The independent film fall festival party continues in theaters with 'A Real Pain' posting 2024’s third best per screen ...

Kieran Culkin, left, and director Jesse Eisenberg pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘A Real ...

In “A Real Pain,” Kieran Culkin is the cousin who’s untethered, outspoken and, often, a real pain to his more structured ...

Writer-director Jesse Eisenberg's “A Real Pain” strikes an almost impossible balance. It’s part comedy, part tragedy.

Jesse Eisenberg writes, directs, and stars, opposite Kieran Culkin in a deliberately comic film about raw suffering.

Honesty and healing are both the journey and the destination in "A Real Pain," written, directed and co-starring Jesse ...

Not only was that too expensive, but Eisenberg balked at the idea of recreating such a place. "Is there somebody who knows how to build Majdanek? I don't know if I want to meet that person," he says.

Eisenberg tells Page Six that Culkin questioned “The Social Network” star’s directing style on their new film.

"The way to my heart is through my nipples," Eisenberg joked of his "A Real Pain" costar, who he says has "tortured" him in the past.

I don't know if I want to meet that person," he says. Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Gray, Jesse Eisenberg, Kurt Egyiawan, David Oreskes and Will Sharpe at Majdanek in A Real PainCourtesy of Searchlight ...