This is a really fine production from script to actors, music, cinematography, and production design. The dialog is entertaining and smartly—but not too smartly—crafted. Everyone converses in ways people normally talk to one another without artifice, which sometimes happens with clever scriptwriters. This was penned by its director Paul Thomas Anderson and reflects his usual number of characters’ insights while […]
Imagine The Devil Wears Prada, only directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, but gender flipped and set in the 1950’s. Ok, so it’s nothing like ‘Prada’, With PTA comes an expectation of brilliance for some, divisiveness for others. Phantom Thread is more in the vein of The Master than the iconic There Will Be Blood. It’s
Most people either love or hate Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies; Boogie Nights and Magnolia were both Oscar nominated films. Anderson’s work evolved with the debut of Punch Drunk Love (showcasing Adam Sandler in his first serious role) and then again with the best picture nominee There Will Be Blood, earning Daniel Day Lewis a second