A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films, memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’
The works explore a process familiar to Jewish visitors to the death camps and the former homes of vanished loved ones: an occasion to face the enormity of the Holocaust, the inheritance of family
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Auschwitz in the era of dark tourism
On the 80th anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation, its significance is being trivialized by tourism and popular culture. At the same time, this symbol of evil is being transformed and ope
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In 'A Real Pain,' Jesse Eisenberg asks: What is the purpose of 'tragedy tourism'?
A few years ago, actor Jesse Eisenberg was writing a movie about two men on a road trip in Mongolia when an ad popped up on his screen, offering "Auschwitz tours, with lunch." "I clicked on the ad and it took me to a site for what you would imagine ...
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A Real Pain is a subtle but powerful exploration of remembrance culture and personal trauma
Of our own personal relationships. Can we – or should we seek to – ever escape the tightly woven net of our preoccupation with our past? Jesse Eisenberg explores these questions with curiosity, humour and insight in the lightly plotted,
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A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’
played by Jesse Eisenberg, “Screw it. We’re owed this.” “I love that scene,” said Ari Richter, the author and illustrator of “Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz,” a “graphic family ...
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A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore ‘dark tourism'
played by Jesse Eisenberg, “Screw it. We’re owed this.” “I love that scene,” said Ari Richter, the author and illustrator of Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz, a “graphic family ...
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Jesse Eisenberg isn't ambitious — but he does worry about failing
Actor, writer and director Jesse Eisenberg says he has had more failures than successes. In this week's Wild Card, he opens up about ambition and his his defense against despair.

Jesse Eisenberg, who played Mark Zuckerberg, rips Meta CEO

Jesse Eisenberg, who played Mark Zuckerberg, rips Meta CEO: ‘Why are you not helping people?’
Jesse Eisenberg did not meet Mark Zuckerberg before ‘The Social Network’ for this reason
Jesse Eisenberg Was Warned Not to Meet Mark Zuckerberg: “Do Not Go There”
The newly minted Oscar nominee for the screenplay of 'A Real Pain' looks back on 2010's 'The Social Network' and weighs in on Mark Zuckerberg's controversial recent activities.
Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation
The solemn commemoration came amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the Holocaust is eroding.
‘Awards Chatter' Pod: Jesse Eisenberg on ‘A Real Pain,' Acting vs. Writing and Mark Zuckerberg 2.0
The Oscar-nominated writer (he's a finalist for his semi-autobiographical original screenplay about a transformative trip to Poland) and actor (2010's 'The Social Network') talks to THR about his life and career.
Holocaust Escape Thriller ‘The World Will Tremble’ Sells to Vertical (Exclusive)
Tremble stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Amazon’s Wilderness) and Jeremy Neumark Jones (Netflix’s Kleo) as Solomon Weiner and Michael Podchlebnik, two Jewish prisoners who escaped the Chelmno extermination camp and provided the first eyewitness accounts of the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis.
Auschwitz survivors and world leaders set to mark 80 years since Nazi death camp's liberation
Inside the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, the soldiers liberated roughly 7,000 prisoners who had been brutalized by a Nazi regime hell-bent on exterminating the Jewish people. The horrors there defied comprehension.