This week in New York City, the Blue Jacket Fashion Show founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson and marketer, Laura Miller, united the worlds of fashion, entertainment, sports, and healthcare to drive an open dialogue about the impact of prostate cancer.
Bill Nye and Don Lemon at Blue Jacket Fashion Show
Now in its seventh year, the fashion show featured notables including Mario Cantone, Andy Karl, Alex Lundqvist, Bill Nye, Carlos Greer, Clinton Lord, Dominic Fumusa, Don Lemon, Don Hood, Dr. Bradley Schaeffer, Dr. Evan Goldfischer, Dr. Ash Tewari, Eric West, Frank Dilella, James Aguiar, James Andrew, Kris Bennett, Les Trent, London Brown, Louis Finley, Marcus Samuelsson, Mike Woods, Musa Jackson, Nigel Barker, Omar Hernandez, Richard Thomas, Souleymane Sy Savane, Ty-Ron Mayes, Tyrone Brewer and Young Paris modeled the reimagined traditional “blue jacket” down the runway by designers including Arjona Collection, Ben Sherman, Bruno Magli Collezione, Cad & The Dandy,...
Bill Nye and Don Lemon at Blue Jacket Fashion Show
Now in its seventh year, the fashion show featured notables including Mario Cantone, Andy Karl, Alex Lundqvist, Bill Nye, Carlos Greer, Clinton Lord, Dominic Fumusa, Don Lemon, Don Hood, Dr. Bradley Schaeffer, Dr. Evan Goldfischer, Dr. Ash Tewari, Eric West, Frank Dilella, James Aguiar, James Andrew, Kris Bennett, Les Trent, London Brown, Louis Finley, Marcus Samuelsson, Mike Woods, Musa Jackson, Nigel Barker, Omar Hernandez, Richard Thomas, Souleymane Sy Savane, Ty-Ron Mayes, Tyrone Brewer and Young Paris modeled the reimagined traditional “blue jacket” down the runway by designers including Arjona Collection, Ben Sherman, Bruno Magli Collezione, Cad & The Dandy,...
- 2/3/2023
- Look to the Stars
"You don't want me to stay?" IFC Films has released a new Us trailer for an New York City indie romantic drama titled Premature, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival one year ago. It also went on to play the San Francisco, Dallas, Montclair, Seattle, London, Denver, and Hawaii Film Festivals. Premature a romantic drama in the vein of If Beale Street Could Talk or Blue Valentine. Set in Harlem, Zora Howard stars as a young woman who meets "handsome and mysterious outsider" Isaiah, played by Joshua Boone. Then "her entire world is turned upside down on her path towards self-discovery as she travails the rigorous terrain of young love the summer before she leaves for college." Of course. Also starring Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis, & Tashiana Washington. This looks particularly sweet and honest. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Rashaad Ernesto Green's Premature, from...
- 1/23/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"When I close my eyes, you are there..." Signature Ent. UK has debuted a trailer for an indie romance titled Premature, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year - one year ago. It went on to play the San Francisco, Dallas, Montclair, Seattle, London, Denver, and Hawaii Film Festivals in 2019. Premature a romantic drama in the vein of If Beale Street Could Talk or Blue Valentine. Set in Harlem, Zora Howard stars as a young woman who meets "handsome and mysterious outsider" Isaiah, played by Joshua Boone. Then "her entire world is turned upside down on her path towards self-discovery as she travails the rigorous terrain of young love the summer before she leaves for college." Of course. Also starring Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis, & Tashiana Washington. I dig the grainy, old school look and feel. Here's the official UK trailer for Rashaad Ernesto Green's Premature,...
- 1/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stars: Jack Fulton, Jaeden Noel, Ava Preston, Dee Wallace, Tashiana Washington | Written by Scott Lobdell | Directed by Bobby Miller
All Drea (Tashiana Washington) wants is to get into a good college, but for now, she’s stuck making deliveries for a local sushi restaurant. One night, after her little brother Phillip (Jaeden Noel) witnesses meteors plummeting to Earth, one of her co-workers is attacked by hungry alien furballs with sharp teeth and big appetites. Yes, the rolling, ravenous critters are back, and soon Drea, Phillip, and two kids she’s babysitting (Ava Preston and Jack Fulton) are running for their lives. They’re also trying to protect an injured friendly alien they come across along the way, but every place they flee to becomes the site of a critter massacre.
I’m not going to lie, I went into Critters Attack! with a mix of trepidation and excitement. On the...
All Drea (Tashiana Washington) wants is to get into a good college, but for now, she’s stuck making deliveries for a local sushi restaurant. One night, after her little brother Phillip (Jaeden Noel) witnesses meteors plummeting to Earth, one of her co-workers is attacked by hungry alien furballs with sharp teeth and big appetites. Yes, the rolling, ravenous critters are back, and soon Drea, Phillip, and two kids she’s babysitting (Ava Preston and Jack Fulton) are running for their lives. They’re also trying to protect an injured friendly alien they come across along the way, but every place they flee to becomes the site of a critter massacre.
I’m not going to lie, I went into Critters Attack! with a mix of trepidation and excitement. On the...
- 7/15/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Crites are back at Fantasia 2019 with the world premiere of the fifth feature in the Critters franchise, Critters Attack!, from the writer/director of the 2016 festival hit The Cleanse (Aka The Master Cleanse), Bobby Miller. One of the strangest franchises around, Critters has had a recent renaissance with a re-release on home video from Shout! Factory of the original four-film series, and the Shudder original series, Critters: A New Binge. While the series opened to a lukewarm response, I'd be willing to bet that old school creature feature fans will be much more enthusiastic about Critters Attack! Fresh out of high school, Drea is struggling to keep her spirits up after having been rejected from her school of choice...
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- 7/13/2019
- Screen Anarchy
The Fantasia International Film Festival, North America’s largest genre film event, on Wednesday released the first wave of titles for its upcoming 23rd edition.
The fest, which is set to run July 11-Aug. 1 in Montreal, will feature world premieres for the Liam Hemsworth-starring action thriller Killerman, directed by Malik Bader; Bobby Miller's Critters Attack!, starring Dee Wallace and Tashiana Washington; Harold Holscher's 8, a horror film that hinges on African folklore and mythology; and Brett and Drew Pierce's witchcraft drama The Wretched, starring John-Paul Howard and Piper Curda.
Fantasia also has booked North American premieres for Shelagh McLeod'...
The fest, which is set to run July 11-Aug. 1 in Montreal, will feature world premieres for the Liam Hemsworth-starring action thriller Killerman, directed by Malik Bader; Bobby Miller's Critters Attack!, starring Dee Wallace and Tashiana Washington; Harold Holscher's 8, a horror film that hinges on African folklore and mythology; and Brett and Drew Pierce's witchcraft drama The Wretched, starring John-Paul Howard and Piper Curda.
Fantasia also has booked North American premieres for Shelagh McLeod'...
- 5/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Fantasia International Film Festival, North America’s largest genre film event, on Wednesday released the first wave of titles for its upcoming 23rd edition.
The fest, which is set to run July 11-Aug. 1 in Montreal, will feature world premieres for the Liam Hemsworth-starring action thriller Killerman, directed by Malik Bader; Bobby Miller's Critters Attack!, starring Dee Wallace and Tashiana Washington; Harold Holscher's 8, a horror film that hinges on African folklore and mythology; and Brett and Drew Pierce's witchcraft drama The Wretched, starring John-Paul Howard and Piper Curda.
Fantasia also has booked North American premieres for Shelagh McLeod'...
The fest, which is set to run July 11-Aug. 1 in Montreal, will feature world premieres for the Liam Hemsworth-starring action thriller Killerman, directed by Malik Bader; Bobby Miller's Critters Attack!, starring Dee Wallace and Tashiana Washington; Harold Holscher's 8, a horror film that hinges on African folklore and mythology; and Brett and Drew Pierce's witchcraft drama The Wretched, starring John-Paul Howard and Piper Curda.
Fantasia also has booked North American premieres for Shelagh McLeod'...
- 5/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today’s film news roundup, “After the Wedding,” “Premature” and “Encounter” get distribution, Jacqueline Lyanga gets a new gig, Quiver Distribution launches and “The Aeronauts” sets an Imax release.
Acquisitions
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in North America, France, India and several other Asian countries to “After the Wedding,” starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams.
Directed by Bart Freundlich, “After the Wedding” is an adaptation of Susanne Bier’s Academy Award-nominated Danish film of the same name. It premiered as an opening night selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Williams portrays a woman who has dedicated her life to working with the children in an orphanage in Calcutta. She travels to New York to meet her benefactor, played by Moore.
Sony Classics is planning an August release. The distributor released “Still Alice,” for which Moore received a best actress Academy Award. The news was first reported by Deadline.
Acquisitions
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in North America, France, India and several other Asian countries to “After the Wedding,” starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams.
Directed by Bart Freundlich, “After the Wedding” is an adaptation of Susanne Bier’s Academy Award-nominated Danish film of the same name. It premiered as an opening night selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Williams portrays a woman who has dedicated her life to working with the children in an orphanage in Calcutta. She travels to New York to meet her benefactor, played by Moore.
Sony Classics is planning an August release. The distributor released “Still Alice,” for which Moore received a best actress Academy Award. The news was first reported by Deadline.
- 5/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Premature, the Rashaad Ernesto Green coming-of-age drama based on his short film that premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. It will get a theatrical release later this year and is next up screening next month at BAMCinemaFest.
Co-written by Green and Zora Howard, Howard stars as Ayanna, a teenager making the most out of her last summer in Harlem before heading to an out-of-state college. She’s not really looking for love until she meets handsome twentysomething musician Isaiah (Joshua Boone). After falling for him, Ayanna finds herself torn between her own vulnerability and self-sufficiency, depicted by the poetry she writes to express how she feels. Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis and Tashiana Washington co-star.
“Rashaad’s daring filmmaking coupled with a brilliant performance by Zora Howard is exactly the kind of film that we work to support,...
Co-written by Green and Zora Howard, Howard stars as Ayanna, a teenager making the most out of her last summer in Harlem before heading to an out-of-state college. She’s not really looking for love until she meets handsome twentysomething musician Isaiah (Joshua Boone). After falling for him, Ayanna finds herself torn between her own vulnerability and self-sufficiency, depicted by the poetry she writes to express how she feels. Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis and Tashiana Washington co-star.
“Rashaad’s daring filmmaking coupled with a brilliant performance by Zora Howard is exactly the kind of film that we work to support,...
- 5/14/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Do you remember the 80s sci-fi horror franchise Critters!? Well, they are making a comeback and the first trailer has been released for the new film, Critters Attack!
This film is a continuation of the original story and Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) returns to reprise her role as Helen Brown from the first film. The movie looks like it will offer audiences a fun, silly, and violent experience. One of the charming aspects about the film is that the effects still look like they are from the 80s.
Here’s the synopsis:
Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time in the mysterious role of Aunt Dee. Inspired by the film series from the ’80s and ’90s, Critters follows 20-year-old Drea (Tashiana Washington), who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for...
This film is a continuation of the original story and Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) returns to reprise her role as Helen Brown from the first film. The movie looks like it will offer audiences a fun, silly, and violent experience. One of the charming aspects about the film is that the effects still look like they are from the 80s.
Here’s the synopsis:
Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time in the mysterious role of Aunt Dee. Inspired by the film series from the ’80s and ’90s, Critters follows 20-year-old Drea (Tashiana Washington), who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for...
- 4/30/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Following IGN's trailer reveal that proved the Krites are returning to Earth and "everyone is on the menu" in the new horror comedy Critters Attack!, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now announced a July 23rd Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital release date for the fifth Critters film, and we have a look at the cover art and list of special features ahead of its ravenous release:
From the Press Release: Burbank, CA – The feeding frenzy begins! Critters Attack!, the newest entry in the bloody, live-action, horror/sci-fi film series lands on earth on July 23, 2019, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital for $24.98 / $19.98 / $19.99 Srp. Fans can also watch the fur-ocious creatures’ television debut on Syfy, scheduled to air in October.
Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time...
From the Press Release: Burbank, CA – The feeding frenzy begins! Critters Attack!, the newest entry in the bloody, live-action, horror/sci-fi film series lands on earth on July 23, 2019, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital for $24.98 / $19.98 / $19.99 Srp. Fans can also watch the fur-ocious creatures’ television debut on Syfy, scheduled to air in October.
Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time...
- 4/29/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Krites recently returned to Earth after more than a 25-year hiatus in Shudder's Critters: A New Binge series, and now they're coming back in feature-length form in the new movie Critters Attack!, featuring Dee Wallace's return to the franchise.
IGN exclusively revealed the first trailer for Critters Attack!, which you can watch below. Wallace, who played Helen Brown in 1986's Critters, this time around plays Aunt Dee, and by the looks of the trailer, she's ready to wage war on the hungry Krites from outer space.
Not all of the Krites are looking to eat through the planet's human population, however, as one of the little space visitors seeks to help the humans in their battle against their newfound furry adversaries.
The new film is described as being "inspired by the film series from the '80s and '90s," so we'll have to wait and see if...
IGN exclusively revealed the first trailer for Critters Attack!, which you can watch below. Wallace, who played Helen Brown in 1986's Critters, this time around plays Aunt Dee, and by the looks of the trailer, she's ready to wage war on the hungry Krites from outer space.
Not all of the Krites are looking to eat through the planet's human population, however, as one of the little space visitors seeks to help the humans in their battle against their newfound furry adversaries.
The new film is described as being "inspired by the film series from the '80s and '90s," so we'll have to wait and see if...
- 4/25/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
‘Premature’ Clip: Sundance Drama Unpacks Gender Semantics And Treatment Of Black Men Vs. Black Women
Exclusive: In a new clip from the Rashaad Ernest Green-directed film Premature, we are thrown into a heated debate about gender semantics and the treatment of Black men and Black men.
The film, which is co-written by Green and star Zora Howard, follows Ayana (Howard), who is making the most out of her last summer in Harlem before heading to college. She’s bold, confident, and not really looking for love — until she meets the slightly older Isaiah. After one of those rare first dates that lasts for hours, she knows there’s something different about him. Ayana has found herself at an intimidating crossroads: one foot is still under her mother’s roof, while the other is primed to step out on her own with Isaiah.
The film also stars Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis, and Tashiana Washington. Premature screens under Sundance’s Next banner...
The film, which is co-written by Green and star Zora Howard, follows Ayana (Howard), who is making the most out of her last summer in Harlem before heading to college. She’s bold, confident, and not really looking for love — until she meets the slightly older Isaiah. After one of those rare first dates that lasts for hours, she knows there’s something different about him. Ayana has found herself at an intimidating crossroads: one foot is still under her mother’s roof, while the other is primed to step out on her own with Isaiah.
The film also stars Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis, and Tashiana Washington. Premature screens under Sundance’s Next banner...
- 1/26/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Film is second feature from director Rashaad Ernesto Green.
London-based sales and financing house Film Constellation has picked up international rights to Rashaad Ernesto Green’s second feature, Premature.
The film will premiere in the Next strand of the upcoming Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan 26.
Director Green’s debut was Gun Hill Road, which was at Sundance in 2011.
Premature follows Ayanna - played by Zora Howard, who also co-wrote the script - who is making the most of her last summer in Harlem, New York, before heading to college. When she meets the slightly older Isaiah (Joshua Boone), she...
London-based sales and financing house Film Constellation has picked up international rights to Rashaad Ernesto Green’s second feature, Premature.
The film will premiere in the Next strand of the upcoming Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan 26.
Director Green’s debut was Gun Hill Road, which was at Sundance in 2011.
Premature follows Ayanna - played by Zora Howard, who also co-wrote the script - who is making the most of her last summer in Harlem, New York, before heading to college. When she meets the slightly older Isaiah (Joshua Boone), she...
- 1/21/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
McCaul Lombardi (who’ll be on the Croisette in the featured Andrea Arnold’s American Honey quartet comprised of Sasha Lane, Shia Labeouf and Arielle Holmes) will topline and Tashiana Washington (Gimme the Loot), recording Artist Breezay and veteran actor James Belushi (who’ll next be seen in Katie Says Goodbye) are part of the make-up of indie Baltimore based helmer Matt Porterfield‘s Soller’s Point.
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- 4/15/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
David Rasche at the 1st Annual Nautica Oceana City & Sea Party hosted by Cobie Smulders and Alexandra Cousteau Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
David Rasche of Armando Iannucci's In The Loop and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading spoke with me about composting, protecting the oceans, connecting the dots with Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Livia Firth's (aka Livia Giuggioli) fast fashion alert. Other guests in support of Oceana included Eric West, Tashiana Washington, Leslie Lopez, Alexis Witt, Miguelina Gambaccini, Sasheer Zamata, Ty Hickson, Ariya Ghahramani, Brent Lamberti, Faith Briggs, and Scott Gomez. Matt Littlejohn and Nancy Golden of Oceana's Executive Committee and Jonathan Frank were on board.
SNL's Sasheer Zamata looking cool Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Anne-Katrin Titze: What is your connection to Oceana?
David Rasche: I was invited because I know Peggy Siegal, the woman who runs the party.
Akt: And you have a connection to the cause,...
David Rasche of Armando Iannucci's In The Loop and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading spoke with me about composting, protecting the oceans, connecting the dots with Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Livia Firth's (aka Livia Giuggioli) fast fashion alert. Other guests in support of Oceana included Eric West, Tashiana Washington, Leslie Lopez, Alexis Witt, Miguelina Gambaccini, Sasheer Zamata, Ty Hickson, Ariya Ghahramani, Brent Lamberti, Faith Briggs, and Scott Gomez. Matt Littlejohn and Nancy Golden of Oceana's Executive Committee and Jonathan Frank were on board.
SNL's Sasheer Zamata looking cool Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Anne-Katrin Titze: What is your connection to Oceana?
David Rasche: I was invited because I know Peggy Siegal, the woman who runs the party.
