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 ...

Barney Panofsky is one of Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler’s finest creations. He smokes too many cigars, drinks too much whiskey and has a life of dashed hopes to reflect on as he approaches old ...

“Barney’s Version” never won the awards — or reviews — that it deserved, especially for its actors. But it became a word-of-mouth hit in Baltimore, at the Charles, and it should gain new fans when it ...