha Chernaya’s The Shards, which won best film at the DocLisboa festival last year. Shot in a raw, DIY style during the first months of the war, the film sees Chernaya and her cohort reflecting on a homeland that has changed beneath their feet. We see glimpses of underground culture, from r...
2025-03-3137 minThe Klassiki PodcastJonas Mekas: a Lithuanian abroad“The godfather of American avant-garde cinema“, Jonas Mekas left his native Lithuania in 1944, and a few years later moved to New York. His friendships and collaborations with the likes of Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, and Yoko Ono helped to consolidate the downtown art scene, and his impressionistic “diary films”, compiled from footage of his life that he obsessively shot on his handheld Bolex camera, have proved hugely influential on experimental film ever since.
Mekas never lost sight of his native Lithuania, returning to themes of dislocation and home throughout his career. His work speaks to the cinema tradition...
2025-03-2445 minThe Klassiki PodcastUnder the Grey Sky: inside the crisis in BelarusIn 2020, Belarus was rocked by mass protests following fraudulent presidential elections that returned autocratic leader Aleksandr Lukashenko to power. The new feature film from Belarusian-Polish director Mara Tamkovich, Under the Grey Sky, is based on the true story of a journalist, Kateryna Andreevna, who was arrested and charged with treason for broadcasting police brutality against protestors. Under the Grey Sky is screening across the UK now as part of this year’s Kinoteka Polish Film Festival.
This week on the show, host Sam Goff sits down with Mara to discuss the real life events behind her film, an...
2025-03-1743 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe long, strange trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has2025 is the centenary year of Wojciech Jerzy Has – one of Poland’s greatest and most misunderstood filmmakers. A full retrospective of Has’s films is currently underway across the UK: from his surrealist masterpieces The Saragossa Manuscript and The Hourglass Sanatorium, to his never-before-screened shorts. To set the scene for this retrospective, host Sam Goff speaks with its curator, Polish film expert Michael Brooke, about Has’s peculiar place in Polish film history, his unique approach to literary adaptations, and the dreamworlds he conjured onscreen.
You can find information about all the Has screenings at this year’s Kinoteka...
2025-03-1041 minThe Klassiki PodcastEster Krumbachová: the ghost of the Czech New WaveArtist, guru, witch, muse. The cinematic polymath Ester Krumbachová was an essential figure behind many of the classics of the Czech New Wave. But Krumbachová herself remains an elusive figure, marginalised in histories of female filmmaking.
In recent years, this has begun to change. Krumbachová’s sole directorial effort, the romantic parody Murdering the Devil, has been restored and screened worldwide. It’s coming to the UK this month, with three screenings as part of this year’s Borderlines Film Festival, in Hereford, Ludlow, and Malvern, and Klassiki subscribers can watch the restoration on the site now. Host Sam...
2025-03-0337 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWS: Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2025In your home and maybe in your town?
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https://kinoteka.org.uk/programme
https://www.instagram.com/gulpfictionbooks/
https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-10-favourite-polish-films/
https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts...
2025-03-0206 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe war-haunted world of Larisa ShepitkoIn this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal for an essay on the Soviet-Ukrainian director Larisa Shepitko, written and read by host Sam Goff. One of the most significant female filmmakers to emerge from the Soviet system, Shepitko’s career was cut short at the age of just 41 when she was killed in a car crash while location scouting for her fifth feature. Her surviving work reflects her experiences as a child of war and dislocation and remains vital to our understanding of the post-Soviet world.
Read the orig...
2025-02-2415 minThe Klassiki PodcastPressburger: the Hungarian heart of British filmThe films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger are among the jewels in the crown of British cinema. One half of this national institution, Emeric Pressburger, was a Hungarian Jewish refugee – a background rarely commented on in discussions of the duo’s achievements. He brought Central European sensibilities to the British public – but how do we locate the Hungarian element in the Archers?
