Eisenberg had “great ambivalence” about his own personal struggles against the larger context of the trauma his family endured in the Holocaust. “My pain just seemed so insignificant,” he ...

Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain' follows two American cousins on a Holocaust-themed tour in Poland, confronting inherited ...

Jesse Eisenberg was stuck. Then he saw four words. The actor, writer, and director had been trying to adapt “Mongolia,” a 2017 short story he’d written for Tablet Magazine, into a movie, and ...

If you can believe it, writer-director and star Jesse Eisenberg never meant to hurt you with his latest dark comedy, A Real Pain. Centered around two cousins, David (Eisenberg), a buttoned-up ...

"Jesse Eisenberg has said that he was inspired to write 'A Real Pain' after coming across an online advert promoting tours of the concentration camp Auschwitz, with lunch included," said Brian ...

In Jesse Eisenberg’s new film, a pair of American Jewish cousins on a heritage tour of Poland sneak back onto a train they already had tickets for, after getting off at the wrong stop.

A few years ago, actor Jesse Eisenberg was writing a movie about two men on a road trip in Mongolia when an ad popped up on his screen, offering "Auschwitz tours, with lunch." "I clicked on the ad ...

Jesse Eisenberg picked up the Indie Star Award at Poland’s American Film Festival and met with the local audience to talk about sophomore directorial effort “A Real Pain.” “Two years ago ...

A few years ago, actor Jesse Eisenberg was writing a movie about two men on a road trip in Mongolia when an ad popped up on his screen, offering "Auschwitz tours, with lunch." "I clicked on the ad ...