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Sunday may be a day of rest, but not for the intrepid Cinematical crew, who cranked out reviews and posts between screenings and interviews. They weren't the only busy ones, of course! Deals. Nothing closed, but Gregg Goldstein of Movie City News reported (very early) that David Mackenzie's sex come...

Filed under: Sundance, Festival Reports, Cinematical Indie Sunday may be a day of rest, but not for the intrepid Cinematical crew, who cranked out reviews and posts between screenings and interviews. They weren't the only busy ones, of course! Deals. Nothing closed, but Gregg Goldstein of Movie City...

Cinematical spoke with Brooklyn's Finest director Antoine Fuqua on a sunny Saturday afternoon; within hours, Fuqua's gritty police drama would have sold to Senator Entertainment, the first distribution deal made at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Of course, as Fuqua talked with Cinematical about hi...

The gloriously overboard Brooklyn's Finest on Saturday became the first acquisition at Sundance '09, where the Richard Gere/Ethan Hawke/Don Cheadle cops-in-crisis B-flick went to Senator......

Filed under: Action, Drama, Sundance, Festival Reports, Podcasts, Interviews Cinematical spoke with Brooklyn's Finest director Antoine Fuqua on a sunny Saturday afternoon; within hours, Fuqua's gritty police drama would have sold to Senator Entertainment, the first distribution deal made at the 2009...

Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest has become the first sale to make news during Sundance (yeah, let’s forget the deals that happened before the festival had even kicked off - where’s the marketable hype value in those?). Senator have reportedly paid $5 million for the film, s...

This morning I screened Training Day director Antoine Fuqua’s new film Brooklyn’s Finest . The film tells the story of three unconnected Brooklyn cops who struggle with the rules that define how they conduct themselves in and off the job. After a vastly different series of events, the th...

A relatively new company, Senator Film Distribution, in partnership with Sony Pictures' film acquisitions division, bought North American rights to "Brooklyn's Finest," offering hope to the many movies coming up for sale over the next few days....

If a Fox Searchlight or a Miramax doesn't swoop down with a high bid for a film, a bevy of independent distributors gets its shot. The crowd buzzing around the premiere of "Brooklyn's Finest" was trying to figure out the over-and-under as the movie screened....