by Pier Marton | Nov 19, 2020 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Complexity, Death, Doc, Eco, Education, France, Genocide, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Native, Peace, Politics, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, US, Women, World
In spite of Covide-19, the St. Louis International Film Festival is still keeping its promise of excellence and allowing St. Louisans – and now for some films even the rest of the world – for the first time ever, to stream its cornucopia of international...
by Pier Marton | Jun 20, 2020 | Action, Cancer, Care, Complexity, Eco, Education, Ideas, The Future, Violence, World
Two alerts! Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Emergency, Climate Strike, Sunrise Movement… World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert. THE GUARDIAN (Fiona Harvey) Excerpts: International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent...
by Pier Marton | Mar 9, 2019 | Art, Complexity, Education, Ego, Film, French, Hispanic, History, Ideas, Mystery, Religion, STL, Uncategorized, Violence
Through Cinema St. Louis & its 11th Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival Saturday, Mar. 9 at 7:30pm with Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff & Delphine Seyrig 1969/101 min. ————— ADDENDUM [Now that the screening is over – two links to the film] Through...
by Pier Marton | Nov 11, 2018 | Asia, Complexity, Doc, Eco, Ego, Human Rights, Magyar, Peace, STL, Wars, Women, World
There are two outstanding organizations in St. Louis that I particularly appreciate. One is the International Institute – I hope to write about them too some day, and help them out too – and Cinema St. Louis, and more specifically its International Film...
by Pier Marton | Mar 19, 2017 | Complexity, Doc, Eco, Film, France, French, Ideas, Idées, Mystery, STL
There is not one heart for humans and another heart for animals… Either one has a heart or one does not. Il n’y a pas un cœur pour les hommes et un autre cœur pour les animaux… On a du cœur ou on n’en a pas — Lamartine The rare screening of a...
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,...