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

Naomi Watts inherits a 150-pound Great Dane named Apollo after the death of her mentor Bill Murray in “The Friend.” ...

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

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

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

Naomi Watts ensured that all eyes did a double take when she arrived at the New York premiere of The Friend on March 24. That ...

Naomi Watts on acting with a 150-pound Great Dane in David Siegel and Scott McGehee's great dog movie, also one of the best ...

Back in 2001, when Naomi Watts blew everyone away in her breakthrough performance in “Mulholland Drive,” you might have predicted she would go on to receive two Oscar nominations. But few could have ...

David Siegel and Scott McGehee's latest film 'The Friend' is the kind of warm, witty, and wise character study we don't get ...

Naomi Watts plays a writer in mourning who is given a formidable gift from a friend in this adaptation of the Sigrid Nunez ...