Pier Marton

’12 SLIFF BUZZ – What You Might Have Missed

by Pier Marton | Nov 18, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Doc, France, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL

The St. Louis International Film Festival is rounding up; as always an amazing round-up of jewels from all around the world… I wish I could have found the time to write individual longer reviews this year. Below, based on what I was able to watch, my own...

To Israel’s Leaders: Don’t Defend me – Not Like This

by Pier Marton | Nov 15, 2012 | Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Wars, Women

Nina Menkes, the filmmaker, says “DEAR BIBI and HAMAS: DEFINITION OF INSANITY–KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS.” A message to Israel’s leaders: Don’t defend me – not like this. [en Français ci-dessous: «Ne nous...

Privacy Concerns? (01) Opt Out of People Search/Public Records & Become Anonymous Again

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2012 | Future Tech, Human Rights, Popular, Spectacle

We don’t need to be psychics or the N.S.A. to snoop, we all leave behind cookies, breadcrumbs, public records, etc. Only off the grid, in the woods, is “privacy” a concept worth discussing. Many of the websites below offer an opt out/delete me...

On the BBC: The BBC, Hungary’s Jews & Guilt

by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2012 | Jewish, Magyar, Media, Politics, Shoah

The BBC cannot acknowledge their guilt. This is as close as they can go. The BBC and the Hungarian Holocaust on BBC 4 “Hindsight… It was not the job of the BBC to warn the Jews… startling… fatigue… (had they known) those Jews who died...

Venice Beyond Itself (SuperVenise)

by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2012 | Eco, Sci/Nat, Sights, Spectacle

Venezia e l’acqua… What stands out to be loved may, in time, become specifically that which you hate. Ce que vous remarquez et aimez risque, avec le temps, de devenir précisement ce que vous détestez. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email...