Ira Sachs, Peter Hujar and Ben Whishaw
“In a Way This Film Asks, What is Lost by the Virtual?” Ira Sachs on his Sundance-Premiering Peter Hujar’s Day
Below, I spoke to Sachs about his approach to adapting Rosenkrantz’s slim tome, what his film has to say about the artist’s life in the 1970s and now, and the classic independent short films that influenced the making of Peter Hujar’s Day.
In "Peter Hujar's Day," which had its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the bulk of the speaking falls to Whishaw.
Stepping back into Paddington’s iconic red Wellingtons is no mean feat, but actor Ben Whishaw has been more than happy to reprise the role that has been a household name for generations.
Benedict Cumberbatch, wrestling with a metaphorical crow, is among the many stars putting in energetic efforts ...
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Ben Whishaw on the biggest challenge of playing gay photographer Peter Hujar in new movieBen 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.
Ira Sachs discusses his collaboration with Ben Whishaw,, getting fired by his manager and his new Sundance drama 'Peter Hujar ...
Long a home for groundbreaking LGBTQ+ cinema, Sundance is the first major event where queer people find out which 2025 films ...
Ira Sachs’s new film, Peter Hujar’s Day, starts off as an elevation of the quotidian but transforms into something more ...
I was excited to hear that Black Doves had been renewed, but Ben Whishaw's season 2 update has left me disappointed.
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