Todd Phillips

‘Joker stairs’ become New York's latest tourist hotspot

The hit movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is attracting tourists to a set of outdoor steps in the Bronx

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 06:00

Joker proves we can no longer imagine a world without smartphones

Donald Clarke: The item everyone claims to hate is now baked into contemporary aesthetics

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 05:00

The Joker film controversy is exhausting. It does not make a hero of its lead character

Donald Clarke: Almost nobody expressing concern has seen the movie

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 10:30

What’s up and what’s down at the Toronto International Film Festival

Knives Out, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, The Goldfinch and The Report among the contenders

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 06:00

Joaquin Phoenix: ‘You’re driving down the street, you go, Again? This face? It is so tired. Enough’

How did the unpredictable star figure out his Joker character? He’s in no hurry to explain

Wed Sept 11 2019 - 11:15

Venice film festival: Joker wins Golden Lion as Polanski drama is runner-up

Todd Phillips’s movie starring Joaquin Phoenix takes the top prize, while Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy was runner-up

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 21:50

Which films are in contention as interminable awards season ramps up?

Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 05:00

Joker: final trailer with Joaquin Phoenix as supervillain released

Phoenix plays the nascent Joker as a struggling stand-up comic who goes over to the dark side

Wed Aug 28 2019 - 19:24

Half the movies at Toronto Film Festival are made by women

The number of female directors in the film business remains stubbornly low

Wed Aug 14 2019 - 12:26

Irish movies feature strongly at Toronto International Film Festival

Canadian event is the most important cinema festival in North American calendar

Fri Aug 09 2019 - 08:45

Joker trailer: first look at Joaquin Phoenix in Batman spinoff

Joaquin Phoenix will play the role made famous by Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger

Wed Apr 03 2019 - 15:47

‘A Star Is Born’: Bradley Cooper isn’t really into talking to me

In his first film as director the star wrangles with the celebrity industrial complex. So you can imagine how this interview goes

Fri Sept 28 2018 - 14:57