Pay what you can screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Phantom Thread' at Storyhouse Cinema, part of the monthly Reel Talk Presents film club.
Storyhouse Cinema is screening Phantom Thread on Wednesday 30 December, part of their Reel Talk Presents series. It's Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 period drama, and it's one of those films that works just as well on a big screen as it does at home.
Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, the story follows renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril, who run The House of Woodcock and dress royalty, movie stars and socialites. Woodcock is a confirmed bachelor, but he's drawn in by Alma, a young, strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover. It's a slow-burn of a film, more interested in the friction between two people than in a tidy plot, and it's held together by three great performances: Daniel Day-Lewis as Woodcock, Vicky Krieps as Alma, and Lesley Manville as Cyril.
The screening comes from Reel Talk, a free community film club run by Storyhouse that meets on the first Thursday of every month in the Storyhouse Meeting Room. The usual sessions open with a relaxed roundtable where people introduce themselves and share what they've been watching, before moving into conversations inspired by new releases and trending film topics. Reel Talk Presents is the club's monthly cinema screening, with the titles chosen from the members' own suggestions. This one is being framed as an ideal post-Christmas escape from traditional festive cheer, which fits the timing well enough.
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It starts at 6pm at Storyhouse Cinema in Chester. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, from £4 to £9.90.
