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

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

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

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

While the filmmaking pair’s latest might sound squarely aimed at Naomi Watts super-fans and intense animal people, what they ...

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

He has those classic Hollywood features — instantly accessible, forever unknowable — and when he walks down the street with ...

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 ...

Bill Murray, from left, Naomi Watts, and Bing the Great Dane attend the premiere of "The Friend" at IPIC Theaters on Monday, March 24, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP ...