Pee-wee as Himself may not have come together exactly as Matt Wolf intended, but, as far as I am concerned, he still achieved with it a wonderful tribute to one of the most unique and influential ...

Paul Reubens, who starred in the film "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure" and on the TV series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse," died in 2023 after a six-year struggle with cancer that he kept private. He was 70.

As someone who grew up enjoying Pee-wee Herman, I was very interested to learn about the man behind the man-child, Paul Reubens, in Pee-wee as Himself.Director Matt Wolf’s two-part documentary ...

Paul Reubens did not tell his director, Matt Wolf, that he was dying from cancer. The actor and comedian, who famously starred as Pee-wee Herman in the 1980s, passed away in 2023 at age 70. Before ...

Commentary: 'Pee-wee as Himself' looks at Paul Reubens' legacy, but it's also a reminder of a unique era in pop culture that shaped a generation. Pee-wee Herman's Documentary Lets Gen X Reflect on ...

“Pee-Wee as Himself” received a lot of press because Reubens “comes out” during the interviews, revealing he was open about his sexuality until realizing it would hinder his career.

It wasn't until I watched Pee-wee as Himself, the new two-part documentary on Max about the life and career of Paul Reubens, (aka Pee-wee Herman), that it hit me just how lucky we were to grow up ...

When the name Pee-wee Herman comes up, some people might think of the 1985 Tim Burton film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.” Others might remember the children’s television show “Pee-wee’s ...

The new two-part documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” premiered on HBO and Max on May 23, a complex portrait of a complicated man, Paul Reubens, who found fame as his alter ...

Pee-wee may be iconic, but Paul Reubens is hysterical. And Wolf’s film, with that winking title, makes for a revealing portrait of a performer who so often put persona in front of personhood. In that ...