Tuesday, December 3–Friday, December 6 | A unique movie tradition comes to the Gene Siskel Film Center with Cinema Interruptus: four days of communal film criticism centered around a single movie. For decades, legendary critic Roger Ebert led Interruptus at the Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado. After screening a film in its entirety, the audience spent multiple days working through the movie scene by scene, interrupting with comments and questions along the way. Josh Larsen—critic, author, and co-host of the Chicago-based podcast and radio program Filmspotting—has been leading Interruptus in Boulder since 2017 and is thrilled to bring it to the Film Center. “With the help of sharp, observant moviegoers, we always discover something new and enlightening about the movie during Interruptus,” Larsen said.

For this first iteration of Interruptus at the Film Center, audiences will explore Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 psychological romance, PHANTOM THREAD (USA, China, 130 min, in English and French with English subtitles / Format: Digital). Anderson’s film, a sumptuous period drama with Hitchcockian undertones, was nominated for six Academy Awards, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis as an esteemed fashion designer in 1950s London whose meticulous life is upended by a wily muse, played by Vicky Krieps.

The complete screening of PHANTOM THREAD will take place Tuesday, December 3. Three sessions of “interrupting” will follow on December 4, 5, and 6, each day starting the film where the last day left off. Participants can choose a ticket package with access to the entire event or purchase tickets on a daily basis.

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Schedule

Tuesday, December 3, 3:30–6:00 p.m. 
PHANTOM THREAD will be presented in its entirety.

Wednesday, December 4, 3:30–6:00 p.m. 
PHANTOM THREAD will begin again, interrupted with comments and questions along the way from the audience and from Larsen. 

Thursday, December 5, 3:30–6:00 p.m.
PHANTOM THREAD will pick up where it left off on Wednesday, interrupted with comments and questions along the way from the audience and from Larsen. 

Friday, December 6, 3:30–6:00 p.m. 
PHANTOM THREAD will pick up where it left off on Thursday, interrupted with comments and questions along the way from the audience and from Larsen. 

Tickets 
Participating in the full Interruptus experience with four-day ticket package:

• $35 for general public
• $20 for members, students/seniors, and SAIC students, faculty, and staff

Awards & Nominations

Winner - Best Costume Design, Academy Awards
Nominee - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Lesley Manville), Best Original Score, Best Director, Best Picture, Academy Awards

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu