Podcasts about MIFF

Emmy Rossum talks about starring in Disney's acclaimed psychological thriller Furious, playing an undercover FBI agent hunting a female serial killer.Melbourne filmmaker Vee Shi's documentary Time and Tide takes him back to the Chinese town of his childhood, where a family reunion unfolds under deeply challenging circumstances.

Emmy Rossum talks about starring in Disney's acclaimed psychological thriller Furious, playing an undercover FBI agent hunting a female serial killer.Melbourne filmmaker Vee Shi's documentary Time and Tide takes him back to the Chinese town of his childhood, where a family reunion unfolds under deeply challenging circumstances.

Hollywood heavyweights Ridley Scott and Josh Brolin discuss Scott's latest film, The Dog Stars, an epic post-apocalyptic thriller also starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Guy Pearce. Set in a world ravaged by a virus that has wiped out most of humanity, the film follows the survivors left to contend with roaming scavengers and a brutal new reality.Jason speaks with three exciting emerging directors, whose films feature in MIFF's Bright Horizons competition: Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker Sophy Romvari, whose acclaimed debut feature is Blue Heron; New Zealand director Paloma Schneideman, whose Big Girls Don't Cry premiered in competition at Sundance; and award-winning Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi, whose debut feature Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep premiered in the Un Certan Regard section at Cannes.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

Join Ashley and Dylan as they discuss everything they've been watching, including Coyote vs Acme, Forgotten Island, Josephine and Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing. They also share their thoughts on the latest film and TV news, including the latest on The People v. Gorilla Grodd, and reveal their Top 3 Josh Brolin Films. Content Mentioned: MIFF 2026 Reviews: https://explosionnetwork.com/tag/MIFF-2026   Thumbs for Trailers - Whalefall: https://youtu.be/rN9F6-tbySY   - Ghost Soldier: https://youtu.be/l0pTZqZWs-c   - Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story: https://youtu.be/gYTzF1vna40   - Club Kid: https://youtu.be/guKEdb_iRXw   - Wildwood: https://youtu.be/dtr5JL1zkiM   Episode Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - Dylan's MIFF 2026 Experience 8:59 - What's In Our Watch History? 1:24:11 - The Mandatory Netflix Segment 1:36:15 - Film & TV News 1:46:00 - Thumbs for Trailers 1:58:40 - Top 3: Things from D23 2026 2:04:11 - This Week, What Do You Wanna Watch? What's In Our Watch History? Mad Rush  The River Train We Are All Strangers  Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie Josephine Dead Man's Wire Species Coyote vs Acme Silenced  Minotaur  Victorian Psycho  Our Effed Up World The Sun Never Sets Big Girls Don't Cry Forgotten Island The Mandatory Netflix Segment Downfall: The Case Against Boeing Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes Chompoo: Lost​ &​ Forgotten​ Hosts: Ashley Hobley: https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyhobley.bsky.social  Dylan Blight: https://bsky.app/profile/dylan.explosionnetwork.com  Follow our Trakt: Ashley - https://trakt.tv/users/ashleyhobley   Dylan - https://trakt.tv/users/vivaladil   Music: Dylan Blight Support Us: http://explosionnetwork.com/support  What Do You Wanna Watch is the Explosion Network's premier media podcast. Join Ashley and Dylan every week to discuss all the current news in TV, film and online media. #WDYWW

Hollywood heavyweights Ridley Scott and Josh Brolin discuss Scott's latest film, The Dog Stars, an epic post-apocalyptic thriller also starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Guy Pearce. Set in a world ravaged by a virus that has wiped out most of humanity, the film follows the survivors left to contend with roaming scavengers and a brutal new reality.Jason speaks with three exciting emerging directors, whose films feature in MIFF's Bright Horizons competition: Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker Sophy Romvari, whose acclaimed debut feature is Blue Heron; New Zealand director Paloma Schneideman, whose Big Girls Don't Cry premiered in competition at Sundance; and award-winning Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi, whose debut feature Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep premiered in the Un Certan Regard section at Cannes.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Ross RichardsonArts editor, Rhiannon Brown

What better way to finish my 2026 MIFF journey with a film that was technically never going to be seen.. and boy that would have been criminal!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Младиот палестински режисер, Ракан Мајаси, освен што го направи извонредниот филм Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep, премиерно прикажан во Кан 2026, а во официјална конкуренција и на MIFF, исто така работи на ново кинематографско дело, на кое соработуваше со Владимир Блажевски. Мајаси вели дека е вљубен во македонската музика.

