Dark Matters: A retired investigator (Ricardo Darin, right) decides to revisit a murder case that stumped him years ago — sparking flashbacks that recount both the shortcomings of the police (including Javier Godino) and the hero's unrequited love for a former colleague (Soledad Villamil). Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

More Mascara, Please: In La Cage aux Folles, Albin and his lover Georges try to play it straight when Georges' son invites his ultraconservative would-be in-laws to dinner. The plan goes awry — and in the end the homophobes must grudgingly enlist the help of Les Cagelles — the drag chorus line (above) at the nightclub Georges and Albin own — to escape with their political reputations intact. Joan Marcus hide caption

An Army Honor Guard prepares to carry the flag-draped coffin of Staff Sgt. Vernon Martin into St. John's Baptist Church for his funeral service on Oct. 19, 2009, in Savannah, Ga. Martin, 25, was one of eight U.S. soldiers killed Oct. 3 during a fierce battle at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan. Stephen Morton/Getty Images hide caption

The Sun Yat-sen copper dollar, issued in 1932, was China's first national coinage. Shen Cichen/NPR hide caption

Segregated lunch counters were flashpoints for racial tensions across the South, including this one at a McCrory's store in Rock Hill, S.C. Heraldonline.com hide caption

A fish pedicure treatment, like this one at a salon in Alexandria, Va. in 2008, is facing controversy all over the country. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

Paul Rhymer, the last Smithsonian taxidermist, just retired after 25 years in the job his father and grandfather once held. hide caption