Here’s one prize at least that will ensure that Phantom Thread, Slant’s favorite film of 2017, won’t be wearing the emperor’s new clothes.
To look back at the category’s history reveals that it has swung back and forth between monster latex and regal lace fronts as widely as the nation’s own political pendulum.
The film traces the relationship that develops between Queen Victoria and a young clerk, Abdul Karin, in India during the Golden Jubilee.
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