The Christophers: A work of art

The Christophers (2025) • View trailerFour stars (out of five); rated R, for profanityAvailable via: HuluBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 8.30.26Once upon a time, this thoughtful character study would have arrived with a visible splash, and enjoyed a modest but well-deserved run at arthouse theaters. Instead, it landed directly in streaming purgatory, likely never to be found by the potential audience that mainstream release would have attracted. Understandably suspicious about the actual reasons for her having entered his life,Julian (Ian McKellen) tantalizes Lori (Michaela Coel) by showing her where he has stashed a long-unfinished series of paintings.More’s the pity, because considerable talent is on display here.Ed Solomon’s intriguing original script is essentially a two-hander that would have made a crackling stage play. Director Steven Soderbergh opens up the tableau a bit, granting us a sense of London’s bohemian Fitzrovia district, but our attention is…