This week, host Sam Goff welcomes back film historian and curator Ian Christie to the pod. Ian knew Pressburger at the end of his life and, along with the likes of Martin Scorsese, helped to kick...
2025-02-1739 minThe Klassiki PodcastIn the studio with animation legends the Quay BrothersThe Klassiki Podcast is back! To kick off our third season, we're stepping into the studio with Stephen and Timothy Quay, aka the Quay Brothers.
The duo’s career spans five decades and has seen them craft features, shorts, music videos, adverts, and installations – all in their unmistakable signature style combining stop motion and live action, surrealist flourishes, and an eye for the macabre. Their new feature film, 20 years in the making, is an adaptation of The Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass by the Polish author Bruno Schulz. And we’re delighted that the Brothers have cu...
2025-02-1041 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWS: Soviet Silent Comedies at Slapstick Festival 2025 in Bristol PLUS podcast recommendationsHost 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:
https://slapstick.org.uk/slapstick-festival-2025/
https://pamhutch.wordpress.com/about/
Pamela Hutchinson's podcast appearances
https://www.annabogutskaya.com/
https://gulpfictionbooks.com/
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2025-01-0503 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts2024 highlights & 2025 plansHost 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. On balance I thought it was better to release it now as is rather than defer a week until I'd have time to re-record. Thanks for understanding, and please excuse the sound being a little rougher than I'd like on this occasion.
Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:
Support the show and Ally's other movie-related...
2025-01-0509 minThe Klassiki PodcastFrom Cranes to Cuba: how Kalatozov and Urusevsky reinvented Soviet cinemaWe’ve reached the end of the second season of the show! Thank you to everyone who’s listened along so far. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a five-star review or a comment on your podcast app of choice. We’ll be back in 2025 with a new season, bigger and better than before.
For the final episode of the season, we’re dipping back in to the archive of the Klassiki Journal for an essay on the groundbreaking collaboration between director Mikhail Kalatozov and cameraman Sergei Urusevsky. Over just seven years and three films, the duo t...
2024-12-0918 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsINTERVIEW: Juliet Merchant, film composer & musicianComposer 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 are available on the streaming service Klassiki, which is available in the UK, the US, and the Republic of Ireland.
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The films are:
Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924)
2024-12-081h 23The Klassiki PodcastShooting through tragedy: Shoghakat Vardanyan on 1489Host Sam Goff speaks to Armenian director Shoghakat Vardanyan about her remarkable debut, 1489. In 2020, Vardanyan’s 21-year-old brother went missing days into the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan. With no prior filmmaking experience, Shoghakat picked up her phone and started recording herself and her parents as they began a gruelling quest for information. The resulting film is a portrait of family grief and resilience, in which we watch a young woman learning to express herself through film in real time. On this week’s episode, Shoghakat talks about the emotional experience of making the film and becoming a ce...
2024-12-0233 minThe Klassiki PodcastOne hundred years of Sergei Parajanov2024 marks one hundred years since the birth of the great Sergei Parajanov, who turned Soviet cinema on its head in masterpieces like Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors and The Colour of Pomegranates. Persecuted for his experimental artistic approach and queer identity, his work still provokes vital questions about post-Soviet culture.
What exactly does Parajanov mean today? To answer this question, host Sam Goff speaks with Carmen Gray, a critic and programmer specialising in the cinema of eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Read Carmen’s beginner’s guide to Parajanov here and head over to Klassiki to watch Shadows of For...
2024-11-2536 minThe Klassiki PodcastEisenstein and Ivan the Terrible today2024 marks 80 years since the release of the great Sergei Eisenstein’s final, unfinished masterpiece: Ivan the Terrible. Commissioned by Stalin himself to make a biopic celebrating the bloodthirsty 16th-century tsar, Eisenstein instead produced a complex portrait of paranoia and power that remains relevant to this day.
To get to the heart of Eisenstein’s Ivan, host Sam Goff speaks with Joan Neuberger, Professor Emerita at the University of Texas and the author of This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible in Stalin’s Russia.
