
Evi Quaid
2021Uncle Howard
Aaron Brookner
Howard Brookner, Aaron Brookner
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
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
Mathieu Grondin
Randy Quaid, Evi Quaid
In 2010, in Vancouver, American actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, drew national media attention when they requested refugee status in Canada. Originally wanted in the United States for fraud, the Quaids claim that influential figures in Hollywood were plotting against them to steal everything from them. And there was more: they claimed their life was in danger, like those of other American actors who, they alleged, had died at the hands of the mysterious “Hollywood Star Whackers”. After their application for asylum was denied, Randy and Evi Quaid then disappeared without a trace. Showing a theatrical flair, the couple came up for air early in 2015, releasing Web videos from an apartment in Montreal...
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation