Coming Soon: Uncle Howard

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Directed by Aaron Brookner
Executive Produced by Jim Jarmusch

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"Uncle Howard is an intertwining tale of past and present, the story of filmmaker Howard Brookner whose work captured the late '70s and early '80s cultural revolution – and his nephew’s personal journey 25 years later to discover his uncle’s films and the legacy of a life cut short by the plague of AIDS."

—Uncle Howard

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Burroughs: The Movie

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—01. Directed by Howard Brookner.

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"Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner’s 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director’s nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Now viewers can enjoy the invigorating candidness of Burroughs: The Movie, a one-of-a-kind nonfiction portrait that was brought to life with the help of a remarkable crew of friends, including Jim Jarmusch and Tom DiCillo, and that features on-screen appearances by fellow artists of Burroughs’s including Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, and Terry Southern."

—Available from Criterion