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.

LOS ANGELES Two DVDs that are tailor-made for pharmacies and appeal to vastly different audiences are due to arrive in stores Sept. 9. Lion’s Gate Entertainment will roll out The Best of Barney ...

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 ...

Special mention, too, for Dustin Hoffman, who plays, with great charm, Barney’s irascible cop father Izzy. He steals all the scenes he is in. One complaint. The DVD extras were feeble - a quick ...