Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) is a once-legendary London painter
whose reputation has faded. He spends his days making money by recording snarky, personalized video messages for fans and judging amateur art competitions.
His opportunistic children, Barnaby and Sallie (James Corden and Jessica Gunning), realize their father may not live long. They hire Lori Butler (Michaela Coel), a struggling artist and restoration expert, to pose as Julian’s assistant and secretly finish an abandoned third series of “The Christophers”—portraits he originally painted of a cherished former lover.
But Julian is far sharper than his children think. He quickly discovers Lori’s true identity and the plot behind it, leading to an evolving, witty intellectual duel and an unlikely friendship as they navigate questions of artistic value, legacy, and deception
Guardian***** The Christophers review – Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are the double act of the year Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon provide a vision of haughty Englishness up there with Gosford Park and Phantom Thread
Friday October 9th 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Parwich Memorial Hall
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