Making a “life’s journey” film must be difficult. The difficulty shows through the messy Barney’s Version. But despite its rocky structure, this adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s acclaimed novel makes ...

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 ...

Actor Paul Giamatti compares his star turn as the title character in Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version to 'doing, like, a Dickens novel or something.' ((CBC)) Shooting got underway on Barney's ...

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," ...

What disturbs me most about Mordecai Richler's 1997 novel, Barney's Version, now available in a new paperback edition as well as a major motion picture with Paul Giamatti, is that it took me almost 15 ...

“Barney’s Version” nabbed 11 Genie awards nominations, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced Wednesday at simultaneous media conferences in Montreal and Toronto. It’s closely ...

The Barney of Barney’s Version, Mordecai Richler’s 10th novel, learned to tap dance as a boy, a talent that comes in handy when he decides to write his memoirs and finds himself tap dancing – ...

Do you still laugh whenever you remember Paul Giamatti in Sideways, taking Thomas Haden Church aside to hiss the warning, “I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot”? If Giamatti’s particular brand of ...