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Another day, another Pablo Larrain pretentio-biopic led by a mega-megawatt star. This time, it’s Angelina Jolie, playing mid-century opera phenom Maria Callas, following Kristen Stewart as Princess ...
Her starring role in Maria is her most ambitious in ages, and yet it doesn’t feel like a reemergence. It feels like a snooze. Photo: Vision Distribution This review was originally published on August ...
What happens when a star dazzles in a lead role? Audiences might be blinded to the film's other achievements — but these are worth a closer look. In Pablo Larraín’s biographical drama “Maria,” opera ...
Angelina Jolie plays the opera star Maria Callas in a movie that can’t figure her out. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...
No director working today has a greater command of the medium than the Chilean maestro Pablo Larraín, whose previous achievements in the generally unloved biopic genre — Jackie and Spencer — are now ...
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s buzziest awards-season films continues with Maria, the Maria Callas snapshot-biopic starring Angelina Jolie. Pablo ...
One October morning in 1977, Maria Rubio was in her small green stucco house in southeastern New Mexico, preparing her husband’s lunch. It was 6 a.m., and she was making burritos—cooking beans, ...
When Film Forum showed “Last Tango in Paris” this past December, as part of a Marlon Brando retrospective, the venue’s web page for the screening included a note stating that “lead actress Maria ...