A beautifully crafted, incredibly intentional film that doesn’t waste a single frame. The performances from Krieps and Day-Lewis will make you feel like you are watching a ceremonious dance performed by two highly seasoned veterans of the arts.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 25, 2024

Paul Thomas Anderson knows how to surprise his audience, even his most devoted fans, and Phantom Thread continues that trajectory.

| Jul 2, 2024

A simple thing, a robe, and yet it captures so much of what it feels like to have passed so close to disaster...

| Mar 27, 2023

“Phantom Thread” reveals a dialed-back Paul Thomas Anderson in top form. His writing is spellbinding. His direction is daring and confident. The look of the film is as beautiful as rare Flemish lace.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Phantom Thread has more feeling and emotional range in its restrained drama than some of his other works - this is certainly the most raw emotion he's produced since Punch Drunk Love (2002).

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 16, 2022

Phantom Thread is a low-key PTA classic. Seen it already? Well, watch it again.

| Jan 21, 2022

A love story for narcissists, deceptively tender to the touch, an exquisite cashmere cardigan concealing its cold, cold heart.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 29, 2021

Not everyone will see what we uncover in the same way, not every meaning becomes clear, but the result is gorgeous, provocative, and mesmerizing.

| Jul 20, 2021

Daniel Day-Lewis was phenomenal as always...

| Apr 14, 2021

Anderson's masterful craftsmanship makes clear that is where the passion is found, making the climactic moment of this film one of the strangest yet most romantic moments in a year of strange romances.

| Apr 13, 2021

Critics and audiences have responded to Anderson's latest film in part because of what it is not: children's fare, violent bombast, superhero and comic book nonsense. Phantom Thread stands out to that degree.

| Feb 11, 2021

An exquisite weave of gothic romance and haute couture comedy.

| Dec 29, 2020

In Anderson's world, love is psychotic and sickening and irrational - and it must be fought for.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2020

Taking in Phantom Thread is like sitting down at a bar, asking the bartender for something strong, and finishing whatever is put in front of you. You are guaranteed to love it, but have no idea initially what it is.

| Nov 10, 2020

If this is Daniel Day-Lewis' last movie, then he retires with a masterpiece bookending his illustrious career.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 5, 2020

It's one of those films that doesn't answer every question that audience members have upon first glance. But it'll probably have us studying and analyzing it for years to come because it is spectacular.

| Oct 9, 2020

I kind of get the feeling that Paul Thomas Anderson doesn't completely buy into the whole idea that love is patient and love is kind and all that jazz.

| Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 20, 2020

"Phantom Thread" is a film to admire for its dazzling visuals and power performances, but frustrating to consume as an audience experience due to its shaky script. Beware of Best Picture nominees that lack screenplay nominations.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 29, 2020

A sumptuously crafted masterpiece of icy opulence, elegance and a rigid yet bold humour.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 19, 2020

There's a tactility to it all. But there's also a humor that underscores the grandiosity that Anderson so clearly loves, and in that way, Phantom Thread works best as a comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 23, 2020