"The People's Joker," a scandalous IP-on-acid coming-out comic-book psychodrama, is a movie that has all the earmarks of an underground/ midnight/guerrilla-cinema sensation. Vera Drew, who ...

The People’s Joker (now streaming on Mubi) is the most fascinating underground film phenomenon of the last few years. Writer/director/star Vera Drew originally conceived the film as a re-edit 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 ...

If you couldn’t already tell from her gonzo superhero/villain parody “The People Joker,” Vera Drew is done with tamped down queer narratives made by non-LGBTQ+ individuals. And despite the animosity ...

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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 ...

“Joker: Folie à Deux” may not have many fans, but those who do appreciate its contrarian energy really love saying so. No, we’re not just talking about Quentin Tarantino, but “The People’s Joker” ...