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October 2024

Quentin Tarantino praises flop Joker sequel: ‘I really, really liked it’

Why did Joker 2 lose so much money? And how on earth did it cost so much in the first place?

Tell us: what are your thoughts on Joker: Folie à Deux?

Joker sequel on course for catastrophic $200m loss – reports

Pass notes
Flopping at the box office, hated by the critics – could Joker: Folie à Deux possibly be any worse?

Wendy Ide's film of the week
Joker: Folie à Deux review – Lady Gaga electrifies in mediocre musical sequel

September 2024

Venice film festival 2024 roundup – Nicole Kidman gets carnal and Lady Gaga goes crazy

In a festival rich in impressive female leads, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton bonding for Almodóvar, while a strong documentary lineup ranges from Trump to Yoko Ono

Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Joker: Folie à Deux review – Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga musical spirals out of tune
There’s a great supporting cast and a barnstorming first act but Todd Phillips’s much-hyped Gotham sequel proves claustrophobic and repetitive

‘I probably shouldn’t do this again’: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga talk about ‘difficult’ Joker diets

The stars of Joker: Folie à Deux worked under medical supervision to lose weight for physically demanding sequel, which premieres at the Venice film festival this week

August 2024

Joaquin Phoenix exits Todd Haynes gay drama five days before filming begins

Actor was set to lead an explicit love story set in 1930s but has left leaving the project to collapse

July 2024

Guadagnino, Almodóvar, Larraín: this year’s Venice film festival already looks exceptional

Peter Bradshaw
A lineup for the senses includes Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel, Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux and Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. How nutritious it will prove remains to be seen

April 2024

Week in geek
Can Joker: Folie à Deux avoid becoming like any other comic book movie?

Joker: Folie à Deux: trailer for Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga musical sequel released

March 2024

The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Napoleon to Damsel: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Joaquin Phoenix leads the charge in Ridley Scott’s lavish biopic, while Millie Bobby Brown is the noblewoman imprisoned in a dragon’s cave in a movie that’s guaranteed to be huge

January 2024

Singing, dancing, playing piano: six actors who had to train for their roles

2024 culture preview
From Megalopolis to Joker 2: the 2024 films Guardian writers are most excited about

December 2023

Notebook
We don’t go to the movies for a history lesson, but shouldn’t Napoleon at least be entertaining?
Rowan Moore
You don’t go to this Bonaparte biopic for a history lesson or authentic settings – but shouldn’t it at least be entertaining?

November 2023

Critics of Napoleon epic have fallen for emperor’s fibs, says film’s military expert

The seven best films to watch on TV this week
Beau Is Afraid to Belfast: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

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