Gimme The Loot: review
“Cinematographer Jonathan Miller does an excellent job of pinpointing the sometimes gritty, always vibrant and unpredictable streets of a city in continuous motion. "

PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY

Gimme The Loot: review

The Warm, Wonderful "Gimme The Loot" Will Steal Your Heart
“The most purely enjoyable movie I’ve seen since I-can’t-remember-when, Gimme the Loot is a tiny miracle— a film brimming with so much mischief and joy that it left me in an almost insufferably good mood for days afterwards."

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Jonathan Demme Presents Gimme The Loot
“The sheer entertainment value of this very smart, hilarious, and heartfelt movie made by young filmmakers about contemporary young people, filmed and played with great freshness and originality, is what makes Gimme The Loot a truly thrilling experience — this is really one crazily accomplished American motion picture debut.”

Gimme The Loot: Cannes Review
“Shot in limber, unfussy style by Jonathan Miller, the film is laced with glimpses of neighborhood basketball games, black-market operations, drug deals and underground graffitist networks, which add to the overall texture, authenticity and energy. Lovely establishing shots of the expansive rooftop cityscape hint at the vastness and inaccessibility of the world beyond these kids’ immediate domain.”

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Gimme The Loot: Cannes Review
“Using handheld (of the blissfully smooth variety), Jonathan Miller’s lens manages to capture the breadth of the city in sun-bleached summer while also narrowing in the focus to…”

TIME OUT NEW YORK
Gimme The Loot: New Directors New Films
"Adam Leon’s debut feature hits a humanistic sweet spot, turning its two trash-talking Picassos into underdog heroes. And that last shot would make Ozu beam."

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Gimme The Loot: SXSW review
Gimme The Loot, SXSW Review"Jonathan Miller's dynamic lensing mirrors the characters' natural charisma without resorting to that obnoxious fake-shake style"

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'Loot' wins Grand Jury Prize