Arts

Abel Ferrara Fights to Stop Re-Edited Strauss-Kahn Film

By SARAH LYALL

“Welcome to New York” is being released, but it’s not the film Mr. Ferrara, the director, made.

Inside Art

Brooklyn Bridge Park to Display Danish Artist

By ROBIN POGREBIN

Fire-engine-red benches that spike, arch and undulate are among the whimsical installations coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Review: In ‘White God,’ Man Bites Dog, Dog Bites Back

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Kornel Mundruczo’s movie follows a mixed-breed dog in Hungary named Hagen who is separated from his 13-year-old human owner and joins a pack.

Review: ‘Scenes for a New Heritage’ at the Museum of Modern Art

By KEN JOHNSON

MoMA’s latest exhibition of works from its permanent collection features videos, installations, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs by more than 30 artists during the past three decades.

Sinosphere Blog

Q. and A.: Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac on ‘The China Collectors’

By JANE PERLEZ

The authors have written a rollicking account of the acquisition of Chinese art and antiquities by Americans who came to China in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Review: ‘The Barber’ Stars Scott Glenn as a Suspected Serial Killer

By NEIL GENZLINGER

The film, directed by Basel Owies, finds the son of a police detective searching for a murderer that his father couldn’t convict.

Review: In ‘52 Tuesdays,’ What a Difference a Year Makes

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Sophie Hyde’s film uses unconventional methods to tell the story of a mother’s gender transition.

Review: Ibeyi, Twin Sisters and a Duo, Uses Songs to Show Roots

By JON PARELES

The many influences of Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, siblings with backgrounds in Cuba and France, were heard in their concert at the Music Hall.

Review: ‘On the Nature of Things,’ Karole Armitage’s New Dance Work

By BRIAN SEIBERT

Ms. Armitage hopes her latest dance will inspire people to act on issues like climate change and overpopulation.

Review: ‘New York Spring Spectacular’ Barrels Into Radio City

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“New York Spring Spectacular,” a lavish new show with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, features imposing sets, 3-D effects and breathless promotions of the city’s attractions.

Review: Trio 3 Shows Off Its Jazz Avant-Garde Pedigree

By NATE CHINEN

The group’s first set at the Village Vanguard this week moved briskly through its allotted hour, propelled by cooperative forces.

Review: ‘Get Hard,’ With Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart

By A. O. SCOTT

The comic premise of this film could hardly be simpler: Mr. Ferrell is white. Mr. Hart, in contrast, is black.

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‘Downton Abbey’ Will End After Next Season

By DAVE ITZKOFF

The show’s coming sixth season will be its last.

Review: In ‘The Riot Club,’ an Elite British Dining Club Excels in Debauchery

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

A poisonous satire based on a dining club at Oxford University focuses on a group of rich students who carry snobbery and class hatred to savage extremes.

Antiques

‘Rinehart’s Studio’ Puts a 19th-Century Sculptor’s Career in Perspective

By EVE M. KAHN

Nineteenth-century Rome teemed with American sculptors, competing for tourist and expat commissions.

Gabriel Figueroa: A Cinematographer’s Luminous Art

By HOLLAND COTTER

This retrospective at El Museo del Barrio follows the path of this Mexican cinematographer, who collaborated well-known directors and emerged as an international star.

Review: Larry Clark’s ‘Marfa Girl’ Looks at Dysfunction and Desire

By A. O. SCOTT

This is the latest exploration — and exploitation — of teenage sexuality from Mr. Clark, who has been splitting the difference between fearless honesty and leering prurience for decades.

Review: ‘Man From Reno,’ a Mystery of Missing Persons and Priceless Turtles

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

This Japanese film directed by Dave Boyle has an undercurrent of dark comedy as an oddball pair of sleuths (a mystery writer and a sheriff) investigate two disappearances.

Review: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence Felling Trees in ‘Serena’

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Logging and love in Appalachia are mingled in this film by the Danish director Susanne Bier, shot in the Czech Republic.

Review: In ‘A Wolf at the Door,’ a Fiery Affair Turns Rancid

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

The Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Coimbra gives this tale of passion, betrayal and revenge the dimension of a Greek tragedy.

Review: ‘Home,’ With Rihanna and Jim Parsons

By NEIL GENZLINGER

Jim Parsons and Rihanna star in this animated film about an intergalactic friendship.

Weekend Miser

At Goethe-Institut New York, a Free Taste of Germany (Beer, Too)

By WILLIAM GRIMES

The cultural arm of the German government will welcome visitors to its new home on Saturday.

Friday File

Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times

By MARY JO MURPHY

A century ago, Coney Island’s Dreamland and Luna Park opened.

Review: In ‘Nightlight,’ Fun and Games in a Forest Turn Deadly

By ANDY WEBSTER

In this found-footage horror film, a group of friends playing a variation on hide-and-seek encounter a malevolent spirit.

Review: In ‘Cupcakes,’ an Impromptu Cellphone Video Is Noticed

By ANDY WEBSTER

Eytan Fox’s dramedy sends six more or less ordinary Israelis to a Paris song competition.

Review: In ‘My Italian Secret,’ a Champion Cyclist Saves Jews From Nazis

By BEN KENIGSBERG

Narrated by Isabella Rossellini, this documentary tells the stories of heroic Italians, including the Tour de France winner Gino Bartali, who smuggled forged papers in his bike frame.

Sashimani Devi, Last of India’s Jagannath Temple Dancers, Dies at 92

By ELLEN BARRY

Initiated into service at the temple when she was a small girl, she was the last dancer in a centuries-old tradition that was condemned as exploitative by social reformers.

TV Sports

Viewers’ Choice: Meaningless Bowls Over Playoff Basketball

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

How popular is football in the United States? Nine early-round games in the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament had fewer TV viewers than last season’s Camellia Bowl did.

With an Eye on Its New Streaming Service, HBO Will Show a Daily Vice Newscast

By JOHN KOBLIN

No start date was given for the new half-hour program from Vice Media, the Brooklyn-based company, which already has a newsmagazine series on HBO.

William King, Sculptor, Dies at 90; His Pointed Wit Was a Tool

By BRUCE WEBER

Mr. King’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington.

A Fight to Save Pieces of the Past as a Phoenix Enclave Is Reshaped

By RICK ROJAS

A condemned building containing two murals by an artist known for depicting the American Southwest became the center of a preservation campaign.

Review: Attacca Quartet Serves Up John Adams, With Dance as a Side Dish

By BRIAN SEIBERT

The string ensemble played compositions by John Adams at the Metropolitan Museum, with dancers performing works by Francesca Harper inspired by the music.

Review: ‘Killing Jesus,’ Biblical Tale Retold, Softer on Its Politics

By NEIL GENZLINGER

This program, based on the book of the same title from Martin Dugard and Bill O’Reilly, dramatizes the life and death of Jesus.

Latin American Design and Architecture Through the Years

By LARRY ROHTER

Exhibitions at the Americas Society and the Museum of Arts and Design, and a third opening on Sunday at the Museum of Modern Art, show a region’s desire to be both local and global.