Marshall's Movies: Phantom Thread (2017)

Ever since Marshall Craig was taken from us on December 18, 2020, his mother Carla Craig has worked tirelessly with his friends and loved ones to ensure his memory lives on. So far, this has led to his massive book collection being donated to the library at his Alumni, The California University Of Pennsylvania, a bench installed at a park where he loved to see the sunset, and the beginnings of a charity called Marshall’s Revolution. This is a year long miniseries designed by The Pop Break Staff Writer Sam Niles to progress his memory by having some discussions about movies in Marshall’s collection. Marshall has an incredible collection and could talk for hours about film, so some of his friends got together and made a podcast to invite guests with both a passion and knowledge for film to discuss selections from his collection once a month. This month on Marshall's Movies, we have our friend Seth on to discuss Phantom Thread. We've wanted Seth on the podcast for a while, and I chose this movie for Seth's episode because Paul Thomas Anderson is a director that means a lot to Seth and I. Marshall wasn't always a fan of PTA, being a source of disagreement between us at first, but eventually, Marshall did develop that appreciation for Anderson, and Phantom Thread is the kind of darkly comic period piece that feels like a perfect testament to Marshall's unique taste and sense of humor.