The Art of Self-Defense, Riley Stearns' dark satire film with Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola and Imogen Poots, ends with a shocking twist.

Hulu is beefing up its movie library thanks to a new streaming deal with New York-based distributor Bleecker Street. The new deal comes at a time where existing streaming services are looking to up their attractiveness to current and prospective customers as new streaming services like HBO Max and Disney+ prepare to launch. Per the latest from Deadline, Hulu's exclusive streaming deal with Bleecker Street was recently solidified. The partnership means recent independent titles including The Art of Self-Defense starring Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, and Teen Spirit, starring Elle Fanning and Rebecca Hall, will be coming …

Today, we’re pleased to debut a clip from Riley Stearns’ dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg as Casey, a timid accountant who takes up karate after being mugged by masked attackers. However, as he takes more classes from the mysterious and charismatic Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), Casey begins going down a dark road of toxic masculinity. In this clip, we meet Anna (Imogen Poots), who works as a teacher for the child students, but has all of her master’s unforgiving nature. You get a great sense of the chemistry between Eisenberg and Poots, …

The Art of Self-Defense is a witty and idiosyncratic takedown of machoism that doesn't shy away from its uncomfortably terrifying aspects.

Jesse Eisenberg helps ground this contemporary satire of male violence.

Bleecker Street has released the trailer for Riley Stearns’ new movie The Art of Self-Defense. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg as a timid individual who feels afraid of everything so he decides to take up marital arts. However, his entry into this world leads him down a dark path thanks to his charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola). I really enjoyed Stearns’ previous movie Faults (which is about a guy trying to de-program a cult member), and I love the premise here. The Art of Self-Defense seems to be grappling with fragile masculinity and how that masculinity …

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Riley Stearns made a splash at a previous SXSW when he premiered his pretty heavy drama about a couple trying to survive alcoholism called Faults. Five years later and he's back with The Art of Self-Defense, which is a little less heart-breakingly sad than his last outing and lot weirder. The film follows a meek guy named Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) who pretty much lets the entire world walk all over him. He's bullied at work, at the grocery store, on a random walk, everywhere. The dude is a nervous wreck and that kind of deadly awkward …