Joker

“Put on a happy face.”

Gotham City in the 1980s is a decaying place, and Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) works it in clown makeup, hoping to make it as a stand-up comedian. Todd Phillips follows him through crowded buses, a cramped apartment, and a late-night talk show hosted by Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro). The one person Arthur lets close is his mother, Penny (Frances Conroy), and what she tells him about his past is where his hold begins to slip.