Hollywood tore itself apart after this year’s Oscars ceremony following a Jewish director’s acceptance speech for a Holocaust film, in which he criticized Israel months into its war in Gaza. But there ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The new movie 'A Real Pain' focuses on two cousins taking a trip overseas to connect with their family's painful past. It was written, directed by, and stars Jesse Eisenberg.

With “A Real Pain,” Jesse Eisenberg — who wrote, directed and stars in the film — pulls off a kind of magic trick. He’s made a movie with backdrops of pain and despair, both personal and existential, ...

We live in an era of ceaseless, shocking normalization. Things that were once thought beyond the pale — today's political discourse, say, or TV ads for ED — are now accepted as routine. These days, it ...

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Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer Supported by By Marc Tracy Toward the end of “A Real Pain, ...

A tour that includes cousins Benji (Kieran Culkin, left) and David (Jesse Eisenberg, third from left) passes the site of a concentration camp in Eisenberg's film "A Real Pain." (Searchlight Pictures) ...

Jesse Eisenberg’s confident direction steers the poignant, acerbic ‘A Real Pain,’ with Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in top form as dysfunctional cousins. Jesse Eisenberg has long been an acquired taste ...

(RNS) — The film is a commendable effort that falls short by failing to grapple more honestly with modern antisemitism. (RNS) — After arriving in Poland for a weeklong Holocaust “roots” tour, Benji, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg star in "A Real Pain," which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Making Jesse ...

Awards season is officially here, and Hollywood is celebrating the best movies and TV shows that 2024 had to offer. As one of the many projects garnering critical acclaim this year, we'd be remiss if ...