T he People’s Joker (now streaming on Mubi) is the most fascinating underground film phenomenon of the last few years. Writer ...

After just one screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, tiny-budget indie movie The People's Joker was pulled from the festival per Warner Bros.' request. It was just the beginning of ...

The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the ...

In fact, she believes the reason “The People’s Joker” and “Castration Movie” — another trans-led project she co-stars in — have found success is for their diverse, yet authentic ...

This praise carries a huge weight coming from Drew, as “Joker” was the film that kicked off a journey that resulted in her own creation, “The People’s Joker.” At the time, Phillips had ...

TLDR: The People’s Joker reimagines DC villains in a surreal, LGBTQ+ parody, blending satire, multiverse storytelling, and personal identity in a bold new comic book film. The ultimate villain of DC ...

Three years after Vera Drew’s punk bildungsroman premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, The People’s Joker has emerged as a “fair use film” following a legal challenge from ...

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It’s near impossible for people to get away from the Joker. Every major Batman run has some kind of Joker appearance and they haven’t been memorable in ages. The Joker has become such an ...

This is the landscape that welcomes The People's Joker , a parody film with an LGBTQ+ twist. Written by Vera Drew and Bri LeRose, and directed by and starring Drew in the lead role, it has just ...

Phoenix’s reappearance in sequel Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) was widely panned, due to an incoherent plot and unusual choice of the jukebox musical genre. This is the landscape that welcomes The People ...