by Pier Marton | Dec 2, 2010 | Asia, Film, Humor, Review
My short review: TULPAN: Strong winds, birth and death will keep us honest. Add to it the stark steppes of Kazakhstan and a camera that loves its actors (and its animals), and you have a rich and intimate portrayal of Kazakh country life that will revive most wearied...
by Pier Marton | Nov 25, 2010 | Antisemitism, Film, France, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Middle-East, Politics, Review
My short review: Killers of all kinds, intrigues and spies have always made good film (& pulp fiction) material. The fact that is this based on real events gives this film a great advantage. The situation here though is complex for as much as we need drama, we...
by Pier Marton | Nov 16, 2010 | Care, Film, Human Rights, Politics, Review, Roma, STL
Another short review. IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE The past has its weight: twenty four years of dictatorship cannot but leave their mark on a people and their descendants. While Romanian filmmakers have been garnering international awards, the films have often...
by Pier Marton | Nov 9, 2010 | Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, France, Human Rights, Humor, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Review, Spectacle, STL, Travel
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by Pier Marton | Nov 9, 2010 | Asia, Care, Death, Eco, France, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Review, Site, STL, Travel
At the SLIFF – my short review: WELCOME Like all worthwhile duties, opening up to a stranger or a foreigner requires an effort. This French film embraces with a quiet passion the struggles of a renewed multi-ethnic Europe to come to terms with some of the...
by Pier Marton | Oct 18, 2010 | Antisemitism, Ego, Film, France, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Idées, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah, STL, Women
My short review: Once upon a time and yet this is NOT fiction, some individuals gave their lives so that we could attempt to live. A tight script recounts in small troubling vignettes the sacrifice of twenty three of them, and two hours seems too short of a time frame...