Speed Cinema Screenings: Maria 12/5/24 1PM

Academy Award®-winner Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century in acclaimed director Pablo Larraín's operatic Maria. The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.

This is third and final film in Larraín’s “Lady with Heels” trilogy of female-focused biographical films following Jackie and Spencer. Each film focuses on a woman in a life-changing period with Jackie opening moments after JFK’s assassination and Spencer with Lady Di in the last Christmas season with the extended family before her divorce. 2024, Italy/Germany/Chile, DCP, 124 minutes. Rated R.