Joker: Folie à Deux is not a terrible movie, but it is a terrible sequel. The first Joker film is a love letter to the films of Martin Scorsese, specifically Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. In so far as the city of Gotham is...
Great films frequently utilize music to establish their mood. The selection of a too-obvious track can ruin a well crafted performance and an otherwise technically perfectly composed scene can be made silly or ham-fisted. In post-Tarantino Hollywood, deep tracks are a sort of currency that...