Akt: And you have a connection to the cause,...
- 6/28/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Chicago – We hit your calendar and your wallet earlier this week with a special TV-only edition of What to Watch and now we’re back to fill in the films that were released this week on DVD, Blu-ray, and streamimg services that may catch your attention. Want to watch a movie this weekend? Why not make it one of these five? If I had to rank them in order of preference, here’s how it would go…
Gimme the Loot
Photo credit: IFC Films
“Gimme the Loot”
Adam Leon’s debut comedy captures a certain we-can-do-anything attitude that’s not only common to youth but has a unique flavor in New York City. Presented by Jonathan Demme, this festival hit (and Independent Spirit Award winner) has an energy that can best be described as infectious. The loose style of narrative and approach to character can be a bit frustrating but...
Gimme the Loot
Photo credit: IFC Films
“Gimme the Loot”
Adam Leon’s debut comedy captures a certain we-can-do-anything attitude that’s not only common to youth but has a unique flavor in New York City. Presented by Jonathan Demme, this festival hit (and Independent Spirit Award winner) has an energy that can best be described as infectious. The loose style of narrative and approach to character can be a bit frustrating but...
- 9/20/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Newly-formed film club Reel South London are aiming to provide cinema lovers with a diverse and innovative evening of entertainment within a unique and intimate setting. Based in the centre of Tooting Market in South West London, their evening débuts with a screening of acclaimed New York-set urban comedy Gimme the Loot (2012). Think an upbeat version of Larry Clark's Kids (1995) and you're somewhere close to the style of this authentic, rough and ready look at the lives of two semi-impoverished Bronx teens (genuine and amiable performances from newcomers Ty Hickson and Tashiana Washington), set during the kind of balmy, summertime atmosphere which evokes memories of Spike Lee at his best.
Gimme the Loot is as far from a picture postcard view of New York as you could get, with a raw and honest depiction of the city seldom seen on screen. Gimme the Loot is the feature debut of former Woody Allen production assistant,...
Gimme the Loot is as far from a picture postcard view of New York as you could get, with a raw and honest depiction of the city seldom seen on screen. Gimme the Loot is the feature debut of former Woody Allen production assistant,...
- 9/12/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
★★★★☆ If distinguished Us auteurs Woody Allen and Spike Lee amalgamated their cinematic perceptions and concerns into a single project, chances are it would end up closely resembling Gimme the Loot (2012), the feature debut of resident New Yorker Adam Leon. After competing in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and subsequently going on to win the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize at SXSW in the same year, Leon's film arrives boasting a fair amount of positive buzz that's completely warranted; an authentic, charming story of desperation and the desire to leave one's mark.
Set over two balmy summer days in and around the hustling Bronx borough of New York City, Gimme the Loot sees two frustrated teenage friends Malcolm and Sofia (competently played by Ty Hickson and Tashiana Washington, respectively) embarking on a mission that will bring their passion for graffiti to a publicly-broadcasted crescendo. After a...
Set over two balmy summer days in and around the hustling Bronx borough of New York City, Gimme the Loot sees two frustrated teenage friends Malcolm and Sofia (competently played by Ty Hickson and Tashiana Washington, respectively) embarking on a mission that will bring their passion for graffiti to a publicly-broadcasted crescendo. After a...
- 9/3/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The hugely positive reviews and audience reaction that met the release of Adam Leon's cool New York small-time caper Gimme the Loot (2012) owes much to the two endearing leads, Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson, as well as the fresh young voice of Independent Spirit Award-winning debut director himself. To celebrate the DVD release of Leon's Gimme the Loot this Monday (2 September), we have Three copies of the film to give away to our independently-spirited readers, thanks to UK distributor Soda Pictures. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
Malcolm (Hickson) and Sofia (Washington), two determined teens from New York, see themselves as the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, the duo hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark.
Malcolm (Hickson) and Sofia (Washington), two determined teens from New York, see themselves as the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, the duo hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark.
- 8/30/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
I'm So Excited | The Eye Of The Storm | Gimme The Loot | Robosapien | Come Out And Play | Shootout At Wadala | 21 & Over | Dead Man Down | Dragon | Chimpanzee | It's Such A Beautiful Day | All Stars
I'm So Excited (15)
(Pedro Almodóvar, 2012, Spa) Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Carlos Areces. 90 mins
Almodóvar responds to his country's economic woes with camp hysteria and Carry On humour. In many ways this airborne disaster farce – anarchic, absurdist, garishly stylish and gleefully debauched – is a return to the Spanish auteur's subversive roots. But there's a serious subtext to the silliness, and the metaphors are brought back down to earth for a satisfying landing.
The Eye Of The Storm (15)
(Fred Schepisi, 2011, Aus) Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis. 119 mins
The imminent death of Rampling's matriarch throws an aristocratic family's dysfunction into relief in this Aussie drama, whose overstuffed story is redeemed by three watchable leads.
Gimme The Loot (15)
(Adam Leon, 2012, Us) Tashiana Washington,...
I'm So Excited (15)
(Pedro Almodóvar, 2012, Spa) Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Carlos Areces. 90 mins
Almodóvar responds to his country's economic woes with camp hysteria and Carry On humour. In many ways this airborne disaster farce – anarchic, absurdist, garishly stylish and gleefully debauched – is a return to the Spanish auteur's subversive roots. But there's a serious subtext to the silliness, and the metaphors are brought back down to earth for a satisfying landing.
The Eye Of The Storm (15)
(Fred Schepisi, 2011, Aus) Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis. 119 mins
The imminent death of Rampling's matriarch throws an aristocratic family's dysfunction into relief in this Aussie drama, whose overstuffed story is redeemed by three watchable leads.
Gimme The Loot (15)
(Adam Leon, 2012, Us) Tashiana Washington,...
- 5/4/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
There's plenty of humour and energy – and love for New York – in Adam Leon's debut about a pair of graffiti artists
First-time film-maker Adam Leon was once a production assistant to Woody Allen, and this feature displays a comparable adoration of New York. It's a likable debut – and a deserved festival success – with an easy swing to it.
Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson are Sofia and Malcolm, two graffiti artists making a living by selling weed, a lifestyle which keeps them perpetually on the move, and the New York streets are shot with rangy, guerrilla-style freedom. Some rivals have marked their turf, and Sofia and Malcolm have a grandiose revenge/comeback plan: to "tag" the celebratory Apple sign shown at the Mets' baseball stadium to mark a home run, and always shown prominently on TV.
To break in, they'll need to bribe a security guard $500; the film is just...
First-time film-maker Adam Leon was once a production assistant to Woody Allen, and this feature displays a comparable adoration of New York. It's a likable debut – and a deserved festival success – with an easy swing to it.
Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson are Sofia and Malcolm, two graffiti artists making a living by selling weed, a lifestyle which keeps them perpetually on the move, and the New York streets are shot with rangy, guerrilla-style freedom. Some rivals have marked their turf, and Sofia and Malcolm have a grandiose revenge/comeback plan: to "tag" the celebratory Apple sign shown at the Mets' baseball stadium to mark a home run, and always shown prominently on TV.
To break in, they'll need to bribe a security guard $500; the film is just...
- 5/3/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Shot with a budget of £42,000 on the streets of Greenwich Village, this uplifting comedy about two teenage graffiti artists has been wowing festival audiences
Gimme the Loot, says its writer-director Adam Leon, is an "epic". And that is accurate enough if you allow for one or two transgressions. The film pays tribute to an imperial city – New York – rather than an empire or nation state, and its hero and heroine, teenage graffiti writers Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington), wear baggy T-shirts and travel by subway, not ship. But their quest is a grand one: to tag the giant plastic apple that rises from the ground at Citi Field whenever the Mets hit a home run. Great publicity, and a coup in their ongoing graffiti civil war; Bronx writers putting their stamp on a Queens landmark.
Although Leon's script – full of New York nuance and know-how – pits the two boroughs against each other,...
Gimme the Loot, says its writer-director Adam Leon, is an "epic". And that is accurate enough if you allow for one or two transgressions. The film pays tribute to an imperial city – New York – rather than an empire or nation state, and its hero and heroine, teenage graffiti writers Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington), wear baggy T-shirts and travel by subway, not ship. But their quest is a grand one: to tag the giant plastic apple that rises from the ground at Citi Field whenever the Mets hit a home run. Great publicity, and a coup in their ongoing graffiti civil war; Bronx writers putting their stamp on a Queens landmark.
Although Leon's script – full of New York nuance and know-how – pits the two boroughs against each other,...
- 5/2/2013
- by Leo Robson
- The Guardian - Film News
Set in New York City, Gimme the Loot is the story of two graffiti artists, Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington), who want to make the toughest tag in the city: the New York Mets’ Home Run Apple. But before they can mark up a city icon, they need money to get into the stadium first.
This is Leon’s first film, coming after his debut 2009 short Killer. Previously, Leon worked as a set production assistant on Woody Allen film Hollywood Ending, and as a production office assistant on Melinda and Melinda.
Speaking with Leon during Loot’s presentation at last year’s Chicago International Film Festival, we discussed his film, the storytelling trend of other first-time directors, how he strives to make someone’s favorite film, and more.
Gimme the Loot is currently expanding to select theaters.
Given the presence your film had at Cannes and SXSW, did...
This is Leon’s first film, coming after his debut 2009 short Killer. Previously, Leon worked as a set production assistant on Woody Allen film Hollywood Ending, and as a production office assistant on Melinda and Melinda.
Speaking with Leon during Loot’s presentation at last year’s Chicago International Film Festival, we discussed his film, the storytelling trend of other first-time directors, how he strives to make someone’s favorite film, and more.
Gimme the Loot is currently expanding to select theaters.
Given the presence your film had at Cannes and SXSW, did...
- 4/4/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Chicago – The world of the movies is also a world of discovery. Like new, hot authors, the breakthrough directors emerge with an original first work that generates deserved attention. Writer/director Adam Leon has created that freshness in the his debut feature, “Gimme the Loot.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
This is an inspired urban comedy, with casting choices that are letter perfect. To think that New York City graffiti artists are looking to score the ultimate tag is a precious MacGuffin (the Alfred Hitchcock term for something in a film that seems important but doesn’t end up that way), and the foul mouthed pursuers of this truth measure the levels of their wackiness through a bizarre cityscape barometer. Writer/director Leon generated the fun through the grit of the mean streets and the dogged determination of the raw, winning performances from his cast.
Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington) are hard-luck graffiti artists from the Bronx.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
This is an inspired urban comedy, with casting choices that are letter perfect. To think that New York City graffiti artists are looking to score the ultimate tag is a precious MacGuffin (the Alfred Hitchcock term for something in a film that seems important but doesn’t end up that way), and the foul mouthed pursuers of this truth measure the levels of their wackiness through a bizarre cityscape barometer. Writer/director Leon generated the fun through the grit of the mean streets and the dogged determination of the raw, winning performances from his cast.
Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington) are hard-luck graffiti artists from the Bronx.
- 3/30/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Title: Gimme the Loot Director: Adam Leon Starring: Ty Hickson, Tashiana Washington, Zoë Lescaze, Adam Metzger After bowing at Cannes, writer-director Adam Leon’s “Gimme the Loot” was a 2012 festival staple, and it’s easy to see why. A slim, low-budget coming-of-age tale whose richness lies entirely in its interstices, it’s a keenly observed work that celebrates the unfettered joys of youth, and rewards viewers by reminding them of the power of a simple tale told well. Bronx teenagers Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington) are best friends but not romantically involved. Instead, they’re bound together by their love of tagging. When a rival gang of graffiti artists deface one of their beloved [ Read More ]
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- 3/29/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
In specialty box office news, with regards to two films we've covered quite a bit, both opening last Friday... First, Gimme The Loot, written and directed by New York-based Adam Leon, was released by Sundance Selects, ending the weekend with a fairly solid $23,400, considering that it opened in just 1 theater - IFC Center in NYC. The Grand Jury Prize award winning film (last year's SXSW Film Festival) will expand to theaters in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Jose, Philly, and more, in coming weeks. The film stars relative newcomers in Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson. It's received some public celebrity love since its debut last year, from the...
