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Maria review

Season 14, Ep. 2

Maria, Maria, let's review a film called Maria... Angelina Jolie embodies the OG diva, legendary opera singer Maria Callas, in Pablo Larraín's third instalment of his unofficial 'Iconic Women of the 20th Century' trilogy. We're talking Paris glow-ups, piano punishments and operatic tragedies in an unmissable episode of Popcorn Podcast.


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