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2024-11-1840 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe lonely voice of Aleksandr SokurovThis month, audiences in London have been revisiting the works of one of Russian cinema’s grandees, with a retrospective of the films of Aleksandr Sokurov, organised by the cultural institute Pushkin House. Best known in the West for his 2002 epic Russian Ark, Sokurov is arguably the last living embodiment of the classic Russian arthouse director, in all its contradictions.
To make sense of Sokurov in 2024, host Sam Goff sits down with film historian and curator Ian Christie, who has been working on and with the director since the 1980s.
Find out more about the Soku...
2024-11-1140 minThe Klassiki PodcastPoland in the 80s, from Wajda to KieślowskiIn this guide, first published on the Klassiki Journal and written and read by host Sam Goff, we introduce the cinema of Poland in the 1980s. The last decade of communist rule was a period marked by the brutality of martial law, but also the emergence of critical new voices and masterpieces from figures such as Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Read the original piece here and make sure to explore our collection of Polish titles. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-11-0415 minThe Klassiki PodcastDea Kulumbegashvili and Petar Valchanov at the London Film FestivalThis month saw the 68th edition of the London Film Festival hit the capital’s cinemas. Host Sam Goff went down to the festival press circuit to get hold of two of Eastern Europe’s finest: Georgia’s Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose abortion drama April has been turning heads since it won the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival; and Bulgaria’s Petar Valchanov, whose latest stranger-than-fiction tale recreates a bizarre episode from his nation’s recent history involving psychics and alien artefacts...
Watch Petar’s 2019 drama The Father on Klassiki now. Sign up for a free 7-da...
2024-10-2827 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe footballing fantasies of Sandro KoberidzeGeorgian filmmaker Sandro Koberidze joins host Sam Goff to chat about his forthcoming film Dry Leaf and the hidden connections between his two great passions: cinema and football.
Watch Sandro’s award-winning What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? on Klassiki now. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-10-2140 minThe Klassiki PodcastUnder the Volcano: Damian Kocur reimagines the Ukraine war dramaHost Sam Goff sits down with Polish filmmaker Damian Kocur to discuss his new Ukraine war drama Under the Volcano. The film follows a Ukrainian family who are vacationing in Tenerife when the full-scale war breaks out back home, leaving them stranded on the island. Damian explains how he applied his idiosyncratic filmmaking technique to this story of grief and dislocation, and how the war has affected both Ukrainian filmmakers and their neighbours in eastern Europe.
Watch Damian’s debut feature Bread and Salt on Klassiki now. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-10-1434 minThe Klassiki PodcastPrefab pictures: cinema of the tower block with Owen HatherleyThe Klassiki Podcast is back for our second season. We’re kicking off with an interview with author Owen Hatherley about the history of the tower block on screen. Widely understood in the West as symbolic of the grey monotony of life behind the Iron Curtain, the prefab tower block remains misunderstood more than three decades after the fall of communism.
To get past the clichés, host Sam Goff sat down with Owen to discuss five films set in and around these mass housing monoliths, from five different directors – including iconic auteurs Béla Tarr, Krzysztof Kieślow...
2024-10-0744 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts100 years of Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924) [classic episode re-release with new intro, outro and music]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 early Soviet silent sci-fi adventure.
SPOILERS from about 16 minutes in until the end.
CONTENT WARNING: discussion of the film's depiction of abusive relationships and violence against women.
Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:
Art by guest Sarah Roberts: https://sarahkathleenroberts.com/
Composer Juliet Merchant's live performance dates: julietmerchantmusic.com/
Ally Pitts on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: M...
2024-09-221h 19A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsAlexandra Exter, Aelita, and Modernist Art in Ukraine 1900-1930Host 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 as a costume designer and set decorator.
