Director Howard Brookner died of AIDS in NYC in 1989 while in post-production on his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work has been buried for 30 years in William Burroughs' bunker until his nephew Aaron unearths his uncle's story and the memory of everything he was.... (Full plot summary below)
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Director Howard Brookner died of AIDS in NYC in 1989 while in post-production on his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work has been buried for 30 years in William Burroughs' bunker until his nephew Aaron unearths his uncle's story and the memory of everything he was.
Leave your thoughts about Uncle Howard.
| New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie is a deft sort of dual narrative. |
| Film Ireland MagazineNaomi SheaAaron has brought his uncle to life through Howard's vibrant and commanding presence in the film's archival footage, as well as Aaron's own subtle narration. |
| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Aine O'ConnorIt felt a little tangential in the beginning but the doc comes together properly when it is more about Howard and it does give a strong sense of the man and his work. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsAaron Brookner's documentary Uncle Howard has a lovely scraps-and-cuttings style. |
| Irish TimesDonald ClarkeAaron Brookner's lovely documentary starts out as one thing and then becomes several others. |
| SensacineQuim CasasA kind of home movie that relates intensely several generations of the same family, through the combination of the memory the director. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Cinemanía (Spain)Andrea G. Bermejo... a sincere tribute to all those who deserve to be remembered even if history is determined to forget them. [Full review in Spanish] |
| ArtforumAmy TaubinAll this makes the film sound unbearably sad, and at moments it is. But it is also a tribute to Howard's energy and to a wildly improvisatory cultural moment when Beat, punk, and Minimalist aesthetics merged in New York No Wave. |
| Time OutDave CalhounIt’s a sad project, a testament to lives cut short and stories half-told. |
| Total FilmJames MottramBrookner captures his uncle's unique spirit and courage. |
