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Back to SearchOne hundred years of Sergei Parajanov
Season 2 Episode 8
2024 marks one hundred years since the birth of the great Sergei Parajanov, who turned Soviet cinema on its head in masterpieces like Shadows of Forg…
1 year, 8 months ago
Eisenstein and Ivan the Terrible today
Season 2 Episode 7
2024 marks 80 years since the release of the great Sergei Eisenstein’s final, unfinished masterpiece: Ivan the Terrible. Commissioned by Stalin himse…
1 year, 8 months ago
The lonely voice of Aleksandr Sokurov
Season 2 Episode 6
This month, audiences in London have been revisiting the works of one of Russian cinema’s grandees, with a retrospective of the films of Aleksandr So…
1 year, 8 months ago
Poland in the 80s, from Wajda to Kieślowski
Season 2 Episode 5
In 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 las…
1 year, 8 months ago
Dea Kulumbegashvili and Petar Valchanov at the London Film Festival
Season 2 Episode 4
This 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 h…
1 year, 8 months ago
The footballing fantasies of Sandro Koberidze
Season 2 Episode 3
Georgian filmmaker Sandro Koberidze joins host Sam Goff to chat about his forthcoming film Dry Leaf and the hidden connections between his two great …
1 year, 9 months ago
Under the Volcano: Damian Kocur reimagines the Ukraine war drama
Season 2 Episode 2
Host Sam Goff sits down with Polish filmmaker Damian Kocur to discuss his new Ukraine war drama Under the Volcano. The film follows a Ukrainian famil…
1 year, 9 months ago
Prefab pictures: cinema of the tower block with Owen Hatherley
Season 2 Episode 1
The 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 blo…
1 year, 9 months ago
Yuliya Solntseva: the forgotten queen of Soviet film
Season 1 Episode 10
In this profile, written by critic and curator Rachel Pronger and first published on the Klassiki Journal, we introduce you to one of the most conseq…
1 year, 11 months ago
The fight for the future of Georgian film
Season 1 Episode 9
Host Sam Goff is joined by two representatives of the so-called “film movement” in Georgia – Keti Machavariani of the Georgian Film Institute, and Ke…
2 years ago