Teaches of Peaches (2024) plays New Fest 2024 virtually starting today and Oct 13 in person at BAM

 

WOW

TEACHES OF PEACHES is one of the great surprises the film year. A rock and roll pure energy look at the performer it is proof that the old days of punk alternative music are still alive and thriving.

A portrait of rock star Peached, best known for the song F--- the Pain Away, the film is one part concert film (Peaches is going on tour in 2022), one part interview with the subject, and one part talking heads discussions with her friends and colleagues. The mix is will make your eyes go wide and jaw hanging open in the best possible way – you know the way when you walk into a concert venue and you happen upon a band kicking as and taking names. It’s a film that makes you tap your feet and dance in your seat.

I freaking loved this film. It’s real and raw and in your face. Nothing is held back and the result is a film you want to give a big hug to .

One of the great films of 2024.

See it.

For details on how to see the film at New Fest go here.

New Fest 2024 starts Thursday

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:

CARNAGE FOR CHRISTMAS 

EMILIA PEREZ

LIZA TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY

WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS 

YOUNG HEARTS 

DALTONS DREAM 

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.