Mike Birbiglia with Atsuko Okatsuka during the filming of Good One. Photo: Peacock Peacock’s Good One: A Show About Jokes is not your average comedy-documentary special. Over the course of seven hours of shows in Rhode Island and Washington, D.C., Vulture writer Jesse David Fox and director Eddie Schmidt capture comedian Mike Birbiglia in a… Continue reading Jesse David Fox Talks ‘Good One,’ Comedy, and Mike Birbiglia
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Jesse Eisenberg’s Movie Is a Gentle Pleasure
Jesse Eisenberg’s charming Sundance breakout moves gently and smoothly but hints at an all-consuming darkness underneath. Photo: Searchlight A touching character study anchored by a lively Kieran Culkin performance, Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain moves gently and smoothly but hints at an all-consuming darkness underneath. The film, one of the breakout titles in the early… Continue reading Jesse Eisenberg’s Movie Is a Gentle Pleasure
Jesse Eisenberg on How A Real Pain Approaches the Holocaust
We’re back at Sundance in the Vulture Spot, where we’re interviewing the casts and creators of the year’s buzziest films. Check out all our coverage from the film fest here. Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, about two cousins who embark on a trip to Poland following the death of their grandmother, approaches the subject of the Holocaust… Continue reading Jesse Eisenberg on How A Real Pain Approaches the Holocaust
Jesse Armstrong Explains ‘Succession’ Season 4 Finale Choice
When Succession was commissioned by HBO, I had previously managed to produce a grand total of one hour of filmed television drama as a solo writer. Even that was under the supervision of Charlie Brooker, within the tonal world he had created for his Black Mirror anthology. But after my second solo hour was complete — the Succession… Continue reading Jesse Armstrong Explains ‘Succession’ Season 4 Finale Choice