Film Studies 8-22: Joker

It’s the most controversial and crowd-splitting movies of the year. Joaquin Phoenix brings to life a dark and gritty origin story of Batman’s most infamous villains, The Joker. Normally shrouded in mystery, we finally get to see what turned a down on his luck performing street clown into Gotham’s city’s worst nightmare. Or do we? We break it down and try decide what was real and what wasn’t.