Out Takes

For this Out Takes, we welcomed the return of two of our favourite film festivals that will be entertaining us in cinemas over the winter months here in Melbourne. We... LEARN MORE The post 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival and MIFF 2025: First Glance appeared first on Out Takes.

On our June 2nd program, we reviewed ‘The Karamazovs', a US independent film that is available to view via VOD now which updates Dostoevsky's final novel into a contemporary queer... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Extra: Anna Brenner for ‘The Karamazovs' appeared first on Out Takes.

On our June 2nd episode, we reviewed ‘Number 96', the trailblazing soap opera from the 70's that peeled back the walls of suburbia to reveal a bold and unfiltered look... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Extra: Andrew Mercado for ‘Number 96' appeared first on Out Takes.

In early February of this year, we reviewed ‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story' which was screening at the Queer Screen Film Festival and is streaming now on DocPlay.... LEARN MORE The post Bruce David Klein for ‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story' and Saara Lamberg for the Winter Warmers Film Festival appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we looked at a new television show and two films that explore the process of coming out, homophobia, toxic masculinity and accepting who you really are.... LEARN MORE The post Overcompensating, Misericordia and Sunflower appeared first on Out Takes.

Every year, JOY 94.9's Radiothon brings us together to celebrate, support, and sustain LGBTQIA+ voices in media. This year's theme, ‘Stronger Together', is a rallying call: in a world of... LEARN MORE The post JOY Radiothon 2025: Geeks Out vs Out Takes Crossover Extravaganza! appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we reviewed three films that explore very different themes including chosen family, intergenerational relationships, artistic redemption, persecution, and propaganda.  First up was ‘The Wedding Banquet', the... LEARN MORE The post ‘The Wedding Banquet' with special guest Andrew Ahn and 2025 German Film Festival appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we literally have something for everyone with three interviews and six reviews of queer films from around the globe.  First up we looked at ‘Daughters of... LEARN MORE The post Daughters of Darkness, BFI Flare and ACS Credit Maker 2.0 appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we celebrated the return of ‘Hacks' as it comes back with season 4 on Stan and which has featured fabulous queer characters and storylines plus tons... LEARN MORE The post The return of ‘Hacks' and The Last of Us' plus ‘Joey's Heart' with special guest Louise Lever appeared first on Out Takes.

With the return of ‘The Handmaids Tale' this April and as it concludes with its sixth season, we took this opportunity to look back at the first five seasons and... LEARN MORE The post ‘The Handmaid's Tale' recap and review of the final season appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we looked at ‘Mid-Century Modern' whose first season is streaming now and is definitely one of the gayest sitcoms you'll see in 2025. It also shares... LEARN MORE The post Mid-Century Modern, Will & Grace plus TDOV 2025 appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes we looked at two new films and TV shows are available to watch now on your big and small screens that feature queer stories and creators... LEARN MORE The post ‘Bob Trevino Likes It' with Tracie Laymon and Out Takes reviews appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we looked at some of the films on offer in this years Melbourne Women in Film Festival including the opening night film ‘We Were Dangerous', a... LEARN MORE The post Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2025 and ‘Equal The Contest' appeared first on Out Takes.

We love celebrating local films that highlight diversity and representation and ‘My Melbourne' is one worth celebrating. Themed around four pillars – sexuality, gender, disability, and race – the anthology... LEARN MORE The post ‘My Melbourne' and the 2025 Melbourne Women in Film Festival appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes Extra, Demetra spoke to Tara Thorne, the writer / director of ‘Lakeview' which is screening as part of the QueerScreen Mardis Gras FIlm Festival On Demand... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Extra: Tara Thorne for ‘Lakeview' appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we dedicated the entire show to the 97th Academy Awards a.k.a. the 2025 Oscars! It's no secret that we love the international film award season and... LEARN MORE The post The Out Takes Guide to the 2025 Academy Awards appeared first on Out Takes.

The on demand program kicks off soon for the 2025 Mardi Gras Film Festival so we looked at two of the fabulous films on offer that will be available to... LEARN MORE The post Unusually Normal, Drive Back Home and ‘Moonlight' with Barry Jenkins appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes it was a mixed bag of reviews and interviews to celebrate the arrival of a new Aussie series based on a much loved queer coming of... LEARN MORE The post Invisible Boys, Queer and AIDC 2025 appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we're going back to the Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival to look at ‘I'm Your Venus', a powerful film from the U.S. that is described... LEARN MORE The post ‘I'm Your Venus' with special guests Kimberly Reed, Dominique Jackson and Jonovia Chase; plus ‘Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All' review appeared first on Out Takes.

It's no secret that we love highlighting local film festivals and the talent behind it and for this Out Takes we were delighted to welcome back Artistic Director Spiro Economopoulos... LEARN MORE The post Europa Europa Film Festival plus reviews, reviews, reviews! appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we welcomed the return of the 2025 Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival which is now in its 32nd year in Sydney from February 13 to... LEARN MORE The post Queer Mardi Gras Film Festival 2025 with Lisa Rose plus ‘Love Rewind' encore for Midsumma 2025 appeared first on Out Takes.

