THE CHRISTOPHERS

2025
1 HR, 40 min
MAY 29 → JUN 11

Details

Released 2025, United Kingdom

Comedy, Crime, Drama

1 hour, 40 minutes

Neon

English

Starring

Michaela Coel
Ian McKellen
Jessica Gunning
James Corden

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access 8 unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage. Her plan is to complete them, then return them to storage, where they are to be “discovered” upon Julian’s death.

Film Stills

Full Cast

Michaela Coel Lori Butler

Ian McKellen Julian Sklar

Jessica Gunning Sallie Milton Sklar

James Corden Barnaby Sklar

Additional Credits

Steven Soderbergh Director

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Reviews

“With Ian McKellen in superbly crotchety form and Michaela Coel exuding chilly cunning, it’s further proof that Soderbergh remains one of American cinema’s most inimitable, and adventurous, auteurs.”

Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

“[THE CHRISTOPHERS] brims with hilarious dialogue, lightly satirical observations of a culture that treats art as a commodity, and satisfying payoffs to a number of story elements planted early on.”

Seth Katz

Slant Magazine

“In the end, this film about artists becomes a work of art in its own right. The more you look at it, the more its many components reveal themselves to you.”

Chase Hutchinson

The Wrap