Peter Hujar's Day

In Peter Hujar's Day, director Ira Sachs (Love Is Strange, Passages) shows us a single day in the life of the brilliant American photographer Peter Hujar. The day unfolds as an intimate conversation with writer Linda Rosenkrantz, based on a 1974 interview. Set entirely in a New York apartment, actors Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall capture the subtle shifts and nuances of a human conversation. The direction feels deceptively simple yet proves visually layered: every gesture carries weight, every pause hums with tension, every glance suggests a story. Hujar emerges as a figure of sharp intellect and deep sensitivity, tinged with an irony that lends his reflections on life, work, and relationships an extra spark. The cinematography mirrors the essence of his photography: unvarnished, restrained, but steeped in emotion. Eschewing the conventional biopic, Sachs instead crafts a daring chamber piece, a film of words and silences that celebrates both high art, and the art of living.