The latest release from award winning Irish film and theatre director John Crowley is called ‘We Live in Time', starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, which is in cinemas now.... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Extra: John Crowley for ‘We Live in Time' appeared first on Out Takes.

Midsumma Festival is back in 2025 with an explosion of queer events that centre around hidden and mainstream queer culture, involving local, interstate, and international artists including a fantastic range... LEARN MORE The post Spotlight on the 2025 Midsumma Movie Program appeared first on Out Takes.

Now that award season has officially kicked off with the Golden Globes, we thought it was a good time to take a look at how it all went down; from... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Guide to Award Season 2025 – part 1 appeared first on Out Takes.

Happy New Year! With our first show for 2025, we took a look at ‘Teaches of Peaches' which is streaming now on DocPlay. This frenetic and audacious film celebrates the... LEARN MORE The post ‘Teaches of Peaches' with special guest Philipp Fussenegger appeared first on Out Takes.

Following from last week where we got together to look back at the year and state our picks for the best and worst films and TV shows of the year,... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes 2024 Year in Review: Part 2 appeared first on Out Takes.

With 2024 coming to a close, we took this opportunity to bring the entire team together to discuss the best and worst films and television shows of the year plus... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes 2024 Year in Review: Part 1 appeared first on Out Takes.

We managed to get the whole team together for this show so we decided it was the perfect time to serve up another batch of recommendations and reviews to get... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Recommendations for Xmas/NY plus Awards Season review appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we welcomed back Dion Blackler to the show in his official capacity as our London Film Correspondent to discuss some of the highlights and lowlights from... LEARN MORE The post 2024 BFI London Film Festival review plus Queer Holiday Season Film recommendations appeared first on Out Takes.

For this program, we spoke in depth with local Aussie queer filmmaker Timothy Despina Marshall, the writer & director of ‘In the Room Where He Waits', about navigating a career... LEARN MORE The post Industry insights with Timothy Despina Marshall and ‘The Queen of My Dreams' appeared first on Out Takes.

The press run for this film has been epic and with Wicked finally in cinemas we took the opportunity to celebrate part one's release with a look at all of... LEARN MORE The post The Out Takes guide to Wicked (Part 1) appeared first on Out Takes.

With MQFF 2024 in full swing, we took the opportunity to do our final round of reviews and recommendations including spotlighting a great new local film that is screening now... LEARN MORE The post ‘Strange Creatures' with Riley Nottingham and 2024 CGA Rising Star Janet Anderson appeared first on Out Takes.

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival is Australia's oldest and largest queer film festival and returns from November 14 to 24 with a program that celebrates the way sound and vision... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Guide to MQFF 2024 part 2: reviews and recommendations appeared first on Out Takes.

We go to great lengths to highlight the diversity and representation on offer in LGBTIQA+ cinema and for this program we looked at two very different films that showcase this... LEARN MORE The post ‘Merchant Ivory' with Stephen Soucy and ‘Audrey' with Natalie Bailey appeared first on Out Takes.

With spooky season upon us, we thought it was a good time to look at some of the latest supernatural and scary content on offer including a new First Nations... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Guide to Halloween: The Moogai with special guest Jon Bell, Agatha All Along and The Substance appeared first on Out Takes.

If you listen to Out Takes regularly, you know we love a film festival and one at the top of our list is MQFF a.k.a the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Guide to MQFF 2024 appeared first on Out Takes.

When it was announced that the latest film from the incredibly talented Melbourne based Academy Award winning filmmaker Adam Elliot was the opening night film for the 2024 Melbourne International... LEARN MORE The post ‘Memoir of a Snail' with special guest Adam Elliot + Hearstopper s3 review appeared first on Out Takes.

At Out Takes, it's no secret we love highlighting local queer cinema and the talent behind it, so for this program we were delighted to spotlight one of our very... LEARN MORE The post Love Rewind: spotlight on local queer cinema appeared first on Out Takes.

With so much content coming our way on our small and big screens, we took this opportunity to put together a mixed bag of reviews and recommendations for some new... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Recommendations and Reviews: Will & Harper, My Old Ass, The Other Film Festival and The Critic appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes we said Ciao to the St Ali Italian Film Festival which is returning to cinemas this September and October across Australia. We took a look at... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Guide to the 2024 St Ali Italian Film Festival appeared first on Out Takes.

When we got the press release about ‘Buried' it ticked so many boxes that we knew we needed to feature it on the show. This five-part Melbourne-based series brings us... LEARN MORE The post ‘Buried' with special guest Charlotte George and 90's queer film recommendations appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we went back to the future to focus on a new local lesbian coming of age rom-com series set in a video store in the 90's... LEARN MORE The post ‘Videoland' and celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' appeared first on Out Takes.