In an interview with Le Monde, the director of the biopic devoted to the opera singer looks back over the last few years.

In this edition of arts24, Angelina Jolie learns to sing opera for her part as Maria Callas in Paris. The biopic looks at the ...

Over the course of eight years, director Pablo Larraín has released three movies centered on important women from the 20th century, and following the premiere of his 2024 film, Maria, now is as ...

Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain is known for his intimate, searing portraits of famous women. This time, he’s turned his ...

"The Substance" is one of several recent films skewering the industry’s relationship to older female performers.

He says, “I felt a responsibility to really capture the spirit of the 70s in a film where we were going ... used busts to reflect a broken woman. Pablo Larraín/Netflix The busts were sourced ...

The film is deeply moving and provides an intimate look at the quiet moments in the life of a woman who was celebrated but ...

The “Maria” director cited the impact the Oscar-nominated Linklater film had on his career. “This movie is very important to me. It lives in my heart,” Larraín said. “I admire everyone ...

Angelina Jolie, as Callas, combined live singing with lip-syncing to original recordings – both were mostly unconvincing despite seven months of vocal training (that’s 5 minutes in opera terms).

“I was very scared, more than I told Pablo,” she says ... It is strange, says Larrain, that there aren’t more films about opera, given how much the two forms have in common: both draw ...

The film also looks at her struggles with her health ... Guy Hendrix Dyas used busts to reflect a broken woman. Pablo Larraín/Netflix The busts were sourced from Italy or prop houses in the ...