Pablo Larraín’s new film “Maria,” the third in his trilogy of grandes-dames bio-pics (following “Jackie” and “Spencer”), is the best of the three for a simple reason: its protagonist, Maria Callas, ...

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Her starring role in Maria is her most ambitious in ages, and yet it doesn’t feel like a reemergence. It feels like a snooze. Photo: Vision Distribution This review was originally published on August ...

No director working today has a greater command of the medium than the Chilean maestro Pablo Larraín, whose previous achievements in the generally unloved biopic genre — Jackie and Spencer — are now ...