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 ...