The two-part HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself (on Crave in Canada), directed by Matt Wolf, is an incredibly fascinating exploration of the life of Paul Reubens, who created the infamous character ...

On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens' death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince him to make the ambitious two-part documentary “Pee-wee ...

On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens' death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince him to make the ambitious two-part documentary "Pee-wee as ...

They’d spoken about everything — Reubens’ childhood, his complicated relationship with fame, his ambitions, his commitment to his alter-ego Pee-wee Herman, his sexuality, his arrest — exce ...

The performer, known for his portrayal of the iconic character "Pee-wee Herman," had passed from cancer, a diagnosis that was not made known to the public after his death. Indeed, Reubens had kept ...

This image released by HBO Max shows Paul Reubens in a scene from the documentary "Pee-Wee As Himself." (HBO Max via AP) Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the ...

Paul Reubens’s performance as Pee-wee Herman gave fans “license to be weird.” At an underground cabaret, he cheered on his community of renegades. Paul Reubens, as seen in the documentary ...

But do you have any recollection of the man who brought Pee-wee Herman to life, save for a fuzzy memory of a few incriminatory headlines? In “Pee-wee as Himself,” Paul Reubens makes it clear ...

(Pee-wee is always only himself, but Paul Reubens was often — and the only — Pee-wee Herman.) Identity is at the heart of this story — the unresolvable relationship between the real self ...

Pee-wee as Himself' details Paul Reubens' life and struggles with being misunderstood; part 1 is now streaming on Max. Gavin Newsom defies Senate vote: 'Illegal' The longest standing ovation at ...