The Christophers
7:30 PM Wednesday, May 27
The Ellen Theatre
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. Rated R (language). 1h 40m. Closed Caption available.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Written by: Ed Solomon
Starring: Michaela Coel, Dmitri Prokopiev, Jessica Gunning, James Corden, Ian McKellen, Tilly Botsford
"With Ian McKellen in superbly crotchety form and Michaela Coel exuding chilly cunning, it’s further proof that Soderbergh remains one of American cinema’s most inimitable, and adventurous, auteurs." Nick Schager, The Daily Beast