Berlinale - live streaming

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Elizabeth Redleaf, Rob Epstein, James Franco and Jeffrey Friedman on the red carpet.

photo by Ken Bailey

Berlinale - live streaming

Peter Travers @ Rolling Stone: "Exhilarating!"

From ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE Sundance 2010 wrap-up:
"What other film festival would give its opening spot to a movie about a poem by Allen Ginsberg (a stellar performance by James Franco) interspersed with animation and an obscenity trial that puts freedom of speech on the stand? An exhilarating experiment that Sundance was built to nurture. Bravo!" - 3/4/10 issue

Peter Travers @ Rolling Stone: "Exhilarating!"

"HOWL delights with its audacity..." according to this French critic (en français)

Jeff & Rob at the Berlinale premiere.
photo by Ken Bailey

"HOWL delights with its audacity..." according to this French critic (en français)

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Howl brings Beat to Berlin film fest

"Howl", a movie about groundbreaking Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in competition Friday at the Berlin Film Festival, drew warm applause for bringing the written word and the counterculture vividly to life.

The picture stars James Franco ("Milk", "Spider-Man") giving an uncanny performance as the charming, bookish gay bard who electrified audiences in the smoky cafes and bars of San Francisco in the 1950s...

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Howl brings Beat to Berlin film fest

HOWL: "It's not a biopic..."

“It manages to capture both a moment in time from the beat era of the late 1950s, and reflect on the relevance of the poems message of isolation. It is told through firsthand accounts from different eras, and different visual styles and media. Howl delves into the concept of measuring the value of art, while standing apart from the other films of the festival as a true work of art itself. Read more about this film after the jump...”  » See the full article on ScreenCrave

HOWL: "It's not a biopic..."