A direction by Pablo Larrain with emphasis. A performance by Angelina Jolie that is stunning and emotional. Maria is a spellbinding film about the talent of an artist with a screenplay that displays honor and courage, Maria takes the appreciation of art and opera to a level that is truly committed. It is more of a reflection piece where […]
After Jackie in 2016 and Spencer in 2021, Pablo Larrain now completes his spiritual ‘women in gilded cages’ trilogy with Maria, perhaps the most intellectually interesting but the least immediately emotionally gripping of the three. This biopic of the last week of the life of beyond-legendary opera singer Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie), is in constant […]