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 ...
Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin on 'A Real Pain', Family History & On-Set Waterslides
The character of our grandmother is based on my Aunt Doris. She was bored and raised in Poland, was such an unusual person and gave me such grounding in my life. She died at 101 and while the film is ...
A Real Pain film review — a deft mix of odd-couple comedy and Holocaust history
So then, a story exploring the frayed bond of comfortable American cousins against the backdrop of the Holocaust. You can ...
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Jesse Eisenberg wanted Chopin to give A Real Pain a 'sophisticated' feel
Jesse Eisenerg used Chopin to stop 'A Real Pain' from feeling "juvenile" and to give it a "sophisticated" tone instead.
Why Jesse Eisenberg's new film hit so close to home: 'You're like the target human being'
Halfway through A Real Pain, I realised why Majdanek concentration camp in the Polish town of Lublin sounded so familiar. My ...
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Kieran Culkin: "There is a type of rich people who no matter what they do, they will always get away with it"
The actor who started in front of the cameras at the age of six lives with the movie that has earned him the Golden Globe, 'A ...
A Real Pain is a subtle but powerful exploration of remembrance culture and personal trauma
Jesse Eisenberg explores these questions with curiosity, humour and insight in the lightly plotted, semi-road movie A Real Pain. In his second feature as writer-director, he also shows a commendable ...