The Christophers (15)
Screen 2, Thursday 4 Jun 2026, 11:00
- ends at 12:55
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.
We saw this at a preview screening and loved it, Ian McKellen is a brilliantly grumpy and cantancerous old man but it's Michaela Coel's character Lori who steals the show.