The film had its world premiere in the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 27. It will be theatrically released in the United States on November 7 by Janus Films and Sideshow.
Premise
The film is set in December 1974 in New York City and is about the photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda, with Sachs telling IndieWire it is "a film about what it is to be an artist among artists in a city where no one was making any money".[1]
The film is written and directed by Ira Sachs and was initially conceived as a short film before being developed into a feature length film. The producers on the film are Jordan Drake and Jonah Disend.[2][3]
The cast is led by Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall.[4] Whishaw portrays photographer Peter Hujar with Hall featuring as the writer Linda Rosenkrantz.[5] Rosenkrantz produced a book in 2021 of the same name which documents Hujar’s life and activities over 24 hours in 1974.[6]
Filming was scheduled for New York in November 2023.[7]
The film will be screened in non-competitive section 'Freestyle' of the 20th Rome Film Festival in October 2025.[12]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 22 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[13]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[14]
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