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Director
Aaron Brookner
Cast
Howard Brookner,
Aaron Brookner,
John Giorno,
Jim Jarmusch,
Tom DiCillo,
James Grauerholz
Genre
Documentary
Twenty-five years after his death, Howard Brookner's nephew Aaron sets out to explore the archives of William S. Burrough, who was the subject of one of his uncle's documentaries. In them, he finds lost prints of films as well as archives of his uncle's life.
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Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan
Uncle Howard begins as a slightly tentative film about a nephew’s quest to discover more about his adored film-maker uncle, Howard Brookner. But it grows into a perceptive, poignant documentary which looks at many things.
The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
The movie is a deft sort of dual narrative.
Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan
Uncle Howard begins as a slightly tentative film about a nephew’s quest to discover more about his adored film-maker uncle, Howard Brookner. But it grows into a perceptive, poignant documentary which looks at many things.
Variety by Dennis Harvey
This is no starry-eyed, heart-on-sleeve flashback but a low-key, respectful one, no less appealing for its relative reserve.
The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney
The doc's beautiful final sequence rips your heart out.
The Film Stage by Rory O'Connor
A deeply personal piece of work that offers both an introduction (or re-introduction?) to the director’s uncle — a once-burgeoning independent filmmaker who died of AIDS in 1989 at just 31 years of age — and a somber meditation on talent lost.
Village Voice by Chuck Wilson
A bit disjointed but also vibrant and loving.
Time Out London by Dave Calhoun
It’s a sad project, a testament to lives cut short and stories half-told.
The Guardian by Andrew Pulver
Here is a sensitive, intelligent portrait of film director Howard Brookner.
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