When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his narrative debut, Bloodhounds of Broadway. Twenty-five years later, his nephew, Aaron, sets out on a quest to find the lost negative of Burroughs: The Movie, his uncle's critically-acclaimed portrait of legendary author William S. Burroughs. When Aaron uncovers Howard's extensive archive in Burroughs' bunker, it not only revives the film for a new generation, but also opens a vibrant window on New York City's creative culture from the 1970s and '80s, and inspires a wide-ranging exploration of his beloved uncle's legacy.
Uncle Howard has generally received positive reviews.
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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 15 Dec 2016
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Uncle Howard was released in 2017 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving Uncle Howard (2017) an average rating of 67%.
With a score of 67%, Uncle Howard is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2017, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2017 with similar scores include films like The Foreigner, Goodbye Christopher Robin and To the Bone.
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