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  10 great New York youth films A vibrant tale of errant kids in the city, Gimme the Loot is the latest movie to fuse the irrepressible energy of youth with the teeming excitements of the Big Apple. Start spreading the news, here are our 10 great New York youth films. Ashley Clark Updated:  23 April 2014 4 Save Gimme the Loot (2012) Gimme the Loot  is in cinemas on 3 May 2013. It screened in the Love section of the 56th  BFI London Film Festival . Native New Yorker Adam Leon is a filmmaker very much in touch with his roots. He first drew attention with 2009 short Killer (co-directed with the wonderfully named Jack Pettibone Riccobono), a hectic re-imagining of an urban childhood game in which he and other kids would form teams and hunt each other through the city non-stop for two weeks straight. Similarly, Leon’s feature debut,  Gimme the Loot , isn’t much interested in hanging around. Crafted in the vibrant image of its director’s home city, it’s a brisk, brash...

  10 Rules For Using Parentheticals In Your Screenplay First, what are they? Parentheticals, or actor/character directions, or “wrylies,” are those little descriptions that sometimes appear after a character’s name, in dialogue blocks, to spell out tone, intent or action. In the poorly written example below (see Rule #1), the parentheticals are “(breathlessly)” and “(confused)”: The Loyal Squire bursts through the door. Collapses on the ground. Pulls a bloodied envelope from his pocket. LOYAL SQUIRE (breathlessly) I may not live... to see tomorrow my liege... But I die knowing... that I have served thee well. KING (confused) I’m sorry. Who are you? 10 Rules for Using Parentheticals 1. Don’t use parentheticals when it’s redundant or obvious It’s a common mistake to use parentheticals in places where the emotion or intent of the dialogue is already obvious (my example above, for instance). Many actors dislike parentheticals — it’s their job to interpret the emotion, etc. of the scene...