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Film reviews: Angelina Jolie is perfectly cast as an opera icon in Maria
What is real and not real is my business,’ announces Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie), and really, who are we to argue? Maria ...
A Real Pain boasts a wrecking ball of a performance from Kieran Culkin
A Real Pain boasts a wrecking ball of a performance from Kieran Culkin - 4/5 Jesse Eisenberg’s Oscar-tipped comedy drama ...
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...