Moments of beauty in life are worth recognizing. A tree, alive with color, is glimpsed at the other end of a dark…

There’s a moment in “I Fidanzati (The Fiancés)” when Miss Oliviero (Dora Romano) tells Lenú (Margherita Mazzucco) that,…

Lenú sits alone on the beach, in the dark. The air is warm, the breeze off the ocean cool and sweet. The sand has…

In the course of telling any story through small, sequential segments, there will come a time when one has to simply…

You walk to work every day. You see the same things, the same people; you utter the same greetings, catch the same…

Blood. Pain. Swelling. Lumpiness. Sweat, tears, hair, and confusion. A young girl on the verge of young-womanhood could…

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

It marks a major turning point in “Le Bambole (The Dolls)” when the daring Lila (Ludovica Nasti) stands in the…