"Pee-wee as Himself" reveals Paul Reubens’ struggle for control—on and off screen
As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens was a performance artist hiding in plain sight in mainstream popular culture. His fictional ...
‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: Paul Reubens Explores Pee-wee Herman, and His Own Identity, in Revealing HBO Doc
Culled from 40 hours of interviews and thousands of hours of archival footage, Matt Wolf's doc gives Paul Reubens his own posthumous spotlight.
‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: The Late Paul Reubens Opens Up — When He Doesn’t Close Up — in an Expansive Portrait
Matt Wolf's documentary 'Pee-wee as Himself' gives Paul Reubens, the man behind the Pee-wee Herman alter ego, a platform to ...
'Pee-Wee Herman' Star Paul Reubens Comes Out As Gay In Posthumous Documentary
"I was secretive about my sexuality even to my friends," Reubens revealed in the new documentary "Pee-wee as Himself." ...
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: A Profoundly Moving and Damnably Incomplete Portrait of Paul Reubens
(It wasn’t quite the Playhouse, but it was close ... No matter how you felt about Reubens before, and what the Pee-wee character may or may not have meant to you, hearing Reubens’ final ...
At Sundance, Marlee Matlin and Pee-wee Herman take the celebrity doc to the next level
In The Times’ first daily newsletter from Sundance 2025, two films that elevate the celebrity bio-doc and an interview with the director of ‘Ricky.’ ...
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: Paul Reubens Explores Pee-wee Herman, and His Own Identity, in Revealing HBO Doc
As featured in the documentary, Reubens is constantly breaking character (with the character ... The second episode picks up with Pee-wee’s Playhouse and many of the show’s key collaborators ...