High Art

Name: High Art
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: June 12, 1998
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Radha Mitchell

1998

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October Films | Release Date: June 12, 1998 | R

Starring: Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Radha Mitchell

Summary: An award-winning romantic drama about a photo magazine editor (Mitchell) and the heroin-addicted former photo prodigy (Sheedy) with whom she falls in love.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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Beth Pinsker

Who knew that Brat Packer Sheedy would shine as a heroin-addicted photographer who had too much fame too early? Read full review

Roger Ebert

So perceptive and mature it makes similar films seem flippant. The performances are on just the right note, scene after scene, for what needs to be done. Read full review

Dallas Observer Peter Rainer

With more angst than you can shake a stick at, High Art sets a new course for the indie American film. Instead of the usual Scorsese-esque buddy confab, we have something closer to the funky Fassbinder world of marginalized, pansexual depressives. Read full review

David Sterritt

Sensitive acting and imaginative filmmaking help rescue the movie from potential excesses of its own. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Sandra Contreras

First-time director Lisa Cholodenko, who has made a powerful and modish film with a subtle and knowing script, is more than ably assisted by a spectacular cast. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Has a subtle magnetism, and a real human pulse, especially as it concentrates on its two main characters. Read full review

Jack Mathews

High Art is, unfortunately, full of itself and its artistic pretensions. Read full review

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lasttimeisaw

Jun 21, 2014

There have been almost 4 years since lesbian director/writer Lisa Cholodenko’s mainstream breakthrough dramedy THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (2010, 9/10), and we still have no clue of her follow-up, she might be in a writer’s block, so I root out her 1998 director debut HIGH ART, a post-modernThere have been almost 4 years since lesbian director/writer Lisa Cholodenko’s mainstream breakthrough dramedy THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (2010, 9/10), and we still have no clue of her follow-up, she might be in a writer’s block, so I root out her 1998 director debut HIGH ART, a post-modern romance between Syd (Mitchell), a greenhorn assistant editor of Frame magazine and a hedonistic former photographer Lucy (Sheedy) in Manhattan.
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