could be every bit as fabricated as Pee-Wee Herman. That gives Wolf the impossible task of opening one Reubens/Pee-Wee nesting doll after another looking for the Root Reubens, Pee-Wee Prime.

The push-and-pull between a documentary filmmaker and their subject is always present in the resulting work, oftentimes simmering underneath the surface but still noticeable like a quiet hum. But with ...

Carpenter understands that a Christmas special works best when it leans into the sweet and goofy and strange, and the success of that production made me think of Pee Wee Herman’s 1988 Christmas ...

Matt Wolf's documentary 'Pee-wee as Himself' gives Paul Reubens, the man behind the Pee-wee Herman alter ego, a platform to ...

The late Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, is defining himself after years of speculation about the star's sexuality. Reubens reveals he was gay in the new two-part docuseries “Pee-wee as ...

They sold Pee-wee Herman dolls. When you pulled a string on its back it would say one of the character’s many catchphrases. But as the documentary also explores, Reubens was something of a ...

With Pee-wee Herman standing as one of pop culture’s defining Peter Pan figures, I found the first part — 99 minutes to the second part’s 101 minutes, though they both race by — more ...