Mordecai Richler’s granddaughter has a tiny part in the movie version of his famous book Years back, one wasteful afternoon back in my CEGEP days, I was hanging out at a friend’s place when he pulled ...

Mordecai Richler’s semi-autobiographical character Barney Panofsky tells his life story in the novel “Barney’s Version.” And so it was appropriate, at the Gotham preem for the Sony Pictures Classics ...

There's an emotional authenticity about Barney's Version, based on the novel by Mordecai Richler. It's the story of one man's life, not his whole life — which would include lots of information about ...

BASED ON THE late Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler’s wonderful book, “Barney’s Version” stars Paul Giamatti as the curmudgeonly, self-loathing, lovable protagonist. Comprised of a series of ...

Paul Giamatti doesn't spring right to mind as the guy to play the title character of Mordecai Richler's sardonically funny and bitterly sad novel "Barney's Version." After seeing director Richard J.

I began to read Barney’s Version on an overseas flight, just prior to its publication, some 13 years ago. No doubt the passengers next to me thought I was demented. I chuckled and belly laughed and ...

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Barney's Version, Fubar sequel get Cancon movie funding A film adaptation of Mordecai Richler's novel Barney's Version — produced by Canadian movie mogul Robert Lantos and starring indie favourite ...

Please note: one or two mild spoilers are in this review, in case you’ve not heard them already. If you haven’t, you might want to steer clear until you’ve seen the film. Paul Giamatti, actor par ...

Despite the high-profile presences of Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman, one wonders how much Richard J Lewis’s film will change that situation. For while there is a lot to like in this witty, engaging ...

It's no surprise it took 13 years to bring Mordecai Richler's last novel, Barney's Version, to the screen. The book, with its erudite, unreliable narrator, who is justifying his life through a fog of ...