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)

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..."

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