with me now is film critic piers marchant.chant's a member of the philadelphia film critics circle. thanks very much for being here, piers. your list of your sort of your top three favorite films of this year begins with one that maybe at least some folks out there have not necessarily heard of, "phantom thread." let's take a quick look. male: you look beautiful, very beautiful. george: so, give me your read, piers, on "phantom thread." what's the story here? piers: "phantom thread" is made by arguably one of the best american directors working today, it's paul thomas anderson. it's a strange film about strange characters that fall in love and support each other in ways that we can't even conceive of. it's not dissimilar from an earlier film of anderson's called "punch drunk love," which starred adam sandler and emily watson. george: a lot of people have heard of, yeah. piers: and it also was kind of off putting. george: so, your next favorite film nominated for best picture, this is one that people have been talking about a l