Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Jenn Gannon, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.
This week, Todd Phillips’ Joker.
In eighties Gotham, a failed clown descends into madness as the city breaks down around him. Garbage builds up in the streets as violence lurks in the alleyways. What kind of a man can survive such a world?
At time of recording, it was ranked 9th on the Internet Movie Database’s list of the best movies of all-time.
Show Notes:
- Note: Ironically enough, despite being our 150th episode, we lost around a half-hour of material from the Joker podcast. As a result, the podcast might be a bit looser than usual. We apologise for this. (There was some good stuff in that half-hour.)
- Recorded 5th October 2019.
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- Ross A. Lincoln at The Wrap on the United States army issuing warnings over screenings of Joker, September 2019.
- Bill Keveney at U.S.A. Today on Landmark Theatres banning costumes at Joker screenings, September 2019.
- Dominic Patten at Deadline on the New York Police Department sending undercover officers to Joker screenings, October 2019.
- Daniel Arkin at NBC News on the Los Angeles Police Department increasing visibility at Joker screenings, September 2019.
- Anthony D’Alessandro at Deadline reports on the fact that Joker will not play in Aurora Colorado, September 2019.
- Matt Donnelly at Variety reports on Warner Brothers’ late decision to pull interview press, September 2019.
- Alamo Cinemas confirm that Joker is not for kids, October 2019.
- Anthony D’Alessandro and Nancy Tartaglione at Deadline report that international screenings of Joker have not received any threats, October 2019.
- Leah Greenblatt at Entertainment Weekly refuses to give Joker a letter grade, September 2019.
- Christina Newland at The Guardian examines the political and cultural context of Joker, September 2019.
- Donald Clarke at The Irish Times on the cacophony around the release of Joker, October 2019.
- Kate Erbland at IndieWire reports on Todd Phillips’ comments about “woke” culture killing comedy, October 2019.
- Katie Shepherd at The Washington Post reports on Todd Phillips’ criticism of the “far left”, September 2019.
- Keith Phipps at The Ringer contextualises Joker within Todd Phillips’ career, October 2019.
- Todd Phillips talks to The Wrap about what inspired him to make Joker, September 2019.
- Kim Masters at The Hollywood Reporter on initial plans to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in Joker, September 2017.
- Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter on trying to make sense of Warner Brothers’ plans for DC comics, June 2018.
- Josh Rottenberg at The Los Angeles Times on the production history and development of Joker, August 2019.
- Todd Phillips talks to CNBC about working with Warner Brothers, October 2019.
- Vinnie Mancuso at Collider reports on rewrites of Joker during production, January 2019.
- Dave McNary at Variety reports on extras trapped in subway cars during the production of Joker, October 2018.
- Newstalk reports on the success and expansion of Four Star Pizza, March 2017.
- Rob Harvilla at The Ringer discusses the career, history and persona of Joaquin Phoenix, October 2019.
- Vanity Fair profiles Joaquin Phoenix for his work on Joker, October 2019.
- Joaquin Phoenix talks to Collider about the origins of Joker and his early interest in the project, July 2018.
- David Itzkoff at The New York Times talks to Joaquin Phoenix about his career and his life, September 2019.
- Kieran Culkin offers an unguarded answer to The Guardian, August 2019.
- Kenneth Lonnergan praises Kieran Culkin in Variety, October 2019.
- Padraig Cotter at Screenrant reports on Joaquin Phoenix turning down roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, March 2018.
- Breanna Brell at Variety reports on Martin Scorsese’s comparison of Marvel movies to theme park rides, October 2019.
- Todd Phillips talks to IGN about Martin Scorsese’s contributions to Joker, September 2019.
- Kristy Puchko at Pajiba reports on Marc Maron’s criticisms of superhero movies, August 2019.
- Todd Phillips talks to Empire about how little Joker owes to the comic books, July 2019.
- Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix talk about Joker with Deadline at the Venice Film Festival, August 2019.
- All on the Board offers a quote of the day from Joker, October 2019.
- Reuben Baron at Comic Book Resources on the use of Gary Glitter in Joker, September 2019.
- Brian Cronin at Comic Book Resources on the history of smoking at Marvel Comics, August 2015.
- The BBC offers a brief history of the tango, January 1998.
- Joker Dancing on Twitter, October 2019.
- Hildur Guðnadótti talks to The Hindu about scoring Chernobyl and Joker, July 2019.
- Jesse David Fox at Vulture on the emergence of alt-comedy, September 2018.
- Alex Stedman at Variety reports on Alec Baldwin joining and then departing Joker, August 2018.
- Darren’s review of Joker, October 2019.
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