​Subjective Reality: Larry Fessenden on Crumb Catcher, Blackout, and Glass Eye Pix

As the founder of Glass Eye Pix, writer-director Larry Fessenden has spent nearly four decades carving out a fiercely independent niche in American cinema—not only for himself, but also for the array of talented artists whose careers he’s supported through his storied New York film studio.  Since “No Telling,” his first feature on film, Fessenden … Read more

Todd Phillips Discloses If Joker 2 Should Be Called a Musical Todd Phillips Discloses If Joker 2 Should Be Called a Musical

The first Joker movie showed us the twisted origin story of the DC villain. Joker 2 takes place two years later where Arthur Fleck finds new love with Harley Quinn. Despite the trailers’ musical hints and the leads’ music backgrounds, Todd Phillips questions if his sequel is a musical. Joker 2’s trailers have Joaquin Phoenix … Read more

Joaquin Phoenix Wanted to Do ‘Joker 2’ As a Broadway Show

Joker: Folie à Deux is a full-blown musical — but it was almost a full-blown musical on Broadway. That was apparently the original vision that Joaquin Phoenix had for the film. And this is an almost literal vision. As Phoenix told Variety, while he and director Todd Phillips were still working on the original Joker, the star “fell … Read more