Overview

• Janus Films and Sideshow unveiled the first official trailer and poster on August 12 ahead of the film’s November 7 opening.
• The drama stars Ben Whishaw as photographer Peter Hujar and Rebecca Hall as writer Linda Rosenkrantz in a 75-minute, apartment-bound exchange.
• Every line of dialogue is drawn directly from a 1974 transcript unearthed in 2024, recreating a single 24-hour conversation in Rosenkrantz’s Manhattan flat.
• Peter Hujar’s Day has completed screenings at Sundance, Berlin, Karlovy Vary, Melbourne and Shanghai before its inclusion on the New York Film Festival main slate.
• Early reviews praise the film’s minimalist, documentary-like intimacy and Alex Ashe’s luminous cinematography.