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  2. After a brutal and random attack by a motorcycle gang, a nebbishy accountant joins a fight club: So begins The Art of Self-Defense, the puckeringly dry new satire of toxic masculinity starring...

  3. Jul 13, 2019 · A low-budget dark comedy set in a neighborhood McDojo, director Riley Stearns (himself a purple belt in jiu-jitsu) paints a satirical portrait of toxic masculinity in the story of Casey, played by...

  4. The Art of Self-Defense is a 2019 American martial arts black comedy film written and directed by Riley Stearns and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola and Imogen Poots. It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2019, and was released in the United States on July 12, 2019, by Bleecker Street .

  5. Jul 12, 2019 · Jesse Eisenberg on the “aspirational and also absurd” manliness in his new movie. In The Art of Self-Defense, Eisenberg plays a sad-sack accountant who starts studying karate.

  6. Jul 10, 2019 · Star of 'The Art of Self-Defense,' Jesse Eisenberg recounts in this profile how he learned karate for the role, getting yelled at during class for making jokes.

  7. Jul 16, 2019 · Jesse Eisenberg has spent the better part of two decades playing roles like Mark Zuckerberg, a zombie apocalypse survivor, and Lex Luthor with an off-kilter comedic approach. He’s back with...

  8. Jul 11, 2019 · The story follows Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), a meek accountant who, after a brutal mugging by a motorcycle gang, takes up karate classes with the unnamed local Sensei (Alessandro Nivola).