Ben Whishaw had 55 pages of dialogue to learn for his new movie while his co-lead, Rebecca Hall had just three. The film, Peter Hujar’s Day, is about the celebrated gay photographer of the same name.

The artist Reina (R76) is a one-woman “Art Ambassador” and, someday, just may be given a key to the city. To be in full recognition of her art aplomb, she has already unlocked doors for many artists ...