'Joker' Receives Eight-Minute-Long Standing Ovation At Venice Film Festival

Joaquin Phoenix's adaptation of Joker has just been met with extremely positive reviews at this weekend's world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The first-of-its-kind origins story takes on a film noir approach in telling the story of one of Gotham's most infamous criminal masterminds. Director and writer Todd Phillip mentioned that films like The Man Who Laughs, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull were a great source of inspiration in giving the new Joker character a new breath of life. Phillip ha...