The Christophers at Speed Cinema
The Christophers
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Sunday, April 19, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“A crackling original drama about artistic legacy in all its facets.”—Peter Debruge, Variety
Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape) directs this cheeky tale of art forgery, ambition, caustic critique, and greed grounded in striking performances by Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel.
Julian Sklar (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 and Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori (Coel), an art restorer and former forger, to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access eight unfinished portraits of a former lover named Christopher that 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. 2025, U.K., DCP, 100 minutes. Rated R.
