by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Afri, Care, Film, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women
Addendum: now that the festival is over, here is a YouTube version with English subtitles. Thank you SLIFF for bringing such vibrant films to St. Louis! From the filmmaker, Mohamed Diab’s YouTube channel, the trailer: The film seems viewable at this point on...
by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Film, Review, STL, World
350+ films, 54 countries, 39 free screenings/events, 100+ filmmakers 75 narrative features, 63 documentary features, 192 shorts 201 screenings/programs The Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival starts today… for the next 10 days. Get your tickets at the...
by Pier Marton | Sep 16, 2013 | Afri, Care, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women
by Mohamed Diab, 2012, Egypt, 100 min. My Review: Based on real events, the film follows the separate lives of three Cairo women – played by three compelling actresses. At first each story is presented as a single strand; slowly though, as through the...
by Pier Marton | Jul 28, 2013 | Eco, Health, Review, Spectacle, STL
The mediocre, rational world is my enemy. Well-adjusted is the thing that I hate. Well-adjusted means fearful and cowardly. Some of my best friends are crazy, they don’t give a shit. Boom! That’s where life is! Boom! – Thomas Vinterberg* Many...
by Pier Marton | Jul 13, 2013 | Film, Human Rights, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Review, Site, STL, Wars, Women
[This review, on purpose, tries NOT to reveal much from the plot] From tolerance through empathy, compassion and understanding… a lot of (liberal) words are used to allow “the other side” to remain “other”; the question, though, behind...
by Pier Marton | Jun 20, 2013 | Antisemitism, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Popular, Racism, STL
This day in Jewish history / Paris is burning…Talmuds An apostate Jew started the process that led to a bonfire consuming 24 wagons piled with copies of the multi-volume work. By David B. Green (in Haaretz) June 17, 1242, is the day that, at the orders of both...