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Fantasia 2009 Presents Hell On Earth: The Films Of Buddy Giovinazzo

1 July 2009 8:44 PM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

Because Fantasia program director Mitch Davis is incredibly proud of and excited by this event and will positively explode if somebody doesn’t show it some love soon, I present the following:

Hell On Earth: The Films Of Buddy Giovinazzo

A special tribute to one of the USA’s most unsettling independent voices, known for his haunting depictions of everyday horrors: poverty, addiction, violence and abandonment. Enormously powerful, honest and raw, the shattering work of filmmaker and novelist Buddy Giovinazzo has rarely been shown in this country. To right this wrong, we’ll be paying special tribute to the man with the International Premiere of his new feature, Life Is Hot In Cracktown, and a special screening of the filmmaker’s own 16mm answer print of his seldom-seen director’s cut of Combat Shock. Giovinazzo will be in town to host both screenings. Cracktown, which stars Kerry Washington, Illeana Douglas,

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Exclusive Clip: A dramatic scene from 'Life Is Hot In Cracktown'

23 June 2009 2:51 AM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news

  The world of independent cinema is a tough road these days.  Even with established stars, it's hard for most films to get a distributor.  "Life Is Hot In Cracktown" is doing it the old fashioned way, one city at a time.Opening in Los Angeles this Friday, the drama features established actors Kerry Washington, RZA, Victor Rasuk, Shannyn Sossamon, Illeana Douglas, Brandon Routh, Mark Webber and Lara Flynn Boyle.  An ensemble drama about the effect's of drugs on an inner city neighborhood, here's more from the film's official synopsis.Based on Buddy Giovinazzo’s best-selling novel, "Life Is Hot In Cracktown" shows the...

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More Than Meets the Eye

22 June 2009 6:53 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

This week in theaters, everyone seems to have opted to go dark, with cinemas offering up grieving families, persecuted immigrants, endangered pop singers and the slow death of intimacy in the internet age. This is... supposed to be summer, right?

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"Afghan Star"

With the American version still able to compel 30 million people into a zombie-like trance each week, "Pop Idol" is the latest craze sweeping the nation of Afghanistan, where contestants are subject to a campaign of intimidation that puts Simon Cowell's abrasive jibes in perspective. Having snagged both the Audience Award and a Directing Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, director Havana Marking goes beyond the bright TV lights to follow four of the season's finalists, including female contestants under constant threat of violence and death. In English, Pashtu, and Dari with subtitles.

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Neil Pedley

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Exclusive: Clip from 'Life is Hot in Cracktown'

27 May 2009 11:24 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Cinematical has just received this exclusive clip from Life is Hot in Cracktown, which looks to be a pretty intense ensemble drama about a group of people trying to survive on the drug-infested inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel (he also wrote and directed the film), Life is Hot in Cracktown sports an impressive cast that includes Kerry Washington, Brandon Routh, Victor Rasuk, Lara Flynn Boyle, Evan Ross, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ileana Douglas, RZA ... and I can keep going.

In the clip below (which may be a smidge Nsfw for partial nudity), we meet Marybeth (Kerry Washington), a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute who lives with her lover Benny (Desmond Harrington), a small time burglar. Aside from following this not-so-ordinary couple while they do their best to live an ordinary life, we also infiltrate the lives of a number of other characters -- from a welfare hotel

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Erik Davis

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