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 โ and now for some films even the rest of the world โ for the first time ever, to stream its cornucopia of international films (this...
by Pier Marton | Jun 14, 2020 | Antisemitism, Art, Galleries, History, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Mystery, Peace, Religion, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Teach, The Future, Time
A recent GoFundMe succesful campaign to safeguard what could be saved. & Aribert Munznerโs Website What is left undone one minute, is restored by no eternity. โ Frederich Schiller After seventy years of being thoroughly engaged in his studio, following a recent...
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 โ I hope to write about them too some day, and help them out too โ and Cinema St. Louis, and more specifically its International Film Festival. Both...
by Pier Marton | Nov 3, 2017 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Doc, Film, Genocide, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Music, Native, Peace, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Site, STL, Time, US, Violence, Women, Youth
ANOTHER SLIFF BUZZ โ Aย PARTICULAR SCOOP โ Like with all of the St. Louis International Film Festivals (SLIFF), the 26th version makes it very easy again to be overwhelmed by the number of films presented. Ready for this yearโs astounding stats? Over 2400 submissions,...
by Pier Marton | Oct 20, 2017 | Action, Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, France, Genocide, Health, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Review, Roma, The Future, Travel, US, Violence, Wars, World
โ At the Tivoli Theater โ โOver 65 million people in the world today have been forcibly displaced from their homesโฆ Refugees worldwide spend an average of 26 years displacedโฆ โ The film never can tell the truth, the truth is always unbearable. Ai Weiwei From the film....
by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2016 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Peace, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, Violence, Women
โ With this update because of another St. Louis screening. โ Theย 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival featuresย 420 films from 72 countries; it is clearlyย impossible to have seen them all! Yet, by servingย on a couple of committees this year,ย I can easily...