High Art (1998)

August 20, 2023 12:08 PM

[TRAILER] A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.

Starring Radha Mitchell, Gabriel Mann, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson.

Written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right).

76% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently available for rental/purchase in the US through Vudu. JustWatch.

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posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

Reading the description I thought "oh, so Nan Goldin, then?" but it seems more like it's an "inspired by" thing than a biopic. Only link mentioned on Wikipedia is that the photos in the movie were based on Goldin's work.
posted by LionIndex at 12:26 PM on August 20, 2023 [1 favorite]

Radha Mitchell!
posted by oldnumberseven at 11:48 PM on August 21, 2023

Really enjoyed this movie which was very unusual for the time. Cholodenko likes to make movies about lesbian relationships that are hot in a real way and a bit fucked up. Quite European in style. I love her.
posted by latkes at 6:16 AM on August 22, 2023