Phantom Thread (2017) (original) (raw)

Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock�s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.

Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock�s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. (less)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Gina McKee, Brian Gleeson
Producer: Joanne Sellar

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 29, 2017

10 / 10

Paul Thomas Anderson often takes his time between projects, and there�s a good reason why. He�s a perfectionist when it comes to screen style, making sure everything�s where it needs to be to help bring out the best in his actors, creating gorgeous spaces to stage emotional breakdowns. Anderson�s last two efforts, 2012�s �The Master� and 2014�s �Inherent Vice� were accomplished technical achievements, but icy and periodically tedious, with tonal whims often sabotaging pace, and the helmer�s interest in the mumbly range of star Joaquin Phoenix often registered as more permissible than it needed ...read more...

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