a real pain

2025 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)

With just a few boutique groups with nominations out already, the European Film Academy and British Independent Film Awards, we… Read More

November 14, 2024

‘A Real Pain’ Review: Kieran Culkin Shines in Jesse Eisenberg’s Triumphant and Thoughtful Dramedy

It can sometimes be worrying when a film is directed by one of its stars, and even doubly concerning when… Read More

November 8, 2024

Trailer Watch: ‘Maria,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Bonus Track,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ ‘Caddo Lake,’ and ‘Ballerina’

This week's trailer round up looks at Angelina Jolie in Maria as legendary opera singer Maria Callas, Ryan Coogler and… Read More

September 27, 2024

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 250: 51st Telluride Film Festival Roundup with Special Guest Christina Birro

On episode 250 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Associate Editor Sophia… Read More

September 4, 2024

32nd Hamptons International Film Festival to Close with ‘Nightbitch,’ Plus ‘A Real Pain,’ Host U.S. Premiere of ‘We Live in Time’

HamptonsFilm announced today that the 32nd annual edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival presented by Artemis Rising Foundation will… Read More

August 15, 2024

New NYFF62 Spotlights Include Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain,’ Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ and Jacques Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez’

Film at Lincoln Center has announced the newest Spotlights for the 62nd New York Film Festival, including Jesse Eisenberg's A… Read More

August 14, 2024

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 245: Looking at the Top Awards Contenders of the Venice, TIFF and NYFF Lineups

On episode 245 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, we're doing things a little different. Splitting off from the main pod that… Read More

August 7, 2024

2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (July)

We got our first look at Gladiator II earlier this month and with it two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington,… Read More

July 16, 2024

Sundance 2024 Reviews: ‘Dìdi (弟弟),’ ‘In the Summers,’ ‘A Real Pain’

In today's Sundance 2024 review diary I look at three of the festival's award winners in the U.S. Dramatic section:… Read More

January 29, 2024

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