A Real Pain
‘Anora’ Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Five Nods
Sean Baker’s screwball comedy will face other multiple nominees like ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘A Real Pain’ and ‘A Complete Unknown.’
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Soundtracking ‘A Real Pain’ With Only Chopin: Jesse Eisenberg Used Polish Composer to Balance “Juvenile” Characters
“I wanted the tone of the movie to be a commentary on these characters falling into old patterns against the backdrop of historical trauma,” the writer, director and star tells THR.
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Hollywood Has Long Been Interested in the Other — But It’s Especially Preoccupied This Year
How ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Wicked’ and other contenders channel film history.
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“I Was Sitting in the Library Writing It, Crying”: Jesse Eisenberg, James Mangold, Halina Reijn and the Writer Roundtable
A gathering of scribes including Eisenberg (‘A Real Pain’), Justin Kuritzkes (‘Challengers’ and ‘Queer’), Payal Kapadia (‘All We Imagine as Light’), Mangold (‘A Complete Unknown’), Reijn (‘Babygirl’) and Jason Reitman (‘Saturday Night’).
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Box Office: ‘Venom 3’ Scores $26M to Stay No. 1, ‘Here’ Goes Nowhere With $5M Opening
Clint Eastwood's 'Juror 2' opened this weekend, but is only getting an awards qualifying run before going to Max. It's receiving a limited release overseas, where it earned $5 million from just six markets.
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Naomi Scott Shows Off ‘Smile 2,’ ‘A Real Pain’ Premieres and This Week’s Best Events
Inside this week's biggest Hollywood premieres, parties and openings.
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NYFF: Holocaust-Studies Dramedy ‘A Real Pain’ Debuts With a Giant Digital Jesse Eisenberg
He Zoomed in for the premiere of his new film, which embeds issues of trauma and identity in an odd-couple buddy comedy.
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“When I Read the Script, I Went From Excited to Elated”: THR Panel Conversation With Jennifer Grey
The actress, whose film 'A Real Pain' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, joined THR for a conversation at the St. Regis Deer Valley.
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Sundance: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin Movie ‘A Real Pain’ Sells to Searchlight Pictures
Eisenberg and Culkin co-star in the road trip movie that earned a standing ovation at the Park City fest.
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‘A Real Pain’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in Film That Flows From Humor to Unexpectedly Affecting Places
Will Sharpe and Jennifer Grey also appear in Eisenberg’s very personal second feature as director, about cousins visiting their ancestral home in Poland to honor their grandmother.
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