The Christophers

A mainstay of the London art scene since his starry breakout in the creative explosion of the 1960’s, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) has drifted into a cluttered, self-imposed seclusion. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) enlist Lori (Michaela Coel), a young painter and sometime-forger, to pose as a prospective assistant and gain access to a fabled series of unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in his home studio, in a deceptive bid to secure an inheritance for themselves.

★★★★

"Another exhilarating late-career opportunity for McKellen to really bare teeth, but this time he has a script that's actually able to match him"

The Guardian

★★★★

"McKellen's show - he's having such a fantastic time that the results are as thrilllingly visceral as if we're in a theatre watching him perform live"

Time Out

"I have rarely enjoyed watching two actors rapport the way I loved watching McKellen and Coel; it could have gone on forever and not been long enough"

The New York Times

"One of the best movies of the year so far"

TIME Magazine