High Art

Opens Friday, April 4, 2025

At 24, Syd (Radha Mitchell) has landed what seems to be a dream job but she’s still stuck fetching coffee, until a chance meeting with her upstairs neighbor, Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy). Lucy, a once-celebrated photographer, lives an enthralling life with her drug-addicted German girlfriend,(Patricia Clarkson), that draws Syd in. Before she can catch her breath, Syd discovers dark truths of life on the edge, is forced to confront the price of her hunger for recognition and public esteem.

Digitally restored by the Academy Film Archive and UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute from the 35mm original picture negative and DA-88 tapes. Funding provided by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Frameline, Sundance Institute, UCLA Film & Television Archive. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Red Hook Post, Monkeyland Audio. Special thanks to Antidote Films, Marcus Hu, John Nein, and Strand Releasing.

  • Country USA
  • Year 1998
  • Running Time 102 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Strand Releasing
  • Director Lisa Cholodenko
  • Cast Radha Mitchell, Patricia Clarkson, Gabriel Mann, Bill Sage, David Thornton, Anh Duong, Tammy Grimes
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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