Paul Giamatti stars in “Barney’s Version,” the adaptation of the 1997 novel by the late Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, who is probably best known in this country for the movie “The Apprenticeship ...

“Barney’s Version” never won the awards — or reviews — that it deserved, especially for its actors. But it became a word-of-mouth hit in Baltimore, at the Charles, and it should gain new fans when it ...