The People’s Joker

We premiered our little unauthorized Joker movie at TIFF in 2022 and then took… um… a break before launching our successful North American theatrical run in 2024. A lot of people had a lot to say about it! Check out some of what was written about The People’s Joker:

• We were interviewed by Collider ahead of the TIFF premiere here.

• A recap and review of the TIFF saga from Decider is here.

• Richard Brody called The People’s Joker “the best superhero movie he’s ever seen” in his New Yorker review, here. Richard Roeper also praised the movie in his Chicago Sun Times review here. Shoutout to the Richards!!

• Watch the 2022 DreadCentral interview of Vera and Bri here.

• The Seattle Queer Film Festival awarded us the Jury Prize for “Best Feature,” as did the Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival. Thanks!

• And here are some of our glowing reviews and chaotic interviews from: the LA Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, GQ, Vulture, Variety, Indiewire, The Daily Beast, Slate, and Polygon.

• Last but not least, a fun interview Vera and Bri did with Them in 2024, here.

Other Press

Click here to read Vulture’s review of Bri’s directorial debut, “Maria Bamford: Local Act,” which Vulture also named one of the 10 Best Comedy Special of 2023.

Click here for an oral history of the beloved gay line dancing bar Oil Can Harry’s (RIP), which Bri was honored to be included in.

Click here if you want to read an embarrassing piece of press from Bri’s college newspaper.

Click here for a less embarrassing profile in the same college newspaper ten years later.