Novelist Mordecai Richler, a caustically brilliant observer of the human condition — especially when it was Jewish, Canadian or politically incorrect — was never one to spare himself or his loved ones ...

There are three versions to every story, as the old movie mogul used to say. My version, your version — and the truth. Well, this is “Barney’s Version.” He could use someone to plead his case, too. As ...

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 ...

Saturated by promotions for the big holiday items, moviegoers this month may stroll through their multiplex and notice, in front of the tiniest auditoriums, the titles of unfamiliar pictures starring ...

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: “Barney’s Version” – Paul Giamatti is perfectly cast as novelist Mordecai Richler’s lovably self-destructive curmudgeon Barney, Canadian producer of schlock ...

"Barney's Version" will open the 18th Hamptons International Film Festival on Oct. 7, fest organizers said Thursday. The Sony Pictures Classics release stars Paul Giamatti in the title role, with ...

IN this country Mordecai Richler is probably best known for the movie “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,” based on his novel of the same name. (With Lionel Chetwynd, he also wrote the screenplay.) ...

Every so often Hollywood produces a grand-scale film with a sweeping narrative and epic storyline that it becomes destined for greatness. No, not summer blockbusters, like Avatar or The Dark Night, ...

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Barney Panofsky has endured three failed marriages and is suspected of having killed his best friend years ago during a heated argument. He has always denied this and wishes to share his side of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...