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PHANTOM THREAD
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February 10, 2026
Tuesday, 19:30
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Year: 2017
Runtime: 130 minutes
Not quite a romcom, Anderson’s 1950s haute couture gothic Phantom Thread (2017) is a (somewhat twisted) romance with a generous dash of black comedy. Day-Lewis reunites with Anderson to give the director a quieter but no less finely drawn performance, as a tightly wound London fashion house panjandrum romancing an increasingly frustrated younger muse played by Vicky Krieps. In Anderson’s films, love can ache, but in Phantom Thread the romantic discord is a source of much wicked humour.
– Brogan Morris (BFI)
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The great cinematic mythmaker of the San Fernando Valley, Paul Thomas Anderson, stages uniquely American tales of ambition, destiny, downfall, and redemption. His films might, at first glance, appear to deal with the mundane. And yet, there are always hints of the fantastic in his work—happenings and encounters so unlikely, and so seismic, that the only explanation could be a kind of cosmic fate. With his latest film creating a buzz in the wider film world, we thought to delve into PTA’s whimsical, slightly dark-humoured stories this February. A perfect month to spend in the comfort of a movie theatre!
The great cinematic mythmaker of the San Fernando Valley, Paul Thomas Anderson, stages uniquely American tales of ambition, destiny, downfall, and redemption. His films might, at first glance, appear to deal with the mundane. And yet, there are always hints of the fantastic in his work—happenings and encounters so unlikely, and so seismic, that the only explanation could be a kind of cosmic fate. With his latest film creating a buzz in the wider film world, we thought to delve into PTA’s whimsical, slightly dark-humoured stories this February. A perfect month to spend in the comfort of a movie theatre!
– Brogan Morris (BFI)