the Dark Knight Archives

The World According to Joker: The Dark Knight Predicted the Future a Decade Ago

Ten years ago, a movie made sense of the chaos around us. Its most astute character was not the hero Batman, but the film’s arch-villain, The Joker. When he said “The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules,” you know he was prophesying the future.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 2, 2016

Bollywood

Bhavesh Joshi Super Zero: The Vigilante Who Never Rises

Let down by Harshvardhan Kapoor, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero gets close, but never quite addresses the elephant in the room: the futility of vigilantism. All it succeeds at becoming is a cross between Malad’s Rang De Basanti and Dahanu’s The Shape Of Water.

Poulomi Das June 26, 2016

Pop Culture

Joker Review: In a World Cluttered by Clown Princes, Joaquin Phoenix Has the Last Laugh

Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, marks the first time we, the audience, get to see The Joker not as the larger-than-life Clown Prince of Crime, but as just another disturbed loner – a novel approach to portraying a character that has been analysed, explained, and dissected both in print and on film for over 50 years.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 31, 2016