WHAT: “L’Amour Fou”

“L’Amour Fou” centers around Yves Saint Laurent’s lifelong partner, businessman Pierre Bergé, as he comes to terms with the death of the designer.

Filmmaker Pierre Thoretton uses the 2009 auction of their extravagant art collection to frame the story and bring up issues of love and loss, especially where they relate to material possessions.

In the film, Bergé speaks poignantly about attending to the collection's "funeral" and hoping the precious pieces will "fly off like birds and find a new place they can perch." He adds, "But losing someone with whom you have lived for 50 years … that is another thing entirely."

Copy and image courtesy “In L’Amour Fou, A Life Without Yves Saint Laurent,” published in The Los Angeles Times, May 22, 2011.

WEEKEND Ws

Five things to flip through and click through this weekend:

Who: Meet the editors of online shelter publications in a feature in the New York Times Home Section. www.nytimes.com/pages/garden/index.html

What: Matchbook #5 is live! www.matchbookmag.com

When: Click www.museummilefestival.org to make plans for Tuesday’s free events in New York.

Where: Hardware stores offer some amazing décor options – check them out in the June issue of House Beautiful.

Why: Because it’s summer… play hooky and catch a matinee! (How about “L’Amour Fou”?)