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 ...

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 ...

Mario Monicelli, a director considered one of the masters of Italian-style comedy, has died. He was 95. A Rome hospital says he jumped from a fifth-storey window Monday. He had been admitted for ...