After not starring in a film or TV show in nearly a decade, Danniella Westbrook was supposed to make her movie comeback in a ...

The normal rules for a musical theatre lead are suspended here. But Hameed can sing well, and there’s enough expression in ...

What could so easily have been a commercial cash-in is a triumph of warmth and fun and theatricality, with a wonderful ...

GIJÓN, Spain — Ben Whishaw scooped best actor at this year’s Gijón Film Festival for his performance in Ira Sachs’ “Peter Hujar’s Day,” but otherwise major awards highlighted lesser known talent, ...

Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall in director Ira Sachs' film "Peter Hujar's Day." (Courtesy of Janus Films) Movies don’t get much smaller than “Peter Hujar’s Day.” Director Ira Sachs’ self-described “art ...

“Peter Hujar’s Day” stars two reliable actors, Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, and was written and directed by Ira Sachs (known for 2023’s “Passages,” also starring Whishaw, and “Love Is Strange,” my No ...

Several times, when the conversation at the center of “Peter Hujar’s Day” takes an existential turn, we hear a short passage from Mozart’s Requiem. This quiet and compelling film uses Hujar’s own ...

Now and then, streaming platforms add a film that manages to bring audiences and critics together for a singular experience that is almost universally adored. The sequel boasts an impressive 99 ...

Previously announced deals include Janus Films’ acquisition of the rights for North America, where the film opened on Nov. 7 at Lincoln Center and Film Forum, while Picturehouse Entertainment picked ...

In a film as stripped down as Ira Sachs’s Peter Hujar’s Day, every detail counts. A recreation of a 1974 interview between the photographer Peter Hujar (played by Ben Whishaw) and his friend Linda ...

If our waking hours are a canvas, the art is how one fills it: tightly packed, loosely, a little of both. At a time when they were both 40 and the art scene in ’70s New York was in thrall to ...