by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2016 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Peace, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, Violence, Women
— With this update because of another St. Louis screening. — The 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival features 420 films from 72 countries; it is clearly impossible to have seen them all! Yet, by serving on a couple of committees this year, I can easily...
by Pier Marton | Nov 4, 2016 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Death, France, French, Hispanic, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Racism, STL
[WITH THREE TREASURES] – find them below – Again, the St. Louis wow-festival is a trip! This year, SLIFF after 2300 submissions – not counting distributors and studio considerations – will screen 420 films from 72 countries! Below are some...
by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2016 | Antisemitism, Books, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Racism, Review, Shoah, Time, Women
My review: No man is an island… Any man’s death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. John Donne – Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, 1624 War is Peace, Freedom...
by Pier Marton | Nov 8, 2015 | Antisemitism, Art, France, Magyar, Racism, Review, Shoah, STL, Time, US, Violence, Women
— Sunday November 8 — The St. Louis International Film Festival is outdoing itself again! 12:05 p.m. at the Plaza Frontenac The King and the Mockingbird Dialogues by Jacques Prévert and Paul Grimault (both from Groupe Octobre), with Pierre Brasseur, Fernand Ledoux,...
by Pier Marton | Nov 2, 2015 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Film, France, French, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, Time, Travel, US, Violence, Wars, Women, World, Youth
With my Recommendations Below — tickets are on sale now — The 2015 Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) November 5 – November 15 A UNIQUE CHANCE TO WATCH CINEMATIC TREASURES… … films which, no matter how outstanding they are, often...
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...