by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2016 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Peace, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, Violence, Women
— With this update because of another St. Louis screening. — The 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival features 420 films from 72 countries; it is clearly impossible to have seen them all! Yet, by serving on a couple of committees this year, I can easily...
by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2016 | Antisemitism, Books, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Racism, Review, Shoah, Time, Women
My review: No man is an island… Any man’s death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. John Donne – Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, 1624 War is Peace, Freedom...
by Pier Marton | Apr 14, 2016 | Art, Complexity, Death, Doc, Film, France, History, Ideas, Mystery, Review, STL, Time, Violence, Wars
My Review I try not to tell people something. — Sokurov We eagerly divide up our lives into past, present, future (and history), and act as if the riddle of time, this most perplexing mystery, had been solved. Yet, a few scientists, philosophers, artists, poets,...
by Pier Marton | Nov 11, 2015 | Cancer, Care, Corporations, Death, Doc, Dollars, Eco, Film, Food, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Native, Peace, Popular, Review, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, STL
Three of my favorite films at the 24th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival TWO OUT OF THREE PLAY TODAY! Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8:15pm In Transit “… having a good look at the world…” The last of the great direct cinema documentary...
by Pier Marton | Sep 23, 2015 | Death, Hispanic, History, Humor, Photo, Politics, Religion, Security, Spectacle, Violence, Women
— Going All Out for the Papal Visit — [a picture is again worth a thousand words] Washington, D.C. – Wednesday September 23, 2015 Please Visit Josh Haner’s Site — from Josh Haner’s site— Article & Slideshow EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Sep 4, 2015 | Genocide, History, Politics, Racism, Review, Spectacle, STL, US, Violence, Wars
Opening at the Plaza Frontenac 11:15 am – 1:40 pm – 4:15 pm – 7 pm – 9:30 pm Listen To Me Brando (trailer, below). For a variety of reasons, I would prefer to keep the focus on Marlon Brando and not on the film. I will let you decide after...