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So much for the ‘theme park’ criticism, Martin Scorsese... Joaquin Phoenix’s new DC Comics sequel may be the driest, least fun ‘superhero movie’ ever released, writes Louis Chilton. But isn’t that what people wanted?

Todd Phillips’ 2017 blockbuster Joker was a standalone origin story for the DC Universe’s most celebrated super-villain, The Joker, who has been Batman’s recurring nemesis since 1940. Drawing overtly on Martin Scorsese’s classic studies of American psychosis, Taxi Driver (1976) and The King of Comedy (1982), it was the boldest…

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‘Goodfellas’ director ‘didn't get’ the hype

Burstyn was awarded the accolade on account of her age and achievements in an industry with an ‘obsession’ with youth

Brady Corbet justifies movie’s length as two-hour-plus runtimes become a theme of this year’s Venice festival

The director’s new BFI season championing hidden gems of British film, hot on the heels of his Powell and Pressburger documentary, reveals some of the inspirations of a film-making great and passionate fan