Angelina Jolie unveils new highs within her emotional register in Pablo Larraín’s Maria, keeping this tragic biopic compelling.

In September 1977, legendary opera singer Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) is in her final days, and her grasp on reality is tenuous at best. She rearranges the world with herself at the center, though where once entire crowds were subject to her whims, now there remain only her loyal butler (Pierfrancesco Favino) and maid (Alba Rohrwacher).