“Maria,” Pablo Larraín’s cinematic portrait of opera legend Maria Callas, arrives as the third of the director’s films centered on iconic women of the 20th century.

“Suits” star Patrick J. Adams appeared on the latest episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast and opened up about his exit from “Suits.” Adams was a series regular on the USA legal drama for seven seasons. He played Michael James Ross opposite Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter. Adams returned for the final …

Where the opera star Maria Callas differs from Princess Diana or First Lady Jackie Kennedy in Larraín's conception is that she desperately wants to be on (or return to) the public stage; her most authentic self is only complete with a loving audience.

Now comes Maria Callas’s turn — the first of Larraín’s divas to actually be a diva — and Angelina Jolie’s as well. The performance is, like the earlier two, brilliant and daring and sad; the movie itself is surprisingly inert. “Maria” is ...

Who was the real Maria Callas? Like so many of history’s greatest artists, she remains to some degree unknowable. But the clues may lie in the clothes.

Maria' star Angelina Jolie and producer/director Pablo Larraín discuss how they connected to the heartbreaking true story of the world-renowned opera singer Maria Callas. Jolie explains that training to sing opera for seven months was the only way to honor Callas's talent and for the Oscar-winning actor to understand her tragic tale.

Following "Jackie" and "Spencer," director Pablo Larraín’s film is the third chapter of his trilogy about famous 20th-century women held captive by their celebrity. WBUR critic Sean Burns writes, "It’s finally a role that’s the right size for its star,