If ever a television series captured the gritty essence of police work, it wasn’t “Dragnet,” with its just-the-facts dispassion, or “Hill Street Blues,” with its urban blight, or any version of “Law & ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...