George Clooney is back in the director's chair for "The Tender Bar," the film version of the best-selling memoir of the same name. He chose Ben Affleck to head the cast, and he picked Daniel Ranieri, ...

The 65th BFI London Film Festival (Oct. 6 – 17) has added George Clooney’s “The Tender Bar,” starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan and Lily Rabe, to the program. Clooney is expected to be in attendance.

He’s supportive and encouraging. He’s tough and foul-mouthed when he wants to be, but he actually is somewhat sweet and sensitive. It’s a good performance, but if I were going to nominate Affleck for ...