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 The important thing is not to get behind the wheel after you’ve enjoyed your tipple. Other than that, in Italy you have an array of liqueurs to taste. No trattoria, pizzeria or restaurant would dream of not offering patrons a high-octane drink or two after a lunch or soup-to-nuts dinner. 

Inspired by American silent screen star Louise Brooks, Valentina Rosselli is the heroine of illustrious Italian comic book artist and graphic novelist Guido Crepax, who started drawing the famous character in 1965. 

 Brian De Palma is a devotee of the long take. His oeuvre is a catalog of extended following shots, seamless action sequences and slow-building scenes of intimacy and brutality. So it seems only fitting that “De Palma,” an affectionate and absorbing documentary by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow, has the appearance of a single, uninterrupted encounter between camera and subject. Mr. De Palma, dressed in two layers of blue, tells the story of his career with energy and good humor, occasionally interrupted by clips from his own films and some by other directors that are relevant to his work. 

 Amidst the overwhelming sea of design installations at Salone del Mobile, how do you get people to pause long enough to appreciate anything during this extravaganza? Invite them to eat.