The world of Pee-wee’s Playhouse was a realm of kinetic fantasies. A home where your imaginary friends might live. Claymation dinosaurs resided in the walls. All the furniture was alive and chatty.

Fairchild appeared in the 1985 film, ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure’ ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Paul Reubens, who died July 30 after a six-year battle with ...

Paul Reubens — aka Pee-wee Herman — left a heartbreaking phone message for filmmaker Matt Wolf the day before he died. The two had been collaborating on “Pee-wee Herman as Himself,” a documentary ...

Every filmmaker has that one movie that puts them on the map, and for Tim Burton, it was his very first film, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure premiered in 1985, and sees the quirky ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Paul Reubens, the man behind the comedic persona Pee-wee Herman, died Sunday (July 30) after a six-year battle with cancer. Reubens developed his alter ego while part of ...

At the beginning of the 1988 film “Big Top Pee-wee,” the circus blows into town — literally, thanks to a wind-whipping storm — and lands on none other than Pee-wee Herman’s farm. Pee-wee (Paul Reubens ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: It’s a common joke on what used to be Twitter anytime a countercultural icon dies, but in this case it’s the literal truth: Pee-wee Herman did teach me it’s okay to be ...

Pee-wee As Himself tells the story of how a kid who grew up adoring The Little Rascals and I Love Lucy went on to revolutionize sketch comedy and children's television. In 1986, one of the most ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...