Eisenberg's film follows two cousins on a Jewish heritage tour of Poland, which includes a stop at the Majdanek death camp. The story draws on his own family history — and his struggle with OCD.

Chopin’s much-loved solo piano music takes centre stage in ‘A Real Pain’, a new film by Jesse Eisenberg out now in cinemas.

INTERVIEW: The sardonic, straight-faced star of ‘The Social Network’ sits down with Patrick Smith to discuss his new film ‘A Real Pain’, his friendship with ‘fairy godmother’ Emma Stone, and the ‘tran

The buddy comedy is back with Succession breakout Kieran Culkin and The Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg in their familial road comedy A Real Pain. The film, written and directed by Eisenberg, is sitting pretty with a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score and nestled in the top spot on Hulu's Top 10.

A Real Pain (now streaming on Hulu, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) is the highlight of a strange year for Jesse Eisenberg: He writes, directs and stars in this prickly comedy-drama that’s almost certain to score co-star Kieran Culkin an Oscar nomination – and reasonable consideration for Best Picture and Screenplay.

The film, dubbed an heir of Woody Allen, follows Jewish American cousins who travel to Poland in memory of their late grandmother

The twice-delayed announcement of nominations for the 97th Academy Awards is finally coming Thursday. While many communities remain evacuated or in recovery mode due to the deadly Los Angeles area wildfires — and nerves remain shot everywhere — the industry is allowing itself a moment to once again contemplate the Oscars.

Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain explores intergenerational trauma and survivor's guilt in a darkly comic, weighty meditation on grief.

Here's what the bittersweet ending of A Real Pain starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin really means. Jesse Eisenberg, best known for The Social Network, made his directorial debut with When You Finish Saving the World.

A Real Pain follows the cousins as they embark on a Holocaust tour of Poland in memory of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor who recently passed away. While the pair, who were very close as children,

While Kieran Culkin was beginning to accept the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Real Pain, he realized he was still chewing his gum. The Succession alum casually took it out of his mouth and shared that he didn’t know what to do with it only for Eisenberg to swoop in seconds later to retrieve the ABC gum.

The Education of Charlie Banks hit theaters in 2009 starring Eisenberg as Charlie, an Ivy League freshman who is troubled when high school bully Mick ( Jason Ritter) mysteriously resurfaces and inserts himself into Charlie’s life in upstate New York.