Film critic Kenneth Turan says the remake of the Tarkovsky masterpiece, Solaris loses some of it soul after being whittled down from almost three hours to 90-minutes. Even with George Clooney cast as the lead.
Kenneth Turan is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's Morning Edition, as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide, and served as the Times' book review editor.
University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy Director Doug Simons spoke to The Conversations Catherine Cruz about the uncertain future of astronomy and research through telescopes on Mauna Kea amid proposed funding challenges.
Former Gov. of Hawaiʻi Ben Cayetano and Waikiki Improvement Association president Rick Egged spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the creation of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority as a separate entity in 1998, and the work accomplished over its 27-year history.