As "The Friend" opened nationwide, Bing the Great Dane was guest of honor at a dog-friendly screening hosted by Dog Ppl & the ...

In “The Friend,” a huge dog and his new human, played by Naomi Watts, are in mourning. Both actress and canine had to learn ...

Connecticut animal trainer Bill Berloni trained Bing for his role alongside Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in "The Friend." ...

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

The Friend” is about animals, and humans, and grief, and understanding. The Monitor’s critic says the film, based on an award ...

Naomi Watts shares the spotlight with a Great Dane in this sweet, smart, very New York tale of grief and companionship.

An adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's novel, Watts plays a bereaved writer who is bequeathed a giant dog named Apollo by her friend ...

The Forever Friends Great Dane Rescue organization partnered with an Indianapolis theater during the movie "The Friend" to ...

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

An Iowa dog is the latest canine to make it to the big screen. Bing, a 6-year-old Great Dane from Newton, has made his film ...

(Matt Infante/Bleecker Street via AP) This image released by Bleecker Street shows Naomi Watts in a scene from “The Friend.” ...

The Friend is rather tidy for a movie about a prim, comfortable professional confronting tricky emotions while caring for an ...