The dizzying comic energy and intellectual vigor of Mordecai Richler’s 1997 satire have largely been drained from director Richard J. Lewis’ agreeable but inevitably lesser version of “Barney’s ...

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 ...

Making a pre-emptive move on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired U.S. rights to "Barney's Version," from Canada-based producer Robert Lantos. By ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paul Giamatti's never been high on my esteemed actors list. I don't go out of my way to see movies he's in because his characters always come off kind of schlubby to me. With "Barney's Version," ...

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 ...

Canada's two Oscar contenders lead the field of nominees for the country's film awards in March. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief TORONTO — ­Look for a smackdown between French- and ...

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 ...

The problem with adapting Mordecai Richler’s 1997 novel Barney’s Version to film is the same problem that hits so many book-to-film adaptations: The book gets into the head of a complicated man, while ...

“Barney’s Version” is the warm, wise, and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. The film takes us through the many highs, and many ...

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 ...