One of the finest double acts of the year has received little fanfare, and, with all due respect, the pairing of Naomi Watts ...

Or rather, it is — but on a more sophisticated and ambitious level. Based on a novel by Sigrid Nunez — whose work also inspired last year’s Pedro Almodóvar film The Room Next Door — The Friend stars ...

THE tale of a reluctant owner falling in love with a problematic pooch has played out many times on the big screen. Turner & ...

I once got punched in the face by a Great Dane. It was on a farm in Portarlington where I was doing summer work. The beast ...

Co-starring an enormous, soulful Great Dane named Bing, this literary Manhattan drama gives Watts and Bill Murray a forum for ...

Naomi Watts is not just acting in The Friend, she is practically channeling her inner dog whisperer. (Sorry, Cesar Millan!) After adopting Izzy in 2020, she has been ...

The newcomer Bing is full of charm as the dog whose presence causes Watts’s character to confront what’s missing in her life ...

There’s something deeply disheartening about the sight of a man casually checking his phone during a funeral speech, and that modestly sad moment is emblematic of The Friend, whose portrait of grief, ...

The Friend” is one of those movies people complain they don’t make anymore, although its existence is a reminder that they do still make “them,” meaning smart, emotionally authentic ...

"The Friend" hits theaters March 28. Here's a dog movie that delivers plenty of dog. I'm talking about Bing, the 150-pound Great Dane who cedes top billing to human co-stars Naomi Watts and Bill ...

Bing, a Great Dane, is getting a lot of attention for his performance in "The Friend." Bing is a star thanks to a Connecticut ...