The People's Joker' filmmaker Vera Drew tells IndieWire why mainstream queer representation has gotten 'so stale.' ...

In Michael Caine's memoir 'Don't Look Back,' the actor recalls filming 'The Dark Knight' and witnessing late costar Heath ...

Lucky for us, then, that there's a trans auteur who is willing to spring the Joker from the prison of canon and send the character on an idol-killing spree. Vera Drew's The People's Joker ...

Vera Drew's debut feature The People's Joker evades all easy descriptions. It's a trans coming-of-age film constructed with deep knowledge and affection for DC comics (and their many film ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snow White and The Alto Knights starring Robert De Niro are this weekend's biggest movies. Check out other events including a concert and a stage production. The true story of the film The Alto ...

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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 ...