“Harlequin” on Friday with song titles including “Oh, When the Saints,” “World on a String,” “If My Friends Could See Me Now” and “That’s Life.” Much like Phoenix’s Joker isn’t Heath Ledger’s or Jack ...

Phoenix starred as an aspiring comic who spirals after his mental health issues come to a head until he adopts the Joker persona, who ends the film with a folk-hero like status as he inspires a ...