‘The Christophers’ Review: Ian McKellen’s Best Screen Performance Since Gandalf Brings Some Much-Needed Life Back to Soderbergh’s Late Style

‘The Christophers’ Writer Ed Solomon On Balancing Michaela Coel’s Lori With A Mentor “Trapped In The Prison Of Their Own Narcissism” – Toronto Studio

THE CHRISTOPHERS Section: Special Presentations Director: Steven Soderbergh Screenwriter: Ed Solomon Logline: The great Ian McKellen and I May Destroy You’s Michaela Coel make a brilliant pairing in Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh’s incisively witty chamber comedy about art, commerce, and avarice. Panelists: Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning, Ed Solomon Premiered: Sunday, September 7 Key Quotes: I’ve been […]

‘The Christophers’ Review: Ian McKellen’s Best Screen Performance Since Gandalf Brings Some Much-Needed Life Back to Soderbergh’s Late Style

An art forger played by Michaela Coel is hired to steal an old painter's unfinished work in the rare Steven Soderbergh movie with some real life in its bones.

‘The Christophers’ Review: Michaela Coel’s Steely Self-Possession and Ian McKellen’s Scalding Wit Are an Irresistible Match in Steven Soderbergh’s Tart Art Comedy

Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen play art-world antagonists in Steven Soderbergh's 'The Christophers,' about a famed painter and his scheming children.

Critics say Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are at the ‘top of their game’ in Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers’

Early reviews are enthusiastic after mystery-thriller premieres at the Toronto Film Festival.