“Hey Fleck, you got a joke for us today?” The moment has come. Everyone’s favorite Clown Prince of Crime in Gotham City is back on the big screen. After five years of waiting, the sequel is finally here. Finally ready to dazzle us with some song & dance. Joker: Folie à Deux, again directed by Todd Phillips, is premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival – the very same place where Joker premiered back in 2019 and ended up winning the Golden Lion (here’s my review from back then). How will the story continue? Where will Arthur go next? Well, it turns out he’s going to court. Again – since this is the second time he’s been in court for the events of the first Joker movie. Unfortunately, this time they do hold back. There are not many provocative ideas in this sequel, it’s primarily a direct follow-up to the first movie, mainly commenting on & responding to the criticisms of and events within that story. This sequel feels closer to The Matrix Resurrections than anything else, despite being a glorious musical following the DC Comics villains the Joker and Harley Quinn as they find their way out of Arkham. So maybe we never really did need a sequel to the first movie after all? // Continue Reading ›
