It’s an interesting paradox — craving the spotlight and capturing it by burying one’s real self in the process. That’s one of the many questions explored in “Pee-wee as Himself,” a nearly ...

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 meeting ...

Paul Reubens—who was famously private and perhaps better known as his alter ego Pee-wee Herman—is the subject of a new HBO documentary. So we're looking back at Reubens' interview with Terry Gross in ...