A feel-good film of rare quality. As Barney Panofsky (a wonderful Paul Giamatti) looks back across his life, you get the distinct impression poor Barney has been his own worst enemy all along.

After the toy company Mattel announced a relaunch of the Barney franchise, the internet reacted to the beloved character’s “scary” extreme makeover. “Thank you, Mattel for giving me nightmares with ...

Paul Giamatti stars in “Barney’s Version,” the adaptation of the 1997 novel by the late Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, who is probably best known in this country for the movie “The Apprenticeship ...