As he typically explored spiritual conflicts within families, the director Ermanno Olmi, who has died aged 86, was something of an outsider in his native Italy, where orthodox Catholics thought him ...

Ermanno Olmi, a noted Italian neorealist director whose 1978 film The Tree of Wooden Clogs won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, has died at age 86. No cause of death was given. Italian officials confirmed ...

The Italian helmer was "one of the last of the great filmmakers of the '60s," Martin Scorsese says. By Rhett Bartlett Ermanno Olmi, the master Italian neorealist director who received the Palme d’Or ...

Continuing its worthy mission of bringing the work of neglected international filmmakers to larger audiences, for the next two weeks Facets Multimedia is presenting an extensive retrospective of the ...

Ermanno Olmi, an Italian cinematic giant who won the top award at the Cannes Film Festival for his depiction of 19th-century Italian farm life in The Tree of Wooden Clogs, has died at the age of 86.

A Film at Lincoln Center retrospective reveals the genius of an Italian director who saw poetry in everyday life. By A.O. Scott Ermanno Olmi’s first fictional feature, “Il Posto,” shown at the Venice ...

Iconoclastic Italian director Ermanno Olmi will add another Venice honor to his list of awards when the festival presents him with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at this year's edition. By ...

film profile]. The leading character in Olmi’s new film, at the head of a pirate fleet which rules the China seas, holds loyalty as the most important value in her code of honour. "It is a quality ...

Award-garlanded Italian director renowned for his commitment to realism and non-professional actors was a winner at both Cannes and Venice Ermanno Olmi, the Italian director who won both the Cannes ...