One of my last reviews coming from MIFF and it was Hope, a late addition to the program and will certainly be one of the most talked about!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

While the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has now come to an end for 2026.. my coverage will still be continuing for a few more films.. and Chilli Finger was much needed!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

MIFF coverage is nearly at an end... a few more to go but am here with La Gradiva, the film that had huge praise at Cannes and won the Grand Prize at Critic WeekContact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Clayton, Miranda and Tamzyn continue to talk about their MIFF adventures, including a surprisingly gay film that kept Miranda and Clayton up late at night. The post MIFF 2026 Features continued appeared first on Geeks OUT.

Episode 37 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie travels from Melbourne International Film Festival screenings to the changing state of music journalism, with a detour through elite sport, television drama and the strange joy of old-fashioned telephones. Show Notes CONGO BOY Trailer TOMORROW I'LL BE BRAVE trailer  Joy Bubbles KSTP  Dead Man's Wire Trailer #1 (2026)  Official promo video for Dave Marsh's new anthology KICK OUT THE JAMS...35 YEARS OF MUSIC WRITING  Rolling Stone Tribute to Dave Marsh  THE BEATLES: The SECRET, Folk-Rock 'RUBBER SOUL' Studio SESSIONS You NEED To HEAR! (Rare Outtakes) Mojo Mag article on Rubber Soul Redux  Rubber Soul - khttps://youtu.be/RfBEqiEhCgM?list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb Judy Collins In My Life  The Beatles - Michelle (Take 1 / Visualiser)  Josh Rouse - "January Sky" [Official Audio] 

Continuing my MIFF coverage with a film i've been looking forward to for a while which is the latest from director Lukas Dhont!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Back with more MIFF coverage and it may just be the most harrowing but important movie of the year... here are my thoughts on Josephine!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Continuing my MIFF coverage with Minotaur, the latest film to take home the Grand Prix at Cannes this year... here are my thoughts! Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

What better way to take a break from MIFF than with some horror! Here's my review of the sixth instalment in the Insidious franchise, Insidious: Out of the Further.Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

MIFF coverage continues with my review of the critically acclaimed La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) and this may just be a masterpiece...Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Running from the 6th to the 23rd of August, the 2026 Melbourne International Film Festival offers a curated program of global screen storytelling, as well as the world’s largest showcase of Australian filmmaking. This week, the winners of the Festival’s annual Short Films Awards were announced, with an animation called “Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling” taking out the Best Australian Short Film category. Directed by Marjorie "Nunga" Williams, Nelson Armstrong and Judith Pungarta Inkamala, “Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling” tells the story of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir as they perform across Australia and the Globe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My MIFF coverage continues with Paper Tiger which is fresh off it's premiere at Cannes.. here are my thoughts!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

My MIFF coverage continues with Blue Heron which may just be one of the best feature directorial debut we have gotten in a while!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

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Tamzyn and Clayton, with some helpful notes from Miranda, talk about this year’s MIFF geek feature lineup, including Victorian Psycho, Ghost in the Cell, Mum I’m Alien Pregnant and more. The post MIFF 2026 Features appeared first on Geeks OUT.

Tamzyn and Clayton, with some helpful notes from Miranda, talk about this year’s MIFF geek shorts lineup, including Praying Mantis, Man Eating Pussy, Fingerbang, The Worm and more. The post MIFF 2026 Shorts appeared first on Geeks OUT.

We are officially at the halfway mark of the 74th Melbourne International Film Festival! Over 300 films, retrospectives, and red-carpet galas have been taking over Melbourne’s cinemas. But beyond the popcorn and packed theatres, what does the festival tell us about the state of cinema today—and where local Australian stories fit on the world stage? Joining us is MIFF Artistic Director, Al Cossar. The 74th edition features over 300 films, shorts, and XR experiences. Due to record audience demand, MIFF expanded into Southbank (Village Cinemas Crown) alongside staple venues like ACMI, The Capitol, Kino, and The Forum. There's a strong presence of Australian feature premieres (including The Fox and Sweet Milk Lake in the $140,000 Bright Horizons competition), plus queer cinema highlights like John Cameron Mitchell's live 25th-anniversary event for Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The post Sat, 15th, August, 2026: Al Cossar Artistic Director, Melbourne International Film Festival appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

Back on board with the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) coverage.. and i've got som wishful thinking that every film should be this enjoyable!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Back again with my Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) coverage reviewing the latest film from Dreamworks... don't let me forget this one!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Back to my MIFF schedule and starting with The Fox, starring the late great Sam Neill as a animatronic talking Magpie.. Couldn't get much better!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

Una lunga notte sulla rotta balcanica della migrazione è al centro del documentario italiano girato da Federico Cammarata e Filippo Foscarini.Seguici su Facebook e Instagram o abbonati ai nostri podcast cliccando qui. 

We speak with Alix Livingstone from Defend the Wild about a Film night & panel discussion St Kilda Town Hall