Maria: Pablo Larrain’s final piece of his triptych lets the audience in on the realization that each woman we’ve seen—from 2016’s Jackie to now—has been delivering their own mad scene inside prisons not of their own designs. 
In the case of Maria Callas, film and celebrity blend to form her own unique landscape where reality and the drama of opera assemble her life before her eyes. Angelina Jolie’s face is the conduit of memory and accesses a deep stillness I’ve…

I have my nitpicks—the choreography reeeally didn’t do it for me 75% of the time (except “What Is This Feeling” she ate), I think the film could’ve been a total knockout if we did some trimming for the sake of brevity—but who am I kidding? This was my favorite musical for my whole teenage-hood. 13 year old Michael would’ve been shitting himself seeing this. 

I felt transported right back to when I first heard the cast album and saw the…

I was scared by Pee-wee as a kid for some reason so his TV show or movies was not my vibe at all. And unfortunately, the sex scandals that marred Paul Reubens' career also marred my impression of him on a superficial level.
In 2025, whatever mud he was raked through feels like nothing compared to the megawatt scandals faced by our current celebrities and as you're watching Paul tell his story, you feel the injustice there. And you know…