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The Kid with the Bike – Le Gamin au Vélo

by Pier Marton | Apr 14, 2012 | Art, Care, Death, Doc, Film, France, Health, Poet, Review, STL, Women

En résumé: Le Gamin au Vélo. De nouveaux magnifiques débats à corps perdus par les frères Dardenne… peut-être qu’on s’y retrouvera malgré tout? Grand Prix Cannes 2011. –> 20/20 My review: The Kid with the Bike. The Dardenne brothers’ many accomplishments continue!...

Harry Brod: ‘Working From and Against Privilege’ (at Webster U.)

by Pier Marton | Apr 4, 2012 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, Care, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Native, Politics, Racism, Shoah, STL, Wars, Women

Harry Brod What would motivate those from dominant social groups to join as allies in struggles for justice with those from correspondingly subordinated groups? How can identities of masculinity, whiteness and heterosexuality become the foundations to undo the...

Joe Pollack, 81, dies today.

by Pier Marton | Mar 9, 2012 | Books, Death, Film, Food, Jewish, Review, STL

Joe Pollack, beloved writer/critic, has died today. It is a sad day for St. Louis. His last film review posted by his wife Ann, after his death this morning. An earlier review of Food, Inc. – the movie. Harper Barnes on Joe Pollack. Click to email a link to a friend...

The Turin Horse/A Torinói Ló

by Pier Marton | Feb 16, 2012 | Art, Cam, Death, Film, Food, Magyar, Mystery, Now, Review, STL

At Webster University Feb. 17, 18 & 19 – 7:30 p.m. My review: Highly celebrated by Jonathan Rosenbaum and Susan Sontag, cinema’s current Homo Hungaricus, Béla Tarr is famous for the rarely screened films “Sátántangó” and “Werckmeister Harmonies.” Jancsó’s long...

The Interrupters

by Pier Marton | Feb 13, 2012 | Afri, Care, Death, Film, Health, Human Rights, Native, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, STL, Wars, Women

To Javon Thompson A Promising Student of mine (at Carnegie Mellon) – shot and killed at age 18 – THE INTERRUPTERS played on Frontline (PBS) Tuesday February 13 This interview on Fresh Air (NPR) with its director, Steve James (of “Hoop Dreams” fame) and the great...

Carnage – Polanski’s Film

by Pier Marton | Feb 9, 2012 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Ego, Film, France, Humor, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Review, Shoah, Spectacle, STL, Theater, Wars, Women

At The Tivoli Theater in St. Louis for one more week… My review: “Civilization is what makes you sick.” – Paul Gauguin Some people profess to teach the humanities, others purport to have become specialists in civility, teaching and publishing on the topic, and one...