“It was true, as the doctor said, that Ivan Ilych’s physical sufferings were terrible, but worse than the physical sufferings were his mental sufferings which ...

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 ...

"Barney's Version" star Paul Giamatti is the first to acknowledge that he isn't a typical Hollywood leading man. He may not look like his co-star Scott Speedman, but he's still managed to rack up an ...

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 ...

One of the world's most famous bars hosted one of Canada's most famous fictional drinkers as a small flotilla of stars descended on legendary Harry's Bar to celebrate the World premiere of Barney's ...

At the just-opened Venice International Film Festival, the movie "Barney's Version" is expected to be one of the leading contenders to win the highest award, the Golden Lion. The film adaptation of ...

Paul Giamatti, left, and Dustin Hoffman in a scene from Barney's Version, named one of the top Canadian movies of 2010 by a jury of filmmakers, journalists and other industry professionals. ((TIFF) ) ...

Dustin Hoffman will star alongside Paul Giamatti in Barney’s Version, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Mordecai Richler. Hoffman will play the father of Giamatti’s title character, Barney ...

A middle-tier marriage drama distinguished by an excellent Paul Giamatti. Richler’s tome takes the form of Barney’s memoir (written in response to a nemesis’ slanderous allegations), allowing the ...

The unmistakable voice of Mordecai Richler comes to us in Barney's Version, a raunchy yet tender account of a 67-year-old man's look back over his life — a life that includes plenty of bad behaviour.

Giamatti, who starred in that latter film, plays Barney Panofsky, a successful television producer whose company, Totally Unnecessary Productions, makes terrible soap operas that appear to be most ...