Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg and Home Alone
An emotional Kieran Culkin thanked A Real Pain writer-director and co-star Jesse Eisenberg tonight as he accepted the Golden Globe for Best Male Actor In A Supporting Role for a Motion Picture. "I’m here because Jesse Eisenberg wrote an incredible script.
Kieran Culkin gives his 'A Real Pain' co-star and director, Jesse Eisenberg, his gum mid-speech while accepting an award from National Board of Review.
It’s his costar Kieran Culkin’s amazing performance post-hit TV series Succession that made it Golden Globe worthy. The Home Alone alum almost turned it down, but thanks to Emma Stone, Culkin had a change of heart.
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 fictional, it has many personal, autobiographical elements that came out, like my aunt and even filming at the home my family lived in in Poland.
Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain explores intergenerational trauma and survivor's guilt in a darkly comic, weighty meditation on grief.
The duo discuss their beautifully bittersweet road movie A Real Pain, which is already a favorite this awards season
Jesse Eisenberg wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the film opposite Culkin, who also won a Golden Globe for his work on the film. It was among the 12 films nominated in the Best Motion Picture categories at the Globes, too, and Eisenberg picked up nods for his lead performance in the film and the screenplay.
A Real Pain sees Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who go to Poland to retrace their family's history. Eisenberg says being both actor and filmmaker made him nervous because he sees actors giving notes as the "biggest taboo".
Not sure what to watch this weekend? 'Back in Action,' 'A Real Pain,' 'Hereditary,' and more movie night hits just arrived on streaming.
Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg playing mismatched cousins in the acclaimed movie "A Real Pain" is one of this week's new streaming entertainment releases. Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx star as retired CIA agents whose suburban cover is exposed in the action comedy "Back in Action.
US audiences can stream A Real Pain on Hulu from now after it dropped on the service on January 16. There are a number of Hulu plans available. New subscribers can opt for one of its on-demand only plans and enjoy a 30-day free trial. Thereafter, you’ll pay $9.99 a month for its ad-supported plan, or $18.99 a month to go commercial free.