Hollywood Reporter's FABIO PERIERA reviews “HOWL” at Sundance

“With any luck, later this year audiences everywhere will get to see Howl, a brilliant film by Academy-Award winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Starring James Franco as a young Allen Ginsburg, the film follows the 1957 trial surrounding the publication of his poem Howl.”  » See the full article on The Huffington Post

Hollywood Reporter's FABIO PERIERA reviews “HOWL” at Sundance

Sundance first night 2010

Rob and Jeffrey at Sundance 2010, Opening Night

Sundance first night 2010

Family & friends @ Sundance opening

above, left to right: Bob Balaban, Christine Walker, Rob Epstein, James Franco, Jeffrey Friedman, Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Redleaf, David Straithairn, Treat Williams, at Sundance premiere.

below: the extended Epstein clan.

Family & friends @ Sundance opening

"Howl has captured a moment in time"

Howl, at its core, is about the pursuit of honesty through poetic excellence. Of course, it's about much more than that, gay rights, obscenity, the creative process as a whole. But the core of the work? I'm sticking with my honesty/excellence corollary.  » See the full article on Film.com

"Howl has captured a moment in time"

LA Times: In Defense of Howl

We’re not even 24 hours into Sundance John Cooper-style and you can already hear the banshee wail of disaster that lifted into the snowy night air after “Howl’s” screening Thursday on the festival’s opening night.
It’s the Greek chorus effect, all those voices scrambling over each other to be the first to call for a suppression of the rebellion Cooper promised, and I would argue, delivered with a Mike Tyson gut punch, which left people winded, then windy.  » See the full article on The LA Times

LA Times: In Defense of Howl