Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. One October morning in 1977, Maria Rubio was in her small green stucco house in southeastern New ...

Award-winning director Madeleine Hetherton-Miau’s latest offering is an evocative and hard-hitting documentary with a strong message. Mozart’s Sister investigates the life of Maria Anna Mozart, the ...

Larraín's third inside portrait of a 20th-century female icon feels more limited than "Jackie" or "Spencer," because it's more hemmed in by fate. The apartment, with its chandeliers hanging from high ...

Angelina Jolie plays the opera star Maria Callas in a movie that can’t figure her out. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Angelina Jolie’s new Netflix movie, Maria—which began streaming today—marks the third based-on-a-true-story movie from director Pablo Larraín about a famous, tragic woman ...