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 & ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Adapted from Sigrid Nunez’s novel, The Friend opens with the prosaic inner monologue of New York author and writing teacher ...

The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre. He has those classic Hollywood ...

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 ...

This melancholy comedy starring Naomi Watts, about a woman who inherits a Great Dane following a friend's suicide, is a heart ...