Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

It looks like Park City may be the site of a Cox/Arquette reunion in January. Three films feature members of the clan.

Indigent’s November will star Courteney Cox as a photographer whose world crumbles when her boyfriend is shot during a robbery. (You may recall Indigent’s previous films, Tadpole and Personal Velocity did very well at Sundance.)

Husband David Arquette stars in Never Die Alone with DMX. It’s the story of the events leading to the gangster’s death.

Sibling Patricia Arquette will star in the offbeat Tiptoes with Gary Oldman, Matthew McConaughey, and Kate Beckinsale. In the film, Oldman plays a dwarf(?!), the brother of McConaughey who is engaged to the pregnant Beckinsale. Deeply hidden prejudices are explored as Beckinsale confronts the fact that she may give birth to an exceptionally little person. Even more challenging, she finds herself becoming attracted to Oldman.

Festival Shoo-Ins

There are two films on the docket that were absolute shoo-ins. One stars Robert Redford and the other was executive produced by him. The Clearing is the story of a couple living the American Dream. When Wayne (Robert Redford) is kidnapped by Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple’s world is turned inside out. Eileen, his wife, (Helen Mirren) finds her home full of FBI Agents and their life under scrutiny.

The Motorcycle Diaries is based on the journals of Che Guevara. It is the coming of age story of Guevara and best friend Alberto Granado as they crossed South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s. It stars the ever intriguing Gael Garc?a Bernal of Amores Perros, The Crime of Padre Amaro and last year’s dot the i.

While I’d love to complain about bias, preferential treatment and prejudice, the irony is that I want to see BOTH of them!