The wonderful New Fest starts this week and never mind that this filled with LGBTQ+ films, you just need to go.
Why? Because the films transcend being queer and are just magnificent pieces of cinema. Seriously I cover the festival not because I want to cover LGBTQ films but because I simply want to see great films. New Fest is just great films. I mean YOUNG HEARTS may be about two boys in love but I dare you to find better romance anywhere this year.
You will forgive me if I don’t speak to the LGBTQ experience, it is not mine. I know good movies and as such that is why I return to this festival year after year. I love the programming of the festival because it is so full of wondrous things.
The fest this year is running from October 10th until the 22nd and is both in person and on line so there is no reason not to hunker down and see something. (Tickets and information here)
As this posts I’ve already seen a few films and I’m waiting to cover a few more.
The following films I’ve previously covered:
LIZA TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY
WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS
ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK is a great deal of fun. While I never wrote it up I’ve seen it multiple times going back to when the film was originally released. It’s a delightful story of about an outside changing the perspective of the people she meets. It’s also a wonderful spooky comedy, perfect for this time of year.
New Fest is having a mini-retrospective of John Waters Films. If you’ve never seen them, what are you waiting for? Waters, the grand and great low budget outsider who was so good at what he did he quietly slipped into the main stream. As he said he never an intentionally subversive film until he did Hairspray, which was so successful it spawned a musical that plays around the world even in places where the messages in the story would get it boycotted. The films are a lot of fun and if you’ve never seen them you should, especially if you can see them with an audience (say a festival audience) because they are so much more fun.
I have seen TEACHES FOR PEACHES the documentary on Peaches, the singer best known for the song F*** The Pain Away. It’s a real raw and punk look at the singer and her life as she gets ready to tour. It’s a glorious shot of rock and roll in cinema form and is highly recommended.
For now I’m going to get ready to see what else I can get to.
For more information and tickets go here.
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