'Joker' snags top Venice Film Festival prize, joining multiple Oscar winners

1:00pm PDT - September 7th, 2019    joaquin phoenix - Mashable

DC Films' upcoming Joker, a gritty origin story for the infamous Batman villain starring Joaquin Phoenix, just won the most coveted award at Venice Film Festival. In previous years, the jury-selected Golden Lion was awarded to The Shape of Water and Roma — tw…