Pier Marton

Gemma Bovery – a film review

by Pier Marton | Jul 12, 2015 | Books, Death, Film, France, French, Humor, Review, STL

Leaving St. Louis Thursday July 16. 2015 Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema – Map Hours: 11:10 – 1:40 – 4:30 – 7:05 My Review: ” I can resist everything except temptation.” — Oscar Wilde. A light comedy to delight those who are too...

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2015 | Action, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Future Tech, Genocide, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Native, Sci/Nat, Time, Violence, Wars, World

“It is estimated that every hour three species are lost forever; that’s 70 a day, 500 a week, 27,000 species ever year… which would make it the fastest mass extinction in our planet’s history. There is no doubt about the cause, it’s...

Salgado & The Salt of the Earth – a review

by Pier Marton | May 16, 2015 | Art, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, France, Highlights, Human Rights, Native, Now, Peace, Photo, Politics, Racism, Review, Spectacle, STL, Travel, Wars, Women, World

IN US CITIES The Film’s Website & INSTITUTO TERRA I am tired of guilt, tired of saying to myself: “I didn’t kill that man on that photograph, I didn’t starve that child.” That’s why I want to photograph landscapes and flowers....

ERVIN MARTON IN LOS ANGELES

by Pier Marton | May 12, 2015 | Art, Doc, Ego, France, Idées, Now, Photo, Poet

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory – Se vive con la esperanza de llegar a ser un recuerdo.. Porchia May his memory be a blessing – Zikhrono Livrakha. Siddur/Jewish Prayer Book Ervin Marton: Paris, the Post-War Years May 14 – July 3, 2015 This is...

Reggie Yates’ Extreme Russia Series

by Pier Marton | Apr 28, 2015 | Afri, Death, Doc, Now, Politics, Racism, Violence, Youth

Reggie Yates writes about his experience (below). A MUST-SEE BBC SERIES ABOUT TODAY’S RUSSIA I still highly recommend also the recent piece on Chechnya: La Tchétchénie Maintenant (Chechnya Now) Russia is the largest country on earth and home to nearly 150...