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High Art

(Lisa Cholodenko, 1998)

Lisa Cholodenko in person

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Two women lie in bed together. One is kissing the other's cheek, while the other looks toward the camera.

Feb 21, 2025 7:00 PM

Film/Video Theater

$8 members and adults 55 and over
$10 general public
$5 students

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Admission to all Cinema Revival screenings
$30 members and adults 55 and over
$42 general public
$15 students

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A milestone in American independent filmmaking and for lesbian representation in film.

The first feature by Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon, The Kids Are All Right), High Art follows Syd (Radha Mitchell), an ambitious junior editor trying to work her way up at a respected photography magazine. A leak in the roof of her apartment leads to a chance meeting with Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy), a renowned and reclusive photographer who has stopped making work, and her addict girlfriend Greta (Patricia Clarkson). The encounter represents a potential coup for Syd at her job, but it also opens the door to Lucy’s life lived at the edge. What begins as a close working relationship between the two women quickly becomes more intense. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for Ally Sheedy. A Q&A with the director follows the screening. (101 mins., 4K DCP)

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IMAGE CAPTION
High Art, courtesy of Strand Releasing.

"[High Art] deserve[s] to be passed down from one generation to the next through the work of preservation and archiving."

Mark Olsen

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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.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Mellon Foundation
Every Page Foundation
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Nationwide Foundation
Lois S. and H. Roy Chope Fund of The Columbus Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Axium Packaging