- 3/25/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Gimme The Loot, written and directed by New York-based Adam Leon, has been acquired for distribution by Sundance Selects about a year ago, picking up North American and Latin American rights to the film. The film won the Grand Jury Prize in the Narrative Feature section of last year's SXSW Film Festival. Starring Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson, the film's synopsis reads: Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500 to pull off their spectacular scheme. Over the course of two...
- 3/4/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
After years and years of watching movies, one tires of crime and heist films that follow the same patterns: the same plots of aged criminals coming back for one last heist, or of new criminals, usually non-witty white guys with short-cropped hair, needing money to get their first heist in action. The detailed similarities between most films of the genre are almost too numerous to count, and they.re made all the more obvious when set up against the flighty, good-natured thievery displayed in Gimme the Loot, the debut feature from writer/director Adam Leon. After going the festival route, and winning SXSW.s Grand Jury award in that time, Gimme the Loot is hitting theaters in March, and IFC Films has just released the first theatrical trailer for the film, showing off the unique relationship between the graffiti artist lead characters Sofia (Tashiana Washington) and Malcom (Ty Hickson) as...
- 2/21/2013
- cinemablend.com
"Do what you gotta do to make that happen!" Sundance Selects has unveiled an official release trailer for Adam Leon's award-winning feature film Gimme the Loot, taking place in and around New York City and Brooklyn/Queens. The indie drama stars newcomers Ty Hickson as Malcolm and Tashiana Washington as Sofia, two young "writers" from New York, in what is essentially a modern teenage love story. I saw this film while I was at the Cannes Film Festival last year and did not enjoy it, unfortunately. It does have praise and may connect with some viewers in the right way. If you're interested, give the new trailer a look below. Watch the official release trailer for Adam Leon's Gimme the Loot, in high def from Apple: When Malcolm and Sofia’s latest graffiti masterpiece is buffed by a rival gang, the two determined Bronx teens must hustle, steal,...
- 2/20/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington), two graffiti artists living in the Bronx area of New York City, find themselves outclassed and out-tagged by a rival gang from Queens. Desperate to exact revenge, Malcolm and Sofia hatch a plan to tag the Mets’ iconic Home Run Apple – a huge fibreglass apple that pops up whenever a home run is hit. The only problem is, they must first raise the $500 needed to pay off the security guard and gain access to the stadium.
The story contained within writer-director Adam Leon’s directorial debut is a simple one, but one that’s rich in both depth and emotional resonance. Resisting the conventional tendency to look down on the lower class, Leon presents Malcolm and Sofia as they are: upbeat and driven teenagers who are determined to make their lives better, regardless of their individual circumstances and restricted fortunes. They may have...
The story contained within writer-director Adam Leon’s directorial debut is a simple one, but one that’s rich in both depth and emotional resonance. Resisting the conventional tendency to look down on the lower class, Leon presents Malcolm and Sofia as they are: upbeat and driven teenagers who are determined to make their lives better, regardless of their individual circumstances and restricted fortunes. They may have...
- 10/18/2012
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★☆☆ Adam Leon's Gimme the Loot (2012) is a brisk and refreshingly jolly look at life on the streets of New York from the perspective of two young graffiti artists, Sofia (Tashiana Washington) and Malcolm (Ty Hickson) aka Shakes. We are introduced to the characters as they shoplift paint canisters from a Diy shop, aided by their heavily tattooed Hispanic getaway driver Champion (Meeko). The two Bronx street kids hatch a plan to get revenge on their Queens-based rivals by tagging the Mets Apple, an iconic symbol of the city. Utterly determined, they set about raising the $500 they need to gain illegal entrance to the baseball stadium.
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- 10/16/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Chicago – As the 48th Annual Chicago International Film Festival reaches its halfway point with its enormously anticipated centerpiece screening of Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski’s star-studded epic, “Cloud Atlas,” Hollywood Chicago will continue to single out an array of titles that are not to be missed. Here are the highlights covering October 15th to October 17th, 2012 (stay tuned on the 18th for more highlights).
The second installment of our Ciff 2012 preview includes an astonishing stop-motion epic from a Chicago animator, a brain-twisting and unapologetically sensual teen drama from Switzerland and the latest work from David Chase, best known as the creator of HBO’s hit crime series, “The Sopranos.” Chase is among the many filmmakers scheduled to attend the screenings of their own films, and it must be said that the post-film Q&As are often the brightest highlights for cinephiles.
Among the top tier of films screening...
The second installment of our Ciff 2012 preview includes an astonishing stop-motion epic from a Chicago animator, a brain-twisting and unapologetically sensual teen drama from Switzerland and the latest work from David Chase, best known as the creator of HBO’s hit crime series, “The Sopranos.” Chase is among the many filmmakers scheduled to attend the screenings of their own films, and it must be said that the post-film Q&As are often the brightest highlights for cinephiles.
Among the top tier of films screening...
- 10/15/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Arvind Iyer’s Drapchi will be screened under the ‘The World Today’ section of the 28th Warsaw Film Festival. The 80 minute musical was earlier screened at the Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival 2012.
The Warsaw Film Festival will run from 12th – 21st October, 2012.
The synopsis of the film on the festival website reads: “Modern Tibet: a systematic war is being waged with the traditional past. Punishment awaits those who raise their voices in protest. This is the case with Yiga Gyalnang, a traditional Tibetan opera singer. She is abducted one morning and finds herself in near complete isolation in an underground prison cell in Drapchi, the biggest jail in Lhasa, Tibet. After two years, she breaks free and escapes to Nepal and from there, to the West. With her, she takes her strength, her spirituality, her Tibetan song.
Namgyal Lhamo, Lobsang Yonten, Chris Constantinou, Tashi Choephel and Gen Tenzin la are...
The Warsaw Film Festival will run from 12th – 21st October, 2012.
