Pier Marton

Listen To Me Brando

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...

Joshua Oppenheimer’s Masterpieces in St. Louis

by Pier Marton | Sep 3, 2015 | Asia, Doc, Genocide, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Politics, Review, Spectacle, STL, Time, US, Violence

The Films’ Websites The Act of Killing & The Look of Silence. Drafthouse (the distributor) – to find out where else to watch these films The Act of Killing & The Look of Silence Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it. —...

Best of Enemies – A Review

by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2015 | History, Media, Politics, Review, Site, Spectacle, STL, US

— At Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac — General Showtimes: 11:05 am | 1:15 | 4:15 | 7:20 | 9:45 pm My review: Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That’s voting. — Robert Frost It may be odd to like what disturbs us but it is clear that Best of Enemies is...

Vladimir Jankélévitch

by Pier Marton | Aug 16, 2015 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, France, Juif

En hommage à Abima (ma deuxième famille – “mes Malkin”). Malheureusement sa vivacité, sa douceur, son esprit, son humour ne sont pas présents dans ces émissions (mais on en apprend beaucoup sur ce qu’on fait Sartre et Beauvoir pendant la...

Effective Ovarian Cancer Treatment

by Pier Marton | Aug 3, 2015 | Death, Health, Now, Sci/Nat, Women

To my friend, Judith Doneson (1946-2002), Holocaust and film scholar. In the fall, you had complained of being constantly bloated. In February, you had already died. I will always remember you. From the NYTimes RELATED LINKS: Symptoms Found for Early Check on Ovary...