The Royal Academy of Art's exhibition is In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine from 1900 to the 1930s. That's in London and runs until 13th October 2024
The Ukrainian Museum's exhibition is Alexandra Exter: The Stage is a World. That's in New York City and is running from 27th September 2024 until 19 January 2025
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2024-08-2407 minThe Klassiki PodcastYuliya Solntseva: the forgotten queen of Soviet filmIn this profile, written by critic and curator Rachel Pronger and first published on the Klassiki Journal, we introduce you to one of the most consequential and misunderstood figures in Soviet film history: Yuliya Solntseva. A silent star who became one half of Ukraine’s most influential creative marriage but whose place in history has been obscured for too long.
Klassiki subscribers can watch Solntseva’s iconic performances in Aelita and Earth now. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-07-2917 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe fight for the future of Georgian filmHost Sam Goff is joined by two representatives of the so-called “film movement” in Georgia – Keti Machavariani of the Georgian Film Institute, and Keto Kipiani of the Documentary Association of Georgia – to discuss cinema’s place in the ongoing protest movement against the increasing authoritarianism of the country’s government. They explain the situation on the ground for filmmakers and how the film world relates to the wider protest movement fighting for Georgia’s future.
Klassiki subscribers can explore our collection of Georgian titles here. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-07-2227 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWS: Béla Tarr & Tarkovskian echoesHost 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/film...
2024-07-2107 minThe Klassiki PodcastSpringtime for Soviet cinema: the films of the ThawIn this guide, first published on the Klassiki Journal and written and read by host Sam Goff, we introduce the cinema of the Soviet Thaw. As a new era of cultural freedom swept the USSR after the death of Stalin, iconic directors like Mikhail Kalatozov and Marlen Khutsiev created a new cinematic language defined by sincerity and stylistic innovation.
Read the original piece here and make sure to explore our collections of classic Soviet and cult sixties film. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-07-1517 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNostalgia AKA Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1983)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://klassi...
2024-07-141h 25The Klassiki PodcastŻuławski, Parajanov, and me: adventures in Eastern Europe with Dan BirdDan Bird is one of the world’s leading specialists on cult cinema from Eastern Europe. His work in restoration and distribution has played a key role in preserving the legacies of iconic filmmakers like Andrzej Żuławski and Sergei Parajanov. He joins host Sam Goff to discuss a career spent traversing Eastern Europe in search of hidden gems.
Klassiki subscribers can watch a cult cinema playlist inspired by Dan’s adventures here. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-07-0840 min
Плотные БонвиваныВыпуск 63 - Коротыш.Коротыш. Маленький да удаленький. В выпуске: «Urban commons. Городские сообщества за пределами государства и рынка (https://www.nlobooks.ru/books/studia_urbanica/21945/)» издательства НЛО, обсуждение постановки «Палачей» Мартина Макдонаха (https://abbeyplayerstheatre.ru/palachi), артбук по «Дюне» (https://eksmo.ru/book/dyuna-illyustrirovannaya-istoriya-sozdaniya-klassiki-nauchnoy-fantastiki-ITD1177428/) и кино по Булычеву. (https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/1334852/)
2024-07-0624 minThe Klassiki PodcastThe humanism and surrealism of the Czech New WaveIn this piece, first published on the Klassiki Journal by critic Sonya Vseliubska and read here by host Oliver Hunt, we introduce the wild world of the Czech New Wave, one of the most influential movements in Central and Eastern European cinema. Blending aesthetic and philosophical innovations from France and Italy, the New Wave gave us legendary figures like Věra Chytilová, František Vláčil, and Miloš Forman.
Read Sonya’s piece here and make sure to explore our collection of Central European film. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-07-0118 minThe Klassiki PodcastAgnieszka Holland on her urgent and politically charged refugee drama Green BorderLegendary Polish director Agnieszka Holland joins host Oliver Hunt to discuss her ripped-from-the-headlines new film, Green Border. Tackling the refugee crisis that unfolded along the Poland-Belarus border in 2021, the film provoked political controversy within Poland, and shows Holland at her humanist best.
