‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Would Like You to Meet the Man Behind the Bow Tie
Centered around a long interview Paul Reubens gave before his death in 2023, this two-part doc is the definitive portrait of ...
‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: A Profoundly Moving and Damnably Incomplete Portrait of Paul Reubens
HBO documentary "Pee-wee as Himself" finds Paul Reubens addressing his complicated past in candid, heartbreaking form.
In deathbed audio, Paul Reubens recalled pain of being falsely labeled a pedophile
Paul Reubens' deathbed audio recording is featured in HBO Documentary Films' 'Pee-wee as Himself,' which premiered Thursday ...
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Before he died in 2023, Paul Reubens conducted 40 hours of interviews about his life and career with filmmaker Matt Wolf.
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‘Pee-Wee As Himself’ Review: A Complicated & Layered Portrait Of Identity Battles For Narrative Control [Sundance]
Pee-Wee As Himself' is a fascinating look at the life of Paul Reubens and alter-ego Pee-Wee Herman, but it's also a sharp ...
Pee-wee Herman Star Paul Reubens Recalls the 'Painful' Memory of Being Falsely Labeled a 'Pedophile' on His Deathbed
In the upcoming HBO docuseries 'Pee-wee as Himself', which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Paul Reubens recalls the "painful" memory of being falsely labeled a "pedophile" following his ...
‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Director on His Attempts to Gain Paul Reubens’ Trust: ‘There Was a Real Power Struggle Between Us’
Matt Wolf talks about his Sundance doc 'Pee-wee as Himself,' his attempts to gain Paul Reubens' trust and completing the doc ...
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: The Late Paul Reubens Opens Up — When He Doesn’t Close Up — in an Expansive Portrait
Matt Wolf's two-part documentary gives the man behind Pee-wee Herman a platform to come out of the closet, but doesn't mask the tension between the filmmaker and a subject with understandable ...
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‘Pee-wee Herman’ actor Paul Reubens comes out as gay in posthumous documentary
The creator of TV character Pee-wee Herman has posthumously come out as gay as part of a documentary about his life that premiered last week at Sundance Film festival. He died in July 2023 ...
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: Paul Reubens Explores Pee-wee Herman, and His Own Identity, in Revealing HBO Doc
My father worked on a steamboat,” Paul Reubens tells Matt Wolf, director of the new two-part HBO documentary series, Pee-wee as Himself. He, of course, was not. Reubens was born in Peekskill ...