Hey there viewers, if you loved (or maybe just liked) last season’s Girl from Monaco, you’ll most definitely want to check out this week’s new film:  Coco Before Chanel hits this Friday, 11/6 @ Cherrydale cinemas.  This one comes from French Girl director Anne Fontaine, and follows fashion pioneer Coco Chanel from her beginnings as a young poverty-born orphan, to her eventual placement atop the throne of androgynous, Parisian haute-couture.  Check it out!

So, check your listings, and we’ll see you at the movies!

Good Hair will be playing for another week.  It is a humorous, yet multifaceted, take on an Afro-centric aesthetic concern that has blossomed over the years into a multi-billion dollar industry-cum-cultural obsession.  Check it out!

Also beginning on the 30th is the film Amelia starring Hillary Swank and Richard Gere. Not a true indie film, but you might want to check it out anyway.

See you at the movies!

Hey there folks!  We’ve got another documentary this week, specifically for upstate music geeks with a thing for electric guitars: It Might Get Loud starts Friday, 10/16 @ Cherrydale cinemas.  The film enlists three guitar heavyweights (Jimmy Page of Led Zeplin, The Edge of U2, and Jack White of the White Stripes) to flick their axes, and let fans in on a few of their signature innovations in the process.  SC musicians take note, this one’s for you!

Don your headbands and leather bracelets, and I’ll see you there!

We’ve got another busy weekend lined up for all you cinefiles.  Cold Souls is being held over for another week @ Cherrydale, so if you missed it last week it’s not too late to get your existential dramedy fix.

In addition to these good tidings, we’ve also got two new films coming to Cherrydale starting Friday, 10/9.  First, the smoking hot fashion industry doc The September Issue.  The focus of the piece is long-time Vogue editor Anna Wintour, but rumor has it that the magazine’s art director, Grace Coddington, really steals the show.  Worth checking out!

Second up is Lorna’s Silence.  This French drama centers around an Albanian immigrant and the complications that arise when she chooses to marry two different people for Belgian citizenship and Russian mob money, respectively.  It’s like Greencard, but with sadness.

Here’s some eye candy:

As an added point of interest, you might want to check out Jane Campion’s Oscar contender Bright Star, also opening this Friday, city wide.

See you at the movies!

After a brief week’s hiatus, Regal and the UFS are back glutting the public with fine indie fare from across the globe.  This week, starting Friday 10/2, we’ve got a whopping three, count ‘em three, limited release features for the upstate viewing community.  Get ‘em while they’re hot!

We start off the count with the always controversial Michael Moore, and his newest documentary Capitalism: A Love Story.  Love him or hate him, Michael Moore always proves to be the most entertaining modern political satirist of our time, and checking out his latest call-to-arms will, at the very least, give the family something to scream about on the car ride home.  This film will be playing at Cherrydale AND Hollywood 20 in Greenville, so be sure to check it out.

Next we’ve got the surrealist comedy Cold Souls, from avant garde international director Sophie Barthes.  This cerebral doozy stars the ever-exasperated Paul Giamatti as himself, looking to put his literal soul into cold storage in order to bring some levity to his crushing creative existence.  Deadpan wackiness ensues.  This film will be playing exclusively at Cherrydale.

Last up on the docket, we’re bringing in the rousing concert film, Soul Power.  This sonic flashback chronicles the oft forgotten musical cacophony that coincided with the “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing event that exploded pop culture circa 1974.  James Brown dominates, but Cuban juggernaut Celia Cruz stops the show more than once, among others.  This one will be a Cherrydale exclusive.

And now, the media parade:

On a final note, check out the film Pants on Fire, Monday, October 5th, 7:30pm @ the Peace Center.  As part of the Southern Film Circuit, it could prove rewarding for you, and the Southern indie film community.

For lots more info, visit www.pantsonfiremovie.com

See you this weekend, at the movies!

We’ve got two, that’s right count ‘em, TWO bookings @ Cherrydale this week, starting Friday 9/18!

First off we’re bringing in O’Horton, a Nordic comedy about one retiree’s whacked-out first day off the job.  This one promises to bring all the dry, absurdist humor Scandinavia is famous for.  Also on the bill is Adam, a tragi-comic romance centered around a man with Asperger’s Syndrome (Hugh Dancy), and the woman that can’t quite figure out what to do with him (Rose Byrne).

And now, the visuals:

And, there you have it.  Looks like our weekend is pretty booked!  See you at the movies!

Another week, another indie offering from your friends at Regal Cinemas, Cherrydale, and of course us here at the Upstate film Society.  This Friday, 9/11/09, we welcome the mumblecore comedy Humpday, from director Lynn Shelton.  This muted farce follows two aging slacker besties as they test the boundaries of male bonding by entering an amateur porn contest together, in the biblical sense.  The catch?  They’re both straight as the GOP.

The trailer:

Not so much about sexual politics, as much as friendship and what it means to be a man, this one has done very well with critics and audiences alike.

Let’s check it out!  See you there…

Well, Paper Heart is leaving us after only a week on the docket, but we do have a brand new documentary this week for the strong willed:  The Cove opens today, Friday 9/4, and promises to be more than your average eco-conscious plea for awareness.  Conceived as a thriller, The Cove sets out to expose the morally deplorable dolphin killings that take place off the shores of modern Japan.  Filmed guerrilla-style, the filmmakers aim for a genuine sense of dread, and conjure real-life suspense as they spin their murky tale.

The trailer:

This one looks exciting!  See you there!

Hello upstate film buffs!  We’ve had so much good news this past month, that you might start taking all of these great independent and limited release films for granted.  Well, here’s to high-class problems, am I right?

The Girl from Monaco is being held over for another week @ Cherrydale cinemas, and starting fresh on Friday 8/28 is the quirky mockumentary Paper Heart.  This one comes from the mind of writer and performance artist Charlyne Yi (who you might remember stealing a few scenes in Knocked Up), as she sets out to prove the non-existence of love.  Expect lots of cameos from this era’s scruffiest rising comedy stars.

View the trailer here:

The word “cute” is overused, but what else can you say?

Thanks once more for your continued attendance, and we’ll see you this week at the movies!

Alright cinefiles, starting tomorrow @ Cherrydale cinemas in Greenville, Friday 8/21, is a new romantic gem from France: The Girl from Monaco.  This shrewd and sexy farce comes to us from director Anne Fontaine, who helms the upcoming foreign Academy Award hopeful Coco Before Chanel, which we might see in the coming months as well.

You can catch the trailer here:

Our numbers continue to be strong, so keep coming out to the movies!

See you there!