The synopsis of the film on the festival website reads: “Modern Tibet: a systematic war is being waged with the traditional past. Punishment awaits those who raise their voices in protest. This is the case with Yiga Gyalnang, a traditional Tibetan opera singer. She is abducted one morning and finds herself in near complete isolation in an underground prison cell in Drapchi, the biggest jail in Lhasa, Tibet. After two years, she breaks free and escapes to Nepal and from there, to the West. With her, she takes her strength, her spirituality, her Tibetan song.
Namgyal Lhamo, Lobsang Yonten, Chris Constantinou, Tashi Choephel and Gen Tenzin la are...
- 10/5/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
To find something as simple as Gimme The Loot in amongst the grand-standing, self-consciously important films at Cannes is a rare thing this year, but that isn’t to say that the slightness of Adam Leon‘s debut feature should in any way be construed as a criticism. His day in the life, gentle teenage caper flick is heartfelt and hugely charming, and the fact that it was made with a near zero budget, and has already walked away with the Narrative Grand Jury Prize at SXSW back in March is a major achievement. Inspired by a local-access cable TV show’s suggestion of the NY Mets homerun apple as a worthy target for any graffiti artists (or “bombers” in the language of the film) looking to make a name for themselves, two Bronx teenagers - Malcolm or “Shakes” (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington) set about achieving the feat that has defied everyone for the past...
- 5/27/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
New York-based writer/director Adam Leon is going to have a tough time topping these past few weeks. At the recently wrapped SXSW film festival in Austin, the first-time feature filmmaker won the event's Narrative Grand Jury Prize for his debut, "Gimme the Loot." Shortly after the win, Sundance Selects announced they had acquired Us rights to the film. And now, less that two weeks after SXSW, Leon is back in New York screening his film at the New Directors/New Films festival to packed, enthusiastic audiences. "Gimme the Loot" follows Malcolm (Tysheeb Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana R. Washington), a pair of scrappy young graffiti artists trying to make their mark on the Bronx scene. "From the first scene, in which the duo awkwardly jack paint canisters from a store and hop into their getaway car, Leon establishes his characters as a pair of lawbreakers living on the fringes of society but remain essentially innocent,...
- 3/28/2012
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
"Gimme The Loot" screened as part of the New Directors/New Films series in New York City.
The streets of New York City are alive in the SXSW hit "Gimme The Loot," the endearing and charmingly unpretentious first feature from director Adam Leon. The film seems to move to the beat of jangling spray paint cans, particularly those in the deep pockets of Malcolm and Sofia. These two high schoolers, first seen stealing a cache of spraypaint bottles from a local marketplace, have a dedicedly old-fashioned plan, one that would make any New Yorker smile and shake their head -- they're going to "bomb" the Mets' apple in Citifield.
There's a loaded concept behind their intentions. Sofia, irritable as if she's aware she's growing into a conventionally pretty girl, seeks revenge on the rest of the world. She's too tomboyish for the girls, in baggy shorts and t-shirts, wearing a...
The streets of New York City are alive in the SXSW hit "Gimme The Loot," the endearing and charmingly unpretentious first feature from director Adam Leon. The film seems to move to the beat of jangling spray paint cans, particularly those in the deep pockets of Malcolm and Sofia. These two high schoolers, first seen stealing a cache of spraypaint bottles from a local marketplace, have a dedicedly old-fashioned plan, one that would make any New Yorker smile and shake their head -- they're going to "bomb" the Mets' apple in Citifield.
There's a loaded concept behind their intentions. Sofia, irritable as if she's aware she's growing into a conventionally pretty girl, seeks revenge on the rest of the world. She's too tomboyish for the girls, in baggy shorts and t-shirts, wearing a...
- 3/26/2012
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
The Grand Juries at this year's SXSW Film Festival have awarded Best Narrative Feature to Adam Leon's Gimme the Loot and Best Documentary Feature to Jay Bulger's Beware of Mr Baker. The Audience Awards go to Megan Griffiths's Eden (Narrative) and Annie Eastman's Bay of All Saints (Documentary). At indieWIRE, Nigel M Smith has the winners of the Short Film Jury, Film Design and Special Awards.
"At the world premiere of Gimme the Loot," writes iW's Eric Kohn, "Leon said he'd been working on reshoots only a few months ago. That encapsulates the quality driving this delightfully scrappy first feature about young New York graffiti artists, a stitched-together combo of outlaw energy and bittersweet romance that gives the impression of Little Rascals in the big city. Like the graffiti art it documents, it's a lovingly handmade affair."
The L's Mark Asch notes that it'll be "playing...
"At the world premiere of Gimme the Loot," writes iW's Eric Kohn, "Leon said he'd been working on reshoots only a few months ago. That encapsulates the quality driving this delightfully scrappy first feature about young New York graffiti artists, a stitched-together combo of outlaw energy and bittersweet romance that gives the impression of Little Rascals in the big city. Like the graffiti art it documents, it's a lovingly handmade affair."
The L's Mark Asch notes that it'll be "playing...
- 3/19/2012
- MUBI
Last week 30-year-old writer and director Adam Leon’s feature debut Gimme the Loot, a buddy caper about teenage Bronx graffiti artists whiling away two hot summer days, was awarded SXSW’s Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize. Today it was announced that Sundance Selects has acquired the North American and Latin American rights to the film.
After the jump, EW spoke with Leon about Gimme the Loot, which stars Tysheeb Hickson and Tashiana R. Washington as 17-year-old friends Malcolm and Sofia, and his most triumphant world premiere.
Entertainment Weekly: How did you celebrate your big win in Austin?
Adam Leon...
After the jump, EW spoke with Leon about Gimme the Loot, which stars Tysheeb Hickson and Tashiana R. Washington as 17-year-old friends Malcolm and Sofia, and his most triumphant world premiere.
Entertainment Weekly: How did you celebrate your big win in Austin?
Adam Leon...
- 3/19/2012
- by Karen Valby
- EW - Inside Movies
Having snagged the Grand Jury award at SXSW, Sundance Selects have taken note of and picked up Gimme the Loot. Helmed by Adam Leon, the film follows Malcolm (Tysheeb Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana R. Washington), two graffiti artists who “must hustle, steal, and scheme to get spectacular revenge and become the biggest writers in the City” after their latest project is destroyed by a rival gang. Somewhere along the line, they will attain the fortune.
