on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” “I felt in a way I was bringing the character out into the wild,” he says. “I just stayed in character all day.” That came with obvious sacrifices ...

That’s one of the many questions explored in “Pee-wee as Himself,” a nearly three ... Reubens created many characters as a member of the LA improv troupe The Groundlings, including a dancing ...

His singular vision and creativity was highly influential in the 1980s and ‘90s, and the film showcases his development of the Pee-wee Herman character at the Groundlings, and the rich artistic ...

Still others might consider something more negative: the headline news about the 1991 arrest for indecent exposure of Paul Reubens, the man who created the Pee-wee character. All these topics and ...

Director Matt Wolf on how he completed documentary Pee-wee as Himself after Paul Reubens' death, and why he didn't want a celebrity biopic Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying.

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 ego, Pee-wee Herman ...

When filmmaker Matt Wolf begin conversations with Paul Reubens about a documentary — one that included his alter ego Pee-wee Herman — “it was clear there could be a power struggle.” ...

Matt Wolf admits that there were some struggles in making his documentary film Pee-wee as Himself, which tells the story of comedian Paul Ruebens and the epic character he created. “My first ...

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 ...