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L’Histoire d’Adèle H. (The Story of Adèle H.)
Isabelle Adjani and François Truffaut perfectly mix love and madness.
Mary Shelley
She fell for a Romantic poet at 16, but her life was anything but romantic.
Eurobabble
"Polite Europe money please account reliable control fix now."
In Persuasion Nation
George Saunders climbs into the belly of the beast and emerges with Eddie the Vacant.
Valves and pullovers
Can't-live-without-them items are really cultural baggage in clever disguise.
Christ Stopped at Louis’
Finding a good burger in the Eternal City is a timelessly difficult quest.
Just the facts, Miss
Despite relentless high drama, the Amanda Knox case hinged on details.
Koyaanisqatsi
Philip Glass gives Godfrey Reggio's spooky documentary a sound for the ages.
The Piedmont factor
When a dinner doesn't come up with the right wines, imagine your own list.
Red town, blue town
In Italy, communism and fascism mark how people and places are defined.
Death throes
Say what you want about Libya's Moammar Qaddafi, but he didn't run.