The Christophers

Opens Friday, April 10, 2026

Special Events

  • Sat Apr 11 : 

    Q&A with star Michaela Coel at 7:15 show

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SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Please note that there are additional showtimes of THE CHRISTOPHERS that screen with open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.

Thursday, April 9 at 7:00: Sneak Preview + Q&A with director Steven Soderbergh, writer Ed Solomon & stars Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, and Jessica Gunning after the screening

Saturday, April 11 at 7:15: Q&A with star Michaela Coel after the screening

Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but hehasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and formerforger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access 8 unfinishedcanvases Julian has buried deep in storage. Her plan is to complete them, then return them tostorage, where they are to be “discovered” upon Julian’s death.

“A sharp and nimble portrait of artistic warfare that is a front-to-back delight. Further proof that Steven Soderbergh is one of American cinemas’s most inimitable, and adventurous, auteurs.” – The Daily Beast

  • Country UK
  • Running Time 100 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Neon
  • Director Steven Soderbergh
  • Cast Michaela Coel, Dmitri Prokopiev, Jessica Gunning, James Corden, Ian McKellen, Tilly Botsford
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio

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