There is such an embarrassment of riches to enjoy in Barney’s Version, the new film adaptation of author Mordecai Richler’s much beloved (in Canada, at least) 1997 novel of the same name that it feels ...

Canadian producer Robert Lantos was smart to world premiere the long-gestating Barney’s Version at the Venice Film Festival instead of home-town Toronto; the book sold over over 700,000 copies in ...

Sony Pictures Classics have acquired all US rights to “Barney’s Version” from producer Robert Lantos (“Eastern Promises,” “Being Julia”). Directed by Richard J. Lewis and based upon Mordecai Richler’s ...

So it’s true, Paul Giamatti won a surprise Golden Globe award for his star turn in the new movie, Barney’s Version. The surprise wasn’t that he was awarded – he turns in an excellent performance – but ...

“She doesn’t much look like me,” Pike says of Miriam. “She’s much more centered than me and she’s just steady. I am not steady.” Miriam, the third wife of the unsettled, neurotic Barney (Paul Giamatti ...

Adapted from Mordecai Richler’s fictional autobiography by Barney Panofsky, “Barney’s Version” tells the life story of a thrice-married Canadian soap opera producer suspected of murdering his best ...

TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Acclaimed Canadian author Mordecai Richler's last and arguably greatest novel, "Barney's Version," has been transformed into a highly entertaining and arguably the most ...

West Acres 14 Rated R for language and some sexual content 132 minutes 2.5 out of 4 stars Paul Giamatti, the unlikeliest leading man of his generation, is perfectly cast in "Barney's Version," an ...

Finding love has never really been a problem for Barney. Having been married once before, he thinks his marriage to 'the second Mrs P' is going to be it, he's finally ready to settle down. After all, ...

As far as cinematic schlubs are concerned, not many actors out there can play bitter more brilliantly than Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man). Even those with the physical traits to ...

It's an impossible task trying to squeeze Mordecai Richler's sprawling novel about an SOB into one little movie. Sure enough, director Richard J. Lewis and screenwriter Michael Konyves can't do it.