FILM: The Christophers (15)

The Christophers is a comic piece centered on Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen), a once‑legendary painter who curdled into a glorious spectacle of ego, cruelty, and theatrical decay.   Broke, reclusive, and defiantly unrepentant, Julian spends his days hurling insults as a notorious TV art‑show judge and recording cutting personalized video messages for strangers, treating each cameo as a miniature performance of disdain and wit.  

When his estranged children scheme to profit from a cache of unfinished paintings after his death, their plot brings a skilled art forger (Michaela Coel) into Julian’s orbit, triggering a duel of intellect, vanity, and manipulation. At once hilarious and unsettling.

★★★★★  "Terrifically exhilarating and funny, as bracing as a large vodka and tonic before lunch"  The Guardian

★★★★ Daily Mail
★★★★ Independent
★★★★ Financial Times
★★★★ The Times

Venue & Bar Opens: 7pm
Film starts: 7.30pm
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