First Look: George Clooney’s ‘The Tender Bar’ With Ben Affleck Hits Theaters In December Before Prime Video 2 Weeks Later

Not all superheros wear capes. In fact, George Clooney prefers a well tailored tuxedo when swooping in to save Amal Clooney from a red carpet wardrobe malfunction. 

George Clooney and his wife Amal go nose to nose in a cute red carpet moment at the premiere of The Tender Bar during the 2021 BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (October 10) in London, England.

As a director George Clooney’s filmography has veered through different genres (most recently from the frigid edges of earth into outer space in the big scale epic The Midnight Sky) but I don’t think he has ever hit us directly in the heart quite the way his latest, The Tender Bar does. The only special effect used in this exceptional and universally recognizable story is simply family.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticThey say it takes a village to raise a child, but in Pulitzer-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer’s case, a Long Island pub will do.

EXCLUSIVE: George Clooney meets me at the door of his incredible home in the English countryside, from which he, wife Amal and his Smokehouse producing partner Grant Heslov will commute for the London Film Festival World Premiere tonight of The Tender Bar, the film he has directed for Amazon Studios based on the J.R. Moehringer memoir.

George Clooney has described his The Tender Bar lead Ben Affleck as “a really wonderful actor who hasn’t been given a lot of great parts to show that off.”

Ben Affleck had a super cute reaction when a reporter slipped in a Jennifer Lopez mention during a red carpet interview over the weekend!

George Clooney and Ben Affleck’s new film, ‘The Tender Bar.’ The movie is set to hit theaters this December and then will be on Amazon Prime Video in early January. Clooney directed the film while Affleck is starring in it.

George and Amal Clooney looked like the picture of love as they stepped out in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Ben Affleck and George Clooney are two of the biggest actors in Hollywood, who share some close mutual acting friends — and yet they've never shared the big screen.On Sunday, the two movie stars walked the red carpet outside the DGA Theater Complex at the Los Angeles premiere of — which Clooney directed and Affleck stars in -- and they opened up to ET's Kevin Frazier about whether or not they'll ever actually share the screen.«We had great experience working together previously, he produced

The stars are stepping out for the premiere of The Tender Bar!

Jennifer Lopez holds hands with Ben Affleck as they arrive for an event together in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (October 3).

Folks, as you are probably well aware, we are knee-deep in fall film festival season. And with the end coming soon, we’re starting to see the last bit of high-profile fall films get some last-minute world premieres.

Naman Ramachandran 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.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThere are more than a few surprises coming for awards watchers and film fans this Christmas. George Clooney’s latest, “The Tender Bar,” looks to be one of them.Amazon Studios will release the film in select theaters on Dec.