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Summer Hours

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Olivier Assayas

Summer Hours (2008)

This review was originally published at Image. * Olivier Assayas’ beautiful new movie Summer Hours begins as three successful, well-educated siblings reunite in the backyard of the rural French house where they grew up. They’re celebrating their mother’s birthday with a leisurely party on her beautiful property. And yet
11 May 2010 2 min read
Olivier Assayas

In the Olympics of Stupid Movie Ideas, America Keeps Winning Gold.

So, the filmmaker Olivier Assayas makes a beautiful, poetic film called Summer Hours, which ends up among the handful of movies most celebrated by critics in 2009. It's hard to find any fault with it. It explores a broad array of subjects - art history, nostalgia, globalism, family
17 Feb 2010 2 min read
On Movies & Media

Hello, Pittsburgh, I'm On the Air

This week, on Pittsburgh's WORD-FM, John Hall and Kathy Emmons are talking with special guests about Christianity and culture. And I got to join the party. Want to hear our on-the-air chat? They spoke with me about movies - including Avatar and Summer Hours - and I had
28 Jan 2010
On Movies & Media

"Summer Hours": Juliette Binoche Returns.

Is there any better big screen actress working today than Juliette Binoche? I'd like to hear your idea of who you think has a better record of great performances... in great films. Last year, she showed up in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon and
04 Apr 2009 1 min read
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