Kieran Culkin on Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain’

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( profile [Trust the Kieran Culkin Process]( First, he nearly dropped out of A Real Pain. Then he convinced Jesse Eisenberg to change the way he directs. Photo: Mark Seliger for New York Magazine I’m waiting for [Kieran Culkin]( at the tip of the Greenpoint ferry platform, where he’s suggested we meet on a Friday morning to get on the boat, take it a few stops to Dumbo, then walk across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan — a sort of hung-over New Yorker’s triathlon. He’s late and sending me self-effacing riffs about it: “I was just about to text you to see if you were also running late or if you were the kind of person that was professional and an actual adult, unlike myself.” The ferry pulls into the dock at the exact moment that I spot him on the horizon. He is instantly recognizable, clad in all black and wearing a pair of sunglasses, eyebrows perma-arched, hair like an inverted comma, walking with distinct hustle but not running. The boat starts boarding right as he reaches me, a little out of breath and visibly relieved that he pulled it off. “This is what I do,” he says. “I pull up to airports, I don’t even know what airline I’m flying. Sometimes I don’t know what city I’m going to. I still get on the plane and everything’s fine.” [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • What We Do in the Shadows: [Mama’s Go-Go Juice]( • Only Murders in the Building: [On Fire]( • Below Deck Sailing Yacht: [Floatopia]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [10 Essential Andrew Garfield Performances (That Aren’t Spider-Man) He’s played empathic pretty boys, religious figures, morally compromised hucksters, and sometimes all three at once.]( By Rory Doherty [Warriors Come Out and Grate Lin Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s remake devolves into kumbaya.]( [11 Newish Movies to Rent This Month Joke’s on Joker: You will soon be able to watch Folie à Deux at home.]( By Brian Tallerico [Harvey Weinstein Is Being Treated for Cancer in Jail He has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia.]( By Justin Curto [Meryl Streep and Martin Short Are Making This Way Too Much Fun The Only Murders stars keep us guessing, and we’re all better for it.]( By Fran Hoepfner [Wait, What Is the Broadway Smash Adaptation Even About? The character names in the new cast list are not the names from the show.]( By Jason P. Frank [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 20-Down, Five Letters: Oscar winner who turned 90 on September 20. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images (Tristan Fewings, Justin Tafoya, Photo12/Universal Images Group) [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name an Oscar-winning Mahershala Ali movie? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic, Getty Images (Amy Sussman, Ernesto Ruscio) A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved