Joker

Arthur Fleck is a clown for hire in a Gotham that has already cut the services that were keeping him upright. Phillips shoots the city like a 1970s picture about a man who wants to be on television. Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur’s laugh as a condition and then as a choice. Robert De Niro is the host Arthur watches every night. The Warner Bros. trailer is the stairs and the suit. The film is the talk-show couch, which is the only stage he is offered.