Green Border is out in the UK from 21 June. Make sure also to check out Holland’s 2017 eco-thriller Spoor, available now to Klassiki subscribers. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-06-2424 minThe Klassiki PodcastBehind the scenes of the Romanian New Wave with Ada SolomonFilm producer extraordinaire Ada Solomon joins host Sam Goff to take us behind the scenes of Romanian’s troubled but brilliant post-communist cinema. One of Eastern Europe’s most vital producers, Ada outlines the origins of the Romanian New Wave, the movement that rocked Europe in the 2000s. She also gets into her work with Radu Jude and others, and how her career bridges Eastern and Western Europe.
Make sure to check out our interview with Jude in the first episode of the Klassiki Podcast, and explore our collection of New Wave titles here. Sign up for a fre...
2024-06-1740 minThe Klassiki PodcastFrom Toronto to Ararat: Atom Egoyan on his career in the Armenian diasporaAcclaimed Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan joins host Sam Goff to discuss the role his Armenian heritage has played in his career. From his early features to his historical epic Ararat, Atom discusses how he’s grappled with personal and national history onscreen and the gems of classic Armenian film that have inspired him.
Delve into Atom’s recommendations by exploring our complete collection of Armenian film here. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-06-1046 minThe Klassiki PodcastIan Christie on Eccentrism, the forgotten mavericks of the Soviet avant-gardeFilm historian Ian Christie joins host Sam Goff to discuss his new book on the Factory of the Eccentric Actor: one of the most striking and under-appreciated corners of Soviet avant-garde cinema. Ian talks us through the wild world of 1920s Petrograd, how Eccentrism predicted the French New Wave, and the lessons it still bears for students of Russian culture today.
Buy Ian’s book Eccentrism Turns 100: FEKS and the Early Soviet Avant-Garde here. Read an exclusive extract on our Journal here. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-06-0336 minThe Klassiki PodcastRadu Jude on TikTok and the future of filmRomania’s provocateur in chief Radu Jude joins host Sam Goff to discuss the runaway success of his hilarious new film, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World. Along the way, Jude explains the the East-West crisis in European politics, his evolving approach to national history, and how TikTok is forcing filmmakers to adapt – or die.
Watch Jude’s 2018 satire I Do Not Care if We Go Down in History as Barbarians on Klassiki now. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
2024-05-2735 minThe Klassiki PodcastComing Soon: The Klassiki PodcastKlassiki is a streaming platform with a difference. Dedicated to cinema from eastern Europe, we offer subscribers an ever-evolving library of classic and contemporary titles, featuring iconic figures like Andrei Tarkovsky and Kira Muratova as well as hidden gems, documentaries, animation, and more. Subscribers get access to all this, as well as filmmaker interviews, video essays and introductions, programme notes, and much more. We’re available in the US, the UK, and Ireland and you can sign up for a free 7-day trial today at klassiki.online.
To help take you further into the wide world of ea...
2024-05-2001 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWS: Man with a Movie Camera, 60 years of Mikhail Kalatozov’s I am Cuba, and Oxford Meet-upsLinks 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...
2024-05-1904 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsAlly's top 5 first-time watches of 2023In 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
...
2024-01-2811 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsNEWSFLASH: Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Kirill Serebrennikov; 2023) in UK cinemas Jan-Mar ’24Links 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
I...
2024-01-1404 min
The Projection Booth PodcastEpisode 659: Conscience (1968)Ryan Luis Rodriguez and Chris Stachiw join Mike to look at the Conscience (or Sovist) from 1968. Directed by Vladimir Denisenko, the film is set in a small village during the German occupation of Ukraine. When one of the German officers is slain, his fellow soldiers demand that the partisan responsible be turned over, lest the entire village be wiped off the earth. The film was banned and didn't see the light of day until the post-Perestroika thaw.Sam Goff of Klassiki discusses Ukranian and Soviet cinema of the time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https...
