{"id":699411,"date":"2026-05-28T05:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699411\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:55:10","slug":"how-to-watch-how-to-watch-the-christophers-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699411\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch How to watch The Christophers in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Ian McKellen (come on now \u2013 you know who he is!) and Michaela Coel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flicks.com.au\/tv\/i-may-destroy-you-season-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I May Destroy You<\/a>) are electric in this new black comedy, set in the London art world. It comes from acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Ed Solomon.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch The Christophers in Australia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flicks.com.au\/movie\/the-christophers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Christophers<\/a> is screening exclusively in Australian cinemas from June 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>What is The Christophers about?<\/p>\n<p>Elderly painter Julian Sklar was once the toast of the London art scene, thanks to two series of paintings called \u201cthe Christophers\u201d based on his former lover. Now, living on past glories, he hasn\u2019t painted in years, leaving a third set of works unfinished. As he approaches the end of his life, his children, Barnaby and Sallie, hire artist turned forger Lori to take on a job as his assistant. But her real job is to clandestinely finish the third series of paintings so that they can be \u201cdiscovered\u201d after his death and sold for a tidy sum.<\/p>\n<p>What follows is an arch comedy about art, love, loss\u2026 and possibly redemption, as the cynical Julian and the desperate Lori find an unexpected connection through both their work and their shared past.<\/p>\n<p>The cast of The Christophers<\/p>\n<p>Ian McKellen is faded artist Julian Sklar, Michaela Coel is artist and forger Lori Butler, and James Corden and Jessica Gunning are Barnaby and Sallie Sklar, Julian\u2019s adult children.<\/p>\n<p>The Christophers trailer<\/p>\n<p>Why we\u2019re excited about The Christophers<\/p>\n<p>Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon are something of a dream time, having previously collaborated on the noir thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flicks.com.au\/movie\/no-sudden-move\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No Sudden Move<\/a>, the kidnapping drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flicks.com.au\/tv\/full-circle-miniseries\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full Circle<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mosaic_(murder_mystery)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mosaic<\/a>, an experimental mystery series also released as an interactive app. So their work is always worth a spin. Add living legend Sir Ian McKellen and rising star Michaela Coel to the mix, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flicks.com.au\/movie\/the-christophers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Christophers<\/a>\u00a0becomes unmissable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Ian McKellen (come on now \u2013 you know who he is!) and Michaela Coel (I May Destroy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-699411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}