But she cannot settle in to suburban life, even though she really does want to. And Kelly is hardly a shrinking violet: she’s a former punk rocker and riot grrrl with the cassette tapes of her 90s band’s music and their appearances in xeroxed zines to prove it. Kelly & Cal, the feature debut of both director Jen McGowan and screenwriter Amy Lowe Starbin, is a simple, honest, deeply satisfying, no-bullshit tale of 30something Kelly, who just can’t seem to be happy with her life - the disquieting sense that something is wrong, something is missing from suburban housewifery and motherhood is still a thing that haunts many a woman half a century after The Feminine Mystique identified the problem. This is the sort of movie we simply don’t get when it’s always men telling their stories. This is why we need more women making movies.
In short, if you get the chance, give The Pilot: A Battle For Survival/Летчик a look.(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) Hats off to director Renat Davletyarov and writers Sergey Ashkenazi, Renat Davletyarov, and Alexey Timoshkin. The visual effects were seamless and the acting was marvellous. The action set pieces were well done and exciting. Hans Landa but they definitely struck the same chord.
There are bad guys who might not be of quite the same calibre as Christoph Waltz’s Col. In fact, The Pilot: A Battle For Survival/Летчик is an adrenalin fuelled adventure.
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I honestly think that those negative reviews were written by people who hadn’t watched The Pilot: A Battle For Survival/Летчик! I think they must have seen a Russian film set during the war and assumed it would be a grim tale of Socialist supremacy and full of propaganda. However, I was surprised that a lot of the reviews were exceptionally negative. Now I think I said elsewhere that I usually take a look at other reviews after I’ve formulated my opinions and this time is no different. But, if you’re really desperate to know I’ll just say that The Pilot: A Battle For Survival/Летчик is based on the true story of Aleksey Maresyev (Алексей Маресьев) and is dedicated to him and eight other airmen who were awarded the title Hero Of The Soviet Union. I won’t say exactly what that battle is, due to spoilers. However, to quote the publicity material, the biggest battle of his life is yet to come.
So Komlev had to face extreme cold, hunger, injury, wild animals, and enemy troops. To save you working it out, that is the same in old money…-40˚F. This was a period of lower than average temperatures which ultimately led to Hitler facing the same problems that Napoleonhad back in 1812…extreme cold. Remember earlier? I said it was December 1941. Even more unfortunately his troubles don’t stop there. He’s far from his own lines, encircled by detachments of Nazi soldiers, without rations or medical supplies, and surrounded by packs of wolves. Unfortunately for Komlev, though, surviving a crash landing is only the start of the story. Komlev and his colleagues are all shot down but he is the only survivor. A Bad Peace Is Better Than A Good Quarrel Sure enough, he and his comrades find a column of tanks and swoop in to spoil their day. Next scene, it’s December and he’s flying his Ilyushin IL-2 over the outskirts of Moscow looking for columns of advancing German troops. We’re introduced to Nikolai Komlev (Pyotr Fyodorov) who, while just going about his business, comes to the assistance of Olga (Anna Peskova). But there are action, thrills, and times of reflection.
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