2023-12-081h 24A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsBONUS EPISODE: Ally’s Klassiki RecommendationsDr Samuel Goff, editorial director at the film streaming service Klassiki, joins Ally Pitts to talk about Ally's five film picks from the Klassiki film Library.
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!
Follow Klassiki on:
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/klassiki/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100052319903979
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klassiki.online/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Klassiki_Online
Some Ways...
2023-08-2048 min
Have You Scene It With Emily BraySeries 2 Episode 2: Barbie, Volcano, And Just Like ThatThis week Ned and Emily continue their BLOCKBUSTER Summer and answer the questions-Is Barbie Kenough?Is Volcano explosive? (get Klassiki online)Does trying to comprehend And Just Like That make you drunk as it seems to have done to them?Don't forget to like follow and subscribe and follow on instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-08-1630 min
Girls On FilmEp 155: Must-see movies and docs - Girls On Film live at Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalLet us transport you to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023, where Girls On Film recorded an episode with an audience of festival goers. Host Anna Smith is joined by critics and filmmakers who are full of film recommendations, as well as thought-provoking and poignant conversation.
First to join Anna are critics Wendy Ide and Marya E Gates, who speak about which films they’ve loved, and the strong array of female-focused films playing at KVIFF. They review La Chimera, starring Josh O'Connor and Isabella Rossellini. Marya talks about Georgian film Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, and both of them discuss the ‘hot...
2023-07-0634 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsThe Lord Eagle (Eduard Novikov; 2018)Jenny Shelton from the RSPB discusses this historical drama from Yakutia with host Ally Pitts. The film centres around an elderly couple whose grueling but predictable life in rural Siberia in the 1930s is a disrupted by the arrival of mysterious bird of prey.
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You can watch The Lord Eagle, along with many other films from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia on the streaming service Klassiki Online.
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2022-05-081h 22
Better KnownJustine WaddellJustine Waddell is a writer, producer and actor. Through her production company, Asterisk Films, she has just picked up the 2021 Golden Prague Czech Television Award for her documentary feature film Janine Jansen: Falling for Stradivari. She has also produced Force of Nature Natalia, directed by BAFTA and Grierson-winning filmmaker, Gerry Fox, about prima ballerina, Natalia Osipova.
Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, which Justine has developed with the British Film Institute and Piccadilly Pictures, is Justine's debut screenplay.
After graduating from Cambridge University, Justine’s film work as an actress includes lead roles in Alexander Zeldovich’s Targ...
2022-03-2029 min
Женщины и всёПочему люди все ещё любят книги?Один из самых популярных материалов на «Избе» — тест «На какую героиню классической литературы вы похожи?». Так вот и разбиваются мифы о том, что классика — это скучно и её никто не читает! В общем, в новом выпуске подкаста обсудили этот тест, а ещё — какие книги из классической литературы мы ненавидим, а какие любим, что читаем прямо сейчас и какую книгу посоветовали бы прочитать каждому человеку.
В выпуске упоминаются тексты:
ТЕСТ: На какую героиню русской классики вы похожи?
