Oscar-nommed Italo scribe-helmer Mario Monicelli died Nov. 29 after falling from his fifth-story hospital window in Rome. The 95-year-old had been admitted with pancreatic problems, according to the ...

Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli isn’t exactly a household name these days, but in the ‘50s and ‘60s his films were routinely released here. His 1958 “Big Deal on Madonna Street” was not only an ...

ROME (Reuters) - Mario Monicelli, 95, who directed some of postwar Italy's most famous films and launched the careers of some of the country's greatest actors, jumped to his death from a Rome hospital ...

The elaborate heist at the center of this indie comedy is nothing compared to the screenplay’s ransacking of Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), the classic Italian farce by Mario Monicelli. Like that ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

The more ludicrous life gets, the more we need Italian comedy. When the world gets you down, the most surefire cure might be Anna Magnani — in a blond wig and a skintight evening dress dotted with ...