She finds herself "wondering what on earth her late confidant thought she could do for this dog", but of course it turns out ...

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

A slight but endearing tale, The Friend is a celebration of the effect pets have on us, particularly in the darkest of times ...

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 ...

The Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of “The Friend,” starring ...

Naomi Watt's ex Liev Schreiber has shared the emotional moment his daughter Kai asked him to start using her new pronouns.

In dramas, they often help us understand the human experience, something that is illustrated beautifully in comedy-drama The Friend. Naomi Watts plays Iris, a teacher and writer whose mentor (Bill ...

Based on the 2018 novel by Sigrid Nunez, The Friend puts Naomi Watts front and centre with pooch pal Bing to bring us a bit of doggy drama comedy. Written and directed by Scott McGehee and David ...

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