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Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Batman Begins. The film is about the origins of Bruce Wayne and his superhero counterpart the Caped Crusader.

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.

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.

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.

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 kidnapping in Caracas provides the plotline for the Venezuelan thriller Secuestro Express. The film makes reference to the kidnap-for-ransom trade thriving in many parts of Latin America.

Provocative French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre was born 100 years ago Tuesday. Frank Browning explores Sartre's life and work, which still inspire both admiration and anger.

Ken Tucker reviews new albums from Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones.

Ed Ward reviews One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost and Found.