Below, I spoke to Sachs about his approach to adapting Rosenkrantz’s slim tome, what his film has to say about the artist’s ...
This is the first exhibition to take on the full breadth of Peter Hujar’s later photography. Hujar was a central figure in the downtown scene of 1970s and early 80s New York, but at his death in 1987 ...
"Peter Hujar's Day" is one of those films whose title is almost humorously straightforward, yet only gives a hint of what the ...
It's based on a transcript of Hujar's's description of what he did on one day, which in the film becomes anything but ...
Among the features premiering this year at the Sundance Film Festival, there are none — on paper — simpler than Ira Sachs’s Peter Hujar’s Day. Arriving just two years after he premiered his Passages ...
Ben Whishaw had 55 pages of dialogue to learn for his new movie while his co-lead, Rebecca Hall had just three. The film, Peter Hujar’s Day, is about the celebrated gay photographer of the same name.
In "Peter Hujar's Day," which had its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the bulk of the speaking falls to Whishaw.
Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall, and Ira Sachs discuss "Peter Hujar's Day" with TheWrap at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance: The filmmaker said making dialogue between photographer Peter Hujar and a friend "suspenseful, emotional, not ...
Ira Sachs’s new film, Peter Hujar’s Day, starts off as an elevation of the quotidian but transforms into something more reflective.
Josh O'Connor and Lily LaTorre appear in Rebuilding by Max Walker-Silverman, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film ...
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall portray Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz in Ira Sach's latest Sundance premiere, 'Peter Hujar's ...