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USA Today
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
How to watch 'Pee-wee as Himself': Documentary premiere, where to stream
How to watch 'Pee-wee as Himself': Documentary premiere, where to stream Show Caption Hide Caption The most anticipated TV shows of 2025 USA TODAY TV critic Kelly Lawler shares her top 5 TV shows she is most excited for this year You know him as "Pee-wee Herman," but in a new documentary, he wants you to know him simply as Paul Reubens. "Pee-wee as Himself," a two-part HBO series, shows a side of the beloved children's television star that few have seen before. Described by HBO as a portrait of Reubens painted through a "soul-baring interview," the doc promises viewers a never-before-seen glimpse into the personal life of the man behind the character. Using 40 hours of interview footage taken before his 2023 death from cancer, archived footage, home videos and thousands of personal photos, the film explores everything from Reubens' childhood growing up amongst circus folks in Florida to his time in the Groundlings improv comedy troupe alongside Phil Hartman. Directed by Matt Wolf, a fact that Reubens seemed to take some issue with, the documentary doesn't pull any punches in addressing everything from Pee-wee's origins to Reubens' later arrests. Here's how to watch. When does 'Pee-wee as Himself' premiere? "Pee-wee as Himself" premieres Friday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT. How to watch 'Pee-wee as Himself' "Pee-wee as Himself" is an HBO original documentary. Both parts will air back-to-back on HBO and will be available for streaming on Max. HBO is traditionally an add-on option to standard cable packages that can be selected through your provider. Max subscription plans begin at $9.99 a month with ads, while ad-free subscriptions cost $16.99 a month. The highest tier, which is $20.99 a month, includes the ability to stream on four devices and offers 4K Ultra HD video quality and 100 downloads. HBO also offers bundles with Hulu and Disney+. Watch the 'Pee-wee as Himself' trailer We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
Los Angeles Times
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
How would you rank the best picture nominees?
The morning after Thursday's Oscar nominations announcement, a reader sent me a screenshot of a cartoon depicting a couple lounging on a living room sofa, the woman sprawled under a blanket. 'We need to make it through at least one movie so we have something to root for at the Oscars,' read the caption. I'm Glenn Whipp, columnist for the Los Angeles Times and host of The Envelope's Monday newsletter. Have you made it through at least one of this year's best picture nominees? Times film critic Amy Nicholson, not surprisingly, has seen all 10 nominated movies. It is, after all, her job. Amy sat down after Thursday's Oscar announcement and put the best picture nominees in order from worst to first. Her No. 1 choice might surprise you. Or perhaps not, if you've read her enthusiasm for the film. Do I sound like a softie if I tell you that I liked all 10 movies nominated this year? I've seen a pair of them twice, coincidentally, the two with the longest running times, 'The Brutalist' and 'Wicked.' I'll probably enjoy a repeat showing of another one or two before the Oscars on March 2. Reading Amy's rankings, it seems like she found something to like in all of them too. (And I agree. 'Wicked,' her No. 10 movie, could stand to lose a few minutes in its final act.) My clear No. 1, by the way, is 'Anora,' which I've written about quite a bit the past few months. What would top your list? And they hit the ground ... well, hopefully not running, because it's snowing and the ground is slippery right now. Our Sundance studio is already welcoming guests ('Hey, Questlove!'), even as the question hangs in the air about where all this is going to take place a couple of years from now. ('Please make it Hawaii,' a friend pleaded, weary of feeling either freezing or roasting. The theaters are known to crank up the heat.) One movie, The Times' Matt Brennan notes, is already making waves — HBO Documentary Films' 'Pee-wee as Himself,' a two-part deep dive into Paul Reubens' rise to fame and subsequent fall from grace. In particular, Matt writes, 'Pee-wee as Himself' reconsiders Reubens' 1991 arrest for indecent exposure at an adult theater in Sarasota, Fla., to which he pleaded no contest, and his 2002 arrest for possession of child pornography — charges that were later dropped. The documentary suggests that both arrests, and the tabloid coverage they inspired, stemmed from prejudice against Reubens' homosexuality. And, apparently, on the day before his 2023 death, Reubens revealed his reasons for participating in the film. 'More than anything, the reason I wanted to make a documentary was to let people see who I really am and how painful and difficult it was to be labeled something that I wasn't,' Reubens said. 'The moment I heard someone label me as — I'm just going to say it — a pedophile, I knew it was going to change everything moving forward and backwards.'
