The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has a little piece on Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker (USA, 2022). “I wish The People’s Joker could just be a film about Joker the Harlequin’s experience and we could watch it as one movie among others. I wish I could anticipate a […]
At the Projection Booth Podcast, Mike White interviews Vera Drew, writer/director/star of The People’s Joker! “On this special episode, Mike speaks with Vera Drew the director, star, and co-writer of the origin story of Vera Drew AKA Joker the Harlequin” Listen here.
The Beat has a sweet Valentine’s manga list: ”Welcome to The Beat‘s 2024 Valentine’s Day Manga Extravaganza! Worldwide, romance is in the air this time of year. To celebrate, here are 14 of the best romantic manga of all time to celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14, 2024. Did […]
Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker is finally getting a release date in the US. “Described as an absurdist semi-autobiographical dark comedy, The People’s Joker stars Drew as a painfully unfunny aspiring clown called Joker the Harlequin. Her character grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo writes about short films of this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival. “What keeps me coming back to support After Dark, now in its 18th year, is its commitment to incubating up and coming talent through its Shorts program. Each year, After Dark […]
At Bitches On Comics podcast: “We talk to Joey Capuana about their witchy queer and trans comic Trance. He discusses balancing queer coding and explicit queerness, representing sex and sexuality on the page, the importance of queer nightclubs, and fighting against transphobia and homophobia. We are stronger together […]