“Joker: Folie à Deux” director Todd Phillips recently told Variety for a cover story that the goal in making the anticipated sequel to 2019’s “Joker” was “to make it feel like it was made by crazy people. The inmates are running the asylum.” It appears the director got his wish in part from his leading […]

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix soaked up the applause as Todd Phillips’ villainous musical sequel, “Joker: Folie à Deux” earned an 11-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night. Before the premiere, Phoenix showed up early and generously worked the carpet, taking selfies with fans. Phillips asked a guest to borrow her paper […]

"Joker: Folie à Deux" may be ambitious and superficially outrageous, but in a basic way it’s an overly cautious sequel. Phillips has made a movie in which Arthur really is just poor Arthur; he does nothing wrong and isn’t going to threaten anyone’s moral sensibilities.

Joaquin Phoenix spoke about revisiting his controversial “Joker” diet for the film’s sequel during a Venice Film Festival press conference on Wednesday, saying it was “a bit more difficult” because of “Folie à Deux’s” dance component. “I’m not going to talk through specifics of the diet, but this time it felt a bit more complicated […]

Lady Gaga announced that she will be dropping the first single from her forthcoming seventh studio album in October. Gaga who arrived in Venice over the weekend ahead of the premiere of “Joker :Folie et Deux” teased the news in a new Instagram post. She posted a photo of her Venice schedule for the week. […]

The Venice Film Festival kicks off its 81st edition on Wednesday with the premiere of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which key cast Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe are all confirmed to attend. For the following nine days, the Palazzo del Cinema’s red carpet will be […]