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Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews what Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's calls his final movie, Saraband. The film features a divorced couple from one of his earlier works.

His film, Kinsey, is currently out on DVD. It's about the scientist Alfred Kinsey, whose pioneering research in the 1940s and 1950s examined human sexuality. Condon interviewed many of Dr. Kinsey's colleagues before writing the script.

Rome's Colosseum hosts an exhibit of sculpture from the mystery cults of Greek and Roman antiquity. The display documents secret religious rituals, some of which are still practiced today.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews country musician Dwight Yoakam's new release, Blame the Vain. It's his 18th album.

Alberto Vilar, once hailed as one of the most generous donors in the art world, is free on bail after being charged with fraud. Vilar, a Cuban immigrant, has pledged some $250 million to support opera, ballet and orchestra projects. He is now charged with defrauding a friend out of $5 million. His bail terms require that Vilar sell his art collection.

The Egyptian government is charging millions of dollars for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to house the King Tut exhibit. The result is a $30 per-person admission ticket. Despite the hefty price, exhibit organizers say the tickets are selling well.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new DVD box set of The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons. It's a compilation of interviews and performances on the late-night talk show by some of the leading musicians of the 1960s and '70s, including Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin and Stevie Wonder.

A French remake of an American movie is rare. Usually, it's the other way around. The new French film The Beat That My Heart Skipped is even more remarkable because it's not a remake of a hit.

John Leguizamo, who got his start as a stand-up comedian, stars in the new Spanish-language film Cronicas. He plays a tabloid reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador to track down a serial killer.

Pakistani singer Faiz Ali Faiz pays homage to the late great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with his new CD, Your Love Makes Me Dance. The five pieces on the album were either composed or performed by Nusrat. The genre is called qawwali, a kind of Islamic religious music. Banning Eyre has a review.