A Palme d’Or winner in 2001 for ‘The Son’s Room,’ the Italian director returns to the auto-fiction that first put him on the international map with ‘Dear Diary.’ By David Rooney Chief Film Critic More ...

Palme d’Or-winning Italian auteur Nanni Moretti (“The Son’s Room”) is set to soon return behind camera on the romantic drama “Succederà questa notte” (“It Will Happen Tonight”), starring French star ...

Nanni Moretti’s mother was dying during the making of his last film. Now the Italian director has turned that experience into Mia Madre. But why did he cast a woman as himself? Trim of beard, raspy of ...

We have a 2012 Cannes Film Festival jury president, and it’s the co-writer, director and co-star of the new comedy-drama “We Have a Pope.” Opening Friday in Chicago, Nanni Moretti’s wry portrait in ...

ROME — Actor, director, producer, distributor, exhibitor, festival director. Nanni Moretti unquestionably embodies the indie multihyphenate. In reductive terms: “someone who has done a lot to promote ...

Former Palme d’Or winner and past Cannes jury president Nanni Moretti returned to a familiar berth in the Cannes competition on Sunday with his Rome-set drama “Three Floors.” However, it’s safe to say ...

Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti most recently skewered religion with “We Have a Pope,” but for his latest feature “Mia Madre” he returns to the arena of family drama for the first time since “The ...

Nanni Moretti will be the jury president for this year's Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Friday. The 65th edition of the festival will be held in Paris from May 16 to 27. The Italian ...

So much so that it’s hard to hear anyone but Moretti in his new film, “We Have a Pope.” Once the Vatican’s votes for the new pope are in, the victor (Cardinal Melville played by Michael Piccoli) finds ...

Last Seen: Accepting the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for the drama “The Son’s Room” and being feted in the U.S. as Italy’s next breakout helmer. ROME — While maestros of melodrama ...

At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Italian director Nanni Moretti was presented the Palme d’Or (grand prize) for “Our Son’s Room,” the story of how a family copes with the accidental death of its ...