The director returns to the subject of immigration with Nessun Dolore, in competition at Venice. But the world around him has changed. Vannacci, remigration, a Europe struggling to find solutions: “In every wave of emigration, there was a certain joy. Today, you know that you’ll either find yourself facing a gun or that you’ll die before you get there.”

There were years when stars vied with one another to wear pieces from the latest collection by the designer of the moment, and stylists lived on the catwalk to ensure this happened. Today, significance is measured by the choice of a garment of museum-quality, one that suggests the priceless value of the wearer as well. First impressions from the Venice Film Festival

Arne Quinze and Joana Vasconcelos transform the landscape of Villefranche-sur-Mer into a realm suspended between matter, memory and vision

At the Long Museum West Bund, Wallace Chan transforms titanium, obsidian and precious stones into monumental “vessels from other worlds”, exploring memory, metamorphosis and spirituality

Two days in Morocco discussing (yes) luxury. Envisioning beauty as “a form of freedom”

A review of Susan Choi’s book, published by Mondadori, 540 pp., 24 euros