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Hard to be a god: the Strugatsky Brothers and Aleksei German go…
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Delve into the wide world of Eastern European film with the Klassiki Podcast. Featuring interviews, roundtable discussions, recorded essays, and more, we take you beyond the headlines to explore the past, present, and future of this fascinating region.
Klassiki 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, as well as highlighting recent releases and festival favourites – meaning we’re the only place to discover the best new voices in eastern European film. Subscribers get access to all this, as well as filmmaker interviews, video essays and introductions, programme notes, and much more. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.
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- Hard to be a god: the Strugatsky Brothers and Aleksei German go medieval · 49 λεπ. · Σεζόν 8 Επεισόδιο 5Here at Klassiki, we’re very excited about our forthcoming season of screenings inspired by the pioneering science fiction of Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. After Utopia: the…
- Witching hours: the literary legends of Ukrainian horror · 16 λεπ. · Σεζόν 8 Επεισόδιο 4For this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal and hailing the Halloween season with an essay on the things that went bump in the night…
- István Szabó’s dance with the devil · 47 λεπ. · Σεζόν 8 Επεισόδιο 3On Klassiki, we’re currently celebrating the work of the great Hungarian director István Szabó with restorations of two of his new wave classics, Father and The Concert. To go a…
- Woman on the edge: the world of Leida Laius · 50 λεπ. · Σεζόν 8 Επεισόδιο 2Estonian director Leida Laius was an unsung pioneer. Working from the sixties until the fall of communism, her films are striking for their empathetic exploration of the lives of…
- Sergei Loznitsa takes us inside the Imperium · 36 λεπ. · Σεζόν 8 Επεισόδιο 1Welcome listeners old and new to season eight of the Klassiki Podcast. We’ve got ten more episodes coming up for you to take us up to the festive season, with returning guests…
- Locarno 2026 festival report: Florin Șerban, Isabelle Stever, Natalka Vorozhbyt · 35 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 11That’s a wrap on season seven of the podcast. As always, thank you for listening along. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss us when we return for season eight in the…
- Films of the forest, from Tarkovsky to Kurosawa · 56 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 10The forest is one of the prevailing symbols of Russia and its former imperial holdings: from the Baltic to the taiga to the Pacific. But how has the forest informed Russia’s…
- Mark Cousins tells the story of documentary film · 40 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 9Among his many achievements, the Irish filmmaker Mark Cousins is perhaps best known for his sprawling documentaries charting the history of cinema: The Story of Film: An Odyssey…
- The most important art: Ian Christie’s journey through late Soviet cinema · 45 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 8Long time listeners of the show will be familiar with the film historian Ian Christie, who’s joined us to discuss topics ranging from Aleksandr Sokurov to Powell and Pressburger…
- Otar Iosseliani’s fables of modern life · 41 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 7Renowned in his native Georgia as one of the nation’s greatest filmmakers, Otar Iosseliani spent the majority of his career in his adoptive home of France after emigrating in the…
- BONUS: Golden Apricot festival report · 34 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 6We have a bonus episode for you this week. Host Sam is in Yerevan, Armenia, attending the Golden Apricot International Film Festival – always a highlight of the year for us here…
- Unravelling the twisted crime films of Corneliu Porumboiu · 13 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 5For this episode, we’re dipping back in to the archive of writing on the Klassiki Journal for an essay on the Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu. The most elusive of the…
- The Klassiki Kino Club: Tough Kids · 41 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 4We’re a few weeks into season seven, so it’s about time to open up the Kino Club, our watch-along exploration of the Klassiki catalogue. For this edition, I spoke with one of our…
- Beyond Mr Nobody: documentary under Putin · 52 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 3Russian documentary has been in the limelight following the Oscar win for Mr Nobody Against Putin earlier this year. The film consists of footage covertly shot by videographer…
- Boris Barnet: poet of the outskirts · 51 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 2Last week saw the 124th anniversary of Boris Barnet, one of the most influential filmmakers of the Soviet Union. In Europe, Barnet’s lyrical and humanistic cinema has long been…
- Valeska Grisebach returns with The Dreamed Adventure · 39 λεπ. · Σεζόν 7 Επεισόδιο 1Welcome back to season seven of the Klassiki Podcast! We’ve got ten more episodes coming up for you on the past and present of eastern European film, including some reporting…
- The moral maze of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Dekalog · 15 λεπ. · Σεζόν 6 Επεισόδιο 10We’ve reached the end of season six. Thank you to all our subscribers and listeners old and new. We’ll be back in the summer – but in the meantime, don’t forget to subscribe so…
- Artavazd Pelechian: poetry at a distance · 34 λεπ. · Σεζόν 6 Επεισόδιο 9This week, cinema audiences in London are getting the rare chance to see a selection of films by the great Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Pelechian as part of the Open City…
- The Klassiki Kino Club: Getting to Know the Big Wide World · 42 λεπ. · Σεζόν 6 Επεισόδιο 8It’s been a while since we opened up the Kino Club, our watch-along exploration of Klassiki’s ever-expanding catalogue. We’re putting that right this week with a brand new guest…
- Peter Strickland heads back to the East · 43 λεπ. · Σεζόν 6 Επεισόδιο 7Last week we launched 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…
