In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he hopes to flip a Mondrian for millions. One of his assistants, Beth, is sleeping with Art's most acquisitive client, Bob Macclestone. Beth wants Bob to set her up in her own gallery, so she helps him go behind Art's back for the Mondrian. Bob's wife, Jean, sets her eye on a young conceptual artist, Jo, who lusts after Art's newest assistant, Paige. Meanwhile, self-absorbed videographer Elaine is chewing her way through friends and lovers looking to make it: if she'll throw Dewey, her agent, under the bus, Beth may give her a show. And the Mondrian? No honor among thieves.
Acting
Anderson's withering delivery could curdle milk at fifty paces.
Writing
Whip-smart dialogue that hates its own characters deliciously.
Costume
Gillian Anderson's power wardrobes deserve their own gallery.
Director
Duncan Ward
Gillian Anderson
Jean Maclestone
Alan Cumming
Dewey Dalamanatousis
Heather Graham
Beth Freemantle
Danny Huston
Art Spindle
Jack Huston
Jo Richards
Christopher Lee
Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Joanna Lumley
Mrs. Alfreda Rhinegold
Simon McBurney
Robert Freign
Meredith Ostrom
Joany
Charlotte Rampling
Emille
Amanda Seyfried
Paige Prideaux
Stellan Skarsgård
Bob Maclestone
Jaime Winstone
Elaine
Alfie Allen
Photographer
Gemma Atkinson
Charlotte Bailey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Danny Moynihan's novel satirizing 1990s YBA-era London; the art world barely changed.
Christopher Lee's final live-action role—he plays the only character with actual integrity.
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