While Jesse Eisenberg's David is perhaps the "everyman" and the audience's entry point into the story, Benji is the heart of ...

Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, the film follows two relatives as they make a pilgrimage to their grandmother’s home in Poland.

For the past dozen years, the eventual Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor has hailed from a Best Picture nominee. But ...

The works explore a process familiar to Jewish visitors to the death camps and the former homes of vanished loved ones: an ...

In ‘A Real Pain,’ Jewish cousins tour Poland, cracking jokes and confronting the past In this almost perfect little film, ...

Culkin, 42, is nominated for his role as cousin Benji in Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” while Strong, 46, earned his after portraying Roy Cohn in the polarizing Donald Trump biopic, “The Apprentice.

It’s part comedy, part tragedy. It’s part road-trip saga, part odd couple-buddy flick, and part Holocaust film. What could possibly have gone wrong? Yup – everything could have gone wrong. So the ...

Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain has emerged as one of the most acclaimed films of recent times, grossing $16 million against a ...

Kieran Culkin has just earned his first Oscar nomination for his performance in 'A Real Pain' by Jesse Eisenberg. He is nominated for 'Best Supporting Actor'.

Succession stars Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong both scored Oscar nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category on Thursday morning, with Culkin earning one for his turn as chaotic cousin Benji ...

The best way to play a free-spirited man who gets under his cousin’s skin is not to prepare at all, says Kieran Culkin. “You never quite know what’s gonna come out of him and I didn’t want to plan ...

Kieran Culkin won the 2025 Golden Globe award for best supporting actor for his performance as Benji in this ...