Peter Hujar’s Day to Get Streaming Exclusive Premiere on the Criterion Channel on January 27th

Just announced, via press release from the Criterion Channel:

Hailed upon its premiere as “the best film of Sundance” (New York Magazine), Peter Hujar’s Day has gone on to become one of the most acclaimed films of the year, earning five Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Lead Performance. This touching celebration of creativity, connection, and the life of a singular artist will make its streaming debut on the Criterion Channel on January 27. A home-video release will follow in May.

In Peter Hujar’s Day, director Ira Sachs (Passages) stages a warm, witty, graceful re-creation of a real-life conversation that took place between photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) and writer Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall) in 1974. The film eavesdrops on the two friends’ leisurely, affectionate hangout as Hujar recounts his previous day’s activities, offering insights into his art and everyday life. What emerges is a loving snapshot of a vanished New York made unbelievably vivid by Sachs’s graceful cinematic flourishes and wonderfully tender performances from Whishaw and Hall, whose chemistry gives the film its heart and soul.

Nicely paired with the Ben Whishaw collection