Allen Ginsberg's seminal poem "Howl," is the subject of a new film that stars James Franco as the legendary beat poet. "Howl" directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman say they chose Franco for the ...

The movie "Howl" -- like the 1956 Beat poem after which it was named and whose legal brouhaha it recounts -- is a film that doesn't feel the slightest bit burdened by convention. James Franco, in a ...

As suggested by its title, Allen Ginsberg’s game-changing poem “Howl” is essentially performative — and so is Howl, the Sundance-opening quasi-biographical movie by Oscar-winning documentarians Rob ...

The Allen Ginsberg biopic “”Howl”” is a strange beast. The film adaptation, written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, is a story told in four parts — it cuts between an interview with ...

The Daily sat down last week with acclaimed director−writers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman in a round−table interview to discuss their much−anticipated Allen Ginsberg experimental biopic, "Howl," ...

‘Howl’, the Allen Ginsberg biopic, is getting pushed into production. James Franco has already signed on to star as the famous poet, and Werc Werk Works has picked up the financial side of the film.

James Franco attended the premiere of his Alan Ginserg biopic "Howl" at the Crosby Street Hotel last night. The event drew the likes of Mischa Barton, Alicia Silverstone, Brook Shields among others.

Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and the obscenity trial that surrounded it helped shape America's attitudes toward censorship. Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's latest film, "Howl," draws upon ...

The Beat goes on, and on, and the romance associated with the post-war / pre-hippie writers of the '50s continues to obsess and intrigue. Although much Beat Generation writing has lost its critical ...