2009-05-15
Architect Without Limits
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
Published: May 14, 2009
Frank Lloyd Wright died half a century ago, but people are still fighting over him. More
Summer Hours (2008)
From left, Jérémie Renier, Juliette Binoche and Charles Berling portray three siblings deciding what to do with the family heirlooms in “Summer Hours.”
Sorting Out an Inheritance: Three Siblings Dissect the Stuff of Life
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: May 15, 2009
In a literal, almost banal sense, Olivier Assayas’s “Summer Hours” is a movie about an inheritance. Hélène Berthier (Edith Scob), a silver-haired matriarch enthroned among her children and grandchildren at the beginning of the film, leaves behind a charming country house and a cherished art collection, and her heirs, as is normal, must figure out what to do with it all after her death. More
How to Watch Star Trek
May 15, 2009, 6:52 pm
Real Live Astronauts are Watching ‘Star Trek’ in Outer Space - Right Now
By Rebecca Cathcart
Right about now in outer space, three men are crouched in a node of the International Space Station, watching J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” on a laptop. They chose the node, said NASA spokeswoman Nicole Cloutier, because it was “dark and quiet” and would be “a good spot” for three “Star Trek” fans to hunker down for the ultimate viewing experience. More