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 – A PARTICULAR SCOOP – 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 year’s astounding stats? Over...
by Pier Marton | Mar 21, 2017 | Doc, Magyar, Racism, Roma, Site, STL, Violence
One must always conjugate the verb to resist in the present tense. — Lucie Aubrac In 2008 and 2009, Hungarian right-wing extremists committed a series of attacks on members of the Roma community. Six people were killed, including a five-year-old, and another five were...
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 | 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 | 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,...