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Golden Globes 2020: Joker composer Hildur Guðnadóttir becomes first woman in 19 years to win Best Original Score
• 5 years agoHildur Guðnadóttir thanked Joker director Todd Phillips, best actor winner Joaquin Phoenix and executive music producer Jason Ruder.
In Kalakki mashups, how cinema and art collide to lend new life and meaning to films, their characters
Manik Sharma • 5 years agoJuxtaposing art and cinema isn’t new — a number of popular internet pages do it, but when Chennai's Charles Britto and Mohammed Salegh started Kalakki in September, little could they have predicted its immediate popularity.
Director Todd Phillips is reportedly working on a screenplay for the sequel of Joaquin Phoenix-starrer
Fp Staff • 5 years agoJoker is the first R-rated film to cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office.
Joker: Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips' film becomes first R-rated movie to hit $1 bn mark at global box office
Fp Staff • 5 years agoJoker offers a new take on the origin story of the rise of Batman's maniacal arch-enemy, painting a dark portrayal of a would-be stand-up comedian's descent into madness
Joker: With a $953 mn global collection, Joaquin Phoenix's film becomes Warner Bros, DC's most profitable comic book film
Fp Staff • 5 years agoJoker offers a new take on the origin story of the rise of Batman's maniacal arch-enemy, painting a dark portrayal of a would-be stand-up comedian's descent into madness
As more Joker fans flock a Bronx staircase featured in film, media tourism and growing weariness of locals come into focus
• 5 years agoAt the Joker Stairs, it is the people with privilege who are more likely to descend on the neighborhood and its newly famous steps. While a tourist might be excited about the adventure of tapping into a piece of popular culture, a local might be wary about the attention from outsiders.
Joker box office collection: Todd Phillips' origin film on DC Comics villain crosses $900 mn mark worldwide
Fp Staff • 5 years agoJoker offers a new take on the origin story of the rise of Batman's maniacal arch-enemy, painting a dark portrayal of a would-be stand-up comedian's descent into madness.
Joaquin Phoenix says he wouldn't do a Joker sequel just because the first film is successful
• 5 years agoJoker star Joaquin Phoenix will not return as Arthur Fleck just to cash in on the success of the Todd Phillips-directed movie.
Joker: A brilliant Joaquin Phoenix performance fails to redeem this confused, shallow origin story
Aditya Mani Jha • 6 years agoIn Joker, we're given left with a whole lot of what ifs and a flaming hot mess of a film.
Joaquin Phoenix's Joker is proof that looking beyond the DCEU may be a great idea for Warner Bros
Vinay Viswanath • 6 years agoJoker is a timely reminder that a comic book film can be enjoyable and engaging even when it isn’t linked to 20 other films and doesn’t have the fate of the entire world (at the very least) hanging in the balance.