Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Shards: Russia on the edge
Season 3 Episode 8
This week, Klassiki is launching a new collection of Russian documentaries, exploring life in the country as repressions continue to intensify and th…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jonas Mekas: a Lithuanian abroad
Season 3 Episode 7
“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 friendshi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Under the Grey Sky: inside the crisis in Belarus
Season 3 Episode 6
In 2020, Belarus was rocked by mass protests following fraudulent presidential elections that returned autocratic leader Aleksandr Lukashenko to powe…
1 year, 4 months ago
The long, strange trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has
Season 3 Episode 5
2025 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…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ester Krumbachová: the ghost of the Czech New Wave
Season 3 Episode 4
Artist, guru, witch, muse. The cinematic polymath Ester Krumbachová was an essential figure behind many of the classics of the Czech New Wave. But Kr…
1 year, 4 months ago
The war-haunted world of Larisa Shepitko
Season 3 Episode 3
In 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 Shepitk…
1 year, 5 months ago
Pressburger: the Hungarian heart of British film
Season 3 Episode 2
The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger are among the jewels in the crown of British cinema. One half of this national institution, Emeric…
1 year, 5 months ago
In the studio with animation legends the Quay Brothers
Season 3 Episode 1
The 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…
1 year, 5 months ago
From Cranes to Cuba: how Kalatozov and Urusevsky reinvented Soviet cinema
Season 2 Episode 10
We’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 f…
1 year, 7 months ago
Shooting through tragedy: Shoghakat Vardanyan on 1489
Season 2 Episode 9
Host Sam Goff speaks to Armenian director Shoghakat Vardanyan about her remarkable debut, 1489. In 2020, Vardanyan’s 21-year-old brother went missing…
1 year, 7 months ago