Out Takes

For this episode we turned the spotlight on two local female directors in line with a special cinema event coming to the Victorian Pride Centre for one and the latest... LEARN MORE The post ‘Revolt She Said' with Louise Lever and ‘Kangaroo' with Kate Woods appeared first on Out Takes.

For this episode, we took a deep dive into ‘Went Up the Hill', the latest film from Samuel Van Grinsven that stars Vicky Krieps and Dacre Montgomery which has been... LEARN MORE The post ‘Went Up the Hill' with special guest Samuel Van Grinsven appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we welcomed the return of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne that promises ‘More Cinema, More Culture, More Celebration' featuring an inclusive Pride event this August.... LEARN MORE The post Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2025 with special guest Onir for ‘We Are Faheem and Karun' appeared first on Out Takes.

The Melbourne International Film Festival not only allows us to explore over 250 films during its run but we also get to meet some of the people behind them who... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Extra: Addison Heimann for ‘Touch Me' appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we reviewed two new films, one very queer and the other very camp, plus we celebrated the return of the Queer Screen Film Festival that is... LEARN MORE The post Lesbian Space Princess, Freakier Friday and Queer Screen Film Festival with Benson Wu and Andrew Wilkie appeared first on Out Takes.

We continue celebrating the return of the Melbourne International Film Festival this August with two special guests and a look at a wonderful homegrown queer short film, a retrospective from... LEARN MORE The post MIFF 2025: ‘I'm The Most Racist Person I Know', Chantal Akerman: Traces and ‘High Art' appeared first on Out Takes.

For this program, we looked at the latest film from revered French filmmaker François Ozon film that is a very timely tale of secrets, murder, and mushrooms, plus we discussed... LEARN MORE The post ‘When Fall Is Coming' and our first picks for MIFF 2025 appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we reviewed ‘On Swift Horses' which is screening now exclusively in Melbourne at Cinema Nova. Director Daniel Minahan's queer period romance stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi,... LEARN MORE The post ‘On Swift Horses' with special guest Daniel Minahan + Tilde @ ACMI appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we turned the spotlight on to a new gay romantic comedy that follows a gay Indian man who both dreams of – and fears – the... LEARN MORE The post A Nice Indian Boy with special guests Karan Soni and Roshan Sethi / Too Much appeared first on Out Takes.

For this program, we started off by welcoming back the 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival this July and August which once again presents the best new cinema from the Nordic... LEARN MORE The post Odd Fish, Here Comes The Dykes and NAIDOC Week 2025 appeared first on Out Takes.

The cold weather has well and truly settled in down under so for this Out Takes we presented a Winter Warmer edition of recommendations and reviews to get you through ... LEARN MORE The post Out Takes Recommendations and Reviews: 2025 Winter Warmer Edition appeared first on Out Takes.

As you know, Out Takes is the home of queer cinema and television on JOY 94.9 but for this show, we dived into the world of gay literary fiction to... LEARN MORE The post ‘King of Dirt' with special guest Holden Sheppard + ‘I'm Your Venus' encore appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes we celebrated Pride Month with the return of a special selection of queer films from MQFF, a new short film showcase coming to Melbourne's west, and... LEARN MORE The post MQFF Pride Month Screenings 2025 with special guest Ro Bright, Pride of Our Footscray short film showcase and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire' review appeared first on 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.