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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

As the heartwarming human-animal movie “The Friend” expanded nationwide over the weekend (tallying $1.69 million to land in the top 10 at the box office), the Bleecker Street film’s star ...

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