https://burninghut.ru/quiz-geroinya-russkoj-klassiki/
2021-11-0934 min
Культура.РФШтосс, бостон и винт: во что играли герои русской классикиКарточные игры на Руси появились еще во время правления Ивана Грозного, уже при Алексее Михайловиче на них наложили запрет, а отъявленным картежникам вырывали ноздри. Петр I разрешил только карточные игры без денежных ставок, а вот Екатерина II хоть и не отменяла запреты предшественников, сама любила играть с фаворитами и придворными. В конце XVIII века появились игорные дома, и карты стали повсеместным развлечением: крестьяне, дворяне, государственные лица коротали за ними время. Неудивительно, что карточные партии стали появляться и на страницах книг. «Культура.РФ» собрала правила популярных игр и нашла примеры в литературе.Читать: culture.ru/materials/255558/shtoss-boston-i-vint-vo-chto-igrali-geroi-russkoi-klassiki
2021-11-0512 min
Культура.РФШтосс, бостон и винт: во что играли герои русской классикиКарточные игры на Руси появились еще во время правления Ивана Грозного, уже при Алексее Михайловиче на них наложили запрет, а отъявленным картежникам вырывали ноздри. Петр I разрешил только карточные игры без денежных ставок, а вот Екатерина II хоть и не отменяла запреты предшественников, сама любила играть с фаворитами и придворными. В конце XVIII века появились игорные дома, и карты стали повсеместным развлечением: крестьяне, дворяне, государственные лица коротали за ними время. Неудивительно, что карточные партии стали появляться и на страницах книг. «Культура.РФ» собрала правила популярных игр и нашла примеры в литературе.
Читать: culture.ru/materials/255558/shtoss-boston-i-vint-vo-chto-igrali-geroi-russkoi-klassiki
2021-11-0512 minA Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally PittsInterview with Kino Klassika season manager Olga DoletskayaKino Klassika is a UK non-profit organisation that highlights films from Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Shortly before the launch of Klassiki, Kino Klassika's new streaming service, Ally Pitts spoke to season manager Olga Doletskaya.
Find out more about Kino Klassika: https://www.kinoklassikafoundation.org/
Find out more about Klassiki: https://klassiki.online/
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2021-01-2642 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 4. Каким было любимое блюдо Льва ТолстогоНазвать единственное любимое блюдо Льва Толстого так же сложно, как выделить главного героя в «Войне и мире». Отношения с едой у великого русского классика были весьма противоречивыми.Поесть Толстой любил. Регулярно переедал и регулярно себя за это корил: «Много слишком ел за обедом (обжорство)». Однако, пытаясь воздержаться от греха чревоугодия, он неизбежно начинал себя жалеть: «Я утром не ел до обеда и очень ослабел».Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-04-1705 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 7. Что любил есть Маяковский«Ешь ананасы, рябчиков жуй» — казалось бы, Владимиру Маяковскому было свойственно осуждать завсегдатаев ресторанов, буржуев и чревоугодников. В его стихах что ни строчка — то презрение к любителям вкусно поесть: «Вас, милый телёнок, купили за редерер и за кроликовое рагу», «Вот вы, мужчина, у вас в усах капуста // Где-то недокушанных, недоеденных щей».Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2607 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 6. Что любил есть ТургеневИван Тургенев, большую часть жизни проживший в Европе, был ценителем русской кухни. Когда он возвращался домой, в родное имение Спасское-Лутовиново, мать писателя Варвара Петровна «целые дни придумывала, чем бы угодить сыну».Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2606 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 7. Что любил есть Маяковский«Ешь ананасы, рябчиков жуй» — казалось бы, Владимиру Маяковскому было свойственно осуждать завсегдатаев ресторанов, буржуев и чревоугодников. В его стихах что ни строчка — то презрение к любителям вкусно поесть: «Вас, милый телёнок, купили за редерер и за кроликовое рагу», «Вот вы, мужчина, у вас в усах капуста // Где-то недокушанных, недоеденных щей».
Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2607 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 6. Что любил есть ТургеневИван Тургенев, большую часть жизни проживший в Европе, был ценителем русской кухни. Когда он возвращался домой, в родное имение Спасское-Лутовиново, мать писателя Варвара Петровна «целые дни придумывала, чем бы угодить сыну».
Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2606 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Часть 5. Что любил есть Максим ГорькийМаксим Горький был вегетарианцем. В России идею отказа от мяса популяризировал в 1880-х годах Лев Толстой: вегетарианство граф считал важным этапом нравственной жизни.По воспоминаниям современников, Горький на протяжении всей жизни предпочитал самые простые блюда — супы, каши. Друг писателя, знаменитый оперный певец Федор Шаляпин, любимым блюдом Горького называл квашеную капусту с яблоками. Впрочем, литератор ценил не только капусту, но и другие соленые овощи, которых ему особенно не хватало в Италии.Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2306 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 5. Что любил есть Максим ГорькийМаксим Горький был вегетарианцем. В России идею отказа от мяса популяризировал в 1880-х годах Лев Толстой: вегетарианство граф считал важным этапом нравственной жизни.
По воспоминаниям современников, Горький на протяжении всей жизни предпочитал самые простые блюда — супы, каши. Друг писателя, знаменитый оперный певец Федор Шаляпин, любимым блюдом Горького называл квашеную капусту с яблоками. Впрочем, литератор ценил не только капусту, но и другие соленые овощи, которых ему особенно не хватало в Италии.
Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2306 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 4. Каким было любимое блюдо Льва ТолстогоНазвать единственное любимое блюдо Льва Толстого так же сложно, как выделить главного героя в «Войне и мире». Отношения с едой у великого русского классика были весьма противоречивыми.
Поесть Толстой любил. Регулярно переедал и регулярно себя за это корил: «Много слишком ел за обедом (обжорство)». Однако, пытаясь воздержаться от греха чревоугодия, он неизбежно начинал себя жалеть: «Я утром не ел до обеда и очень ослабел».
Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2305 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 3. Что любил есть ДостоевскийФедор Михайлович Достоевский любил сытно и вкусно поесть, но был относительно равнодушен к кулинарным изыскам. По воспоминаниям жены Анны, русский классик регулярно перекусывал бутербродами с сыром, больше всего любил вареную курицу, а запивал ее теплым молоком:«Федя ужасно начал приставать, почему курицы нет, так что мы чуть было из-за того не поссорились».Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2005 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 2. Что любил есть Антон ЧеховМногие знают, что любимым блюдом Антона Чехова были караси в сметане. Их писатель ел с удовольствием и даже упоминал во многих своих произведениях. В рассказе «Сирена» один из героев произносит: «Из рыб безгласных самая лучшая — это жареный карась в сметане; только чтоб он не пах тиной и имел тонкость, нужно продержать его живого в молоке целые сутки».Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2006 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 1. Что любил есть ГогольНиколай Гоголь не отличался крепким здоровьем, но очень любил поесть — и эти две особенности приводили к печальным последствиям. В письмах к друзьям Гоголь регулярно и не в самых приятных подробностях описывал свои проблемы с пищеварением. Но на соблюдение диеты ему категорически не хватало силы воли.Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2007 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 3. Что любил есть ДостоевскийФедор Михайлович Достоевский любил сытно и вкусно поесть, но был относительно равнодушен к кулинарным изыскам. По воспоминаниям жены Анны, русский классик регулярно перекусывал бутербродами с сыром, больше всего любил вареную курицу, а запивал ее теплым молоком:
«Федя ужасно начал приставать, почему курицы нет, так что мы чуть было из-за того не поссорились».
Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2005 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 2. Что любил есть Антон ЧеховМногие знают, что любимым блюдом Антона Чехова были караси в сметане. Их писатель ел с удовольствием и даже упоминал во многих своих произведениях. В рассказе «Сирена» один из героев произносит: «Из рыб безгласных самая лучшая — это жареный карась в сметане; только чтоб он не пах тиной и имел тонкость, нужно продержать его живого в молоке целые сутки».
Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2006 min
Культура.РФЕда и классики. Выпуск 1. Что любил есть ГогольНиколай Гоголь не отличался крепким здоровьем, но очень любил поесть — и эти две особенности приводили к печальным последствиям. В письмах к друзьям Гоголь регулярно и не в самых приятных подробностях описывал свои проблемы с пищеварением. Но на соблюдение диеты ему категорически не хватало силы воли.
Спецпроект «Еда и классики»: https://www.culture.ru/s/eda-i-klassiki
2020-03-2007 min