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 Over 100 films are being screened during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this week, and this is the one we’d vote for if we were jurors: The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts. The documentary goes behind the normally-private world of Gucci creative director Frida Giannini’s design process to show her involvement in directing everything, from selecting final looks for runway shows to auditioning models (watch the trailer above). “ 

 The pause button was hit once more on Tuesday evening as Italians waited to hear who will be tapped to form a government following a round of swift talks between re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano and Italy's parties. 

When you are in a hole, stop digging. A wind of change is in the air. Yes, it is a mixture of tired old metaphors but that was the scolding and entirely justified message on Monday to Italy’s political class from a tired old man: face reality, he said; bring in long-delayed reforms; tell the truth.

Italy's president held urgent talks on Tuesday aimed at naming a prime minister to head a coalition government backed by the rival parties on the center-left and center-right and end two months of post-election stalemate.