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Can Lady Gaga Recover From the ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Flop?

STAR WARS

Lady Gaga was the rare singer-turned-actress to launch a movie career to almost universal acclaim and awards attention. Has the “Joker” sequel misfire ruined all of that?

Henry Chandonnet | Published Oct 08, 2024

Lady Gaga’s ‘Joker’ Musical Numbers Roasted in Memes

WHY SO SERIOUS?

“Joker: Folie à Deux” may have flopped at the box office, but at least it inspired a hilarious viral trend mocking the film’s wild tonal whiplash.

Kevin Fallon | Published Oct 07, 2024

‘Joker’ Sequel Becomes Box Office Bomb on Opening Weekend

GOTHAM CITY FLOP

The new film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga made only $40 million at the domestic box office—less than half of the first installment’s total.

Zachary Folk | Published Oct 06, 2024

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‘Joker 2’ Is So Bad and So Boring It’s Absolutely Shocking

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT?

“Joker: Folie à Deux” has more in common with the disastrous series finale of “Seinfeld” than it does with the polarizing original film—a listless slog sure to anger Joker fans.

Nick Schager | Published Oct 03, 2024

Joaquin Phoenix Quizzed on Why He Quit Gay Romance Movie

NO JOKE

The “Joker” star didn’t want to talk out of turn about his reasons for leaving the Todd Haynes movie just days before it was due to start filming.

David Gardner | Published Sep 04, 2024

‘The Crow’ Is an Unfathomably Inept ‘Joker’ Ripoff

WHY SO SERIOUS?

Thirty years after the original “The Crow,” a new resurrection resorts to garish, pointless violence and an egregiously try-hard attempt to just copy everything about “Joker.”

Nick Schager | Published Aug 22, 2024

Lady Gaga’s ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Trailer Is Spectacular

WHY SO SERIOUS

Never in a million years did we think this Batman-meets-La La Land sequel to 2019’s “Joker” would look this good. Check out the newly released first trailer.

Coleman Spilde | Published Apr 09, 2024

First Look at Lady Gaga in the ‘Joker’ Sequel Revealed

THAT BOY IS A MONSTER

The filmmaker behind the movie posts a first look of the pop star in character.

Matt Young | Published Feb 15, 2023

‘Smile’ Is the Love Child of ‘Joker’ and ‘It Follows’

EAR TO EAR

In Parker Finn’s feature debut, a doctor is haunted by people who grin maniacally before committing brutal violence.

Nick Schager | Published Sep 30, 2022

The Rogue Joker Movie Warner Bros. Doesn’t Want You to See

AGENT OF CHAOS

Writer-director Vera Drew, who calls herself the “transgender Forrest Gump of alt-comedy,” discusses her movie, which was just removed from the TIFF lineup due to “rights issues.”

Laura Bradley | Published Sep 14, 2022

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