Not many reviews have actually found their way out onto the internet, though ThePlaylist managed to check it out and, to put it simply, were not very fond of the thing. (The notion that Loot is a film “that people who don’t watch a lot of movies will probably adore” is particularly damning. Not all festival winners turn out well, you know.) Barring any further notices of this sort, though, I could see myself...
Not many reviews have actually found their way out onto the internet, though ThePlaylist managed to check it out and, to put it simply, were not very fond of the thing. (The notion that Loot is a film “that people who don’t watch a lot of movies will probably adore” is particularly damning. Not all festival winners turn out well, you know.) Barring any further notices of this sort, though, I could see myself...
- 3/19/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sundance Selects has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Adam Leon's Gimme the Loot. The drama won the narrative feature grand jury prize at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, where it had its world premiere. Photos: The Scene at SXSW 2012 Loot will screen at New Directors/New Films this weekend. Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoe Lescaze and Sam Soghor star in the story of two graffiti-writing teens who try to execute a complicated revenge plan in New York City when one of their works is defaced by a rival gang. Natalie Difford, Dominic Buchanan and Jamund
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- 3/19/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance Selects has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Adam Leon's SXSW winner "Gimme The Loot." The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival and will screen at New Directors/New Films this weekend. Check out Indiewire's warm review of the film here. Full press release below. New York, NY (March 19, 2012) - Sundance Selects announced today that the company is acquiring North American and Latin American rights to Gimme The Loot which was written and directed by Adam Leon. The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival and will screen at New Directors/New Films this weekend. It was produced by Natalie Difford, Dominic Buchanan, Jamund Washington and stars newcomers Tashiana Washington,Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoe Lescaze and Sam Soghor. In Gimme The Loot, Malcolm and Sofia,...
- 3/19/2012
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
The 2012 SXSW Film Festival awards were handed out last night at the Vimeo Theater in Austin, TX and Adam Leon’s Gimme The Loot won the grand jury award in the Narrative Feature Competition. Variety confirmed that director Jay Bulger’s Beware Of Mr. Baker won the Jury Prize in the Documentary Feature Competition. Adam Leon made his feature-directing debut with Gimme the Loot, about two Bronx teenage graffiti artists, Malcom (Tysheeb Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana R. Washington), who plot to tag a well-known New York City landmark.
- 3/14/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
On Tuesday night it was announced that writer/director Adam Leon’s first feature Gimme the Loot, about a pair of teenage Bronx graffiti artists on a slapdash revenge mission, won the film festival’s 2012 Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature. The film stars newcomers Tysheeb Hickson and Tashiana R. Washington and follows their characters over the course of two hot summer days. Beware of Mr. Baker, Jay Bulger’s portrait of Cream drummer Ginger Baker, took home the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary feature. Audience awards went to Annie Eastman’s documentary Bay of All Saints and...
- 3/14/2012
- by Karen Valby
- EW - Inside Movies
At the world premiere of "Gimme the Loot" at the SXSW Film Festival, writer-director Adam Leon said he'd been working on reshoots only a few months ago. That encapsulates the quality driving this delightfully scrappy first feature about young New York graffiti artists, a stitched-together combo of outlaw energy and bittersweet romance that gives the impression of Little Rascals in the big city. Like the graffiti art it documents, it's a lovingly handmade affair. Leon's pair of stars are Bronx teens Malcolm (Tysheeb Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana R. Washington), a platonic couple who spend their days tagging rooftops with their distinctive logos. The endeavor gets troublesome when a rival gang enters their turf and scribbles on their art. That's one of two main storylines; the other involves Malcolm's attempt to swindle an affluent stoner (Zoë Lescaze) after gaining access to her apartment as a drug dealer. But mainly, "Gimme the.
- 3/11/2012
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
"Do what you gotta do to make that shit happen!" We are exclusively debuting the first SXSW promo teaser trailer for Adam Leon's Gimme the Loot, a new narrative feature premiering at the SXSW Film Festival next month. The film stars newcomers Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoe Lescaze, Sam Soghor and is about two determined Bronx teens who "must hustle, steal, and scheme" and try their hardest to become the "biggest writers in the City." This looks quite impressive, I highly suggest seeing it if you're at SXSW in March. It looks like Leon has captured New York exquisitely. Check out the first teaser trailer here! Watch the first SXSW teaser trailer for Adam Leon's Gimme the Loot, debuted on FirstShowing: When Malcolm and Sofia’s latest graffiti masterpiece is buffed by a rival gang, the two determined Bronx teens must hustle, steal, and scheme to get...
- 2/13/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. As previously announced, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods will have the honours of opening the festival, and now they have released the full list of films – and it’s looking pretty amazing. Enjoy!
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
- 2/3/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, shot by Bob Gruen in 1977
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
- 2/1/2012
- MUBI
With Sundance 2012 Film Festival over, the next big one on the horizon is South by Southwest, which we’ll be heavily covering. The biggest chunk of the line-up has been announced today, which has some great premieres including 21 Jump Street, Tiff and Sundance hit The Raid, Will Ferrell‘s Casa de mi Padre, the documentary Girl Model (which we liked at Tiff), as well as the next from Broken Lizard, The Babymakers. There are many other promising titles included and you can see them all below. Check back for our coverage for the fest, kicking off March 9th.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
- 2/1/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Attendees of South by Southwest 2012 are in for a treat. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas festival taking place March 9-17. Among them are 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. The organization already announced [1] Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods would open the festival (the movie is phenomenal [2]) and today the majority of the remaining line up has been revealed. One of the highlights is the unbelievably smart and hilarious 21 Jump Street, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller. Both of those are World Premieres. Other highlights include The Hunter, Killer Joe, The Babymakers, frankie goes boom, God Bless America, The Imposter, The Raid, Bernie and Casa de mi Padre just to name a few. After the jump, read descriptions of all the films that have been announced so far. Before I copy and paste the rest of the list, a few minor notes.
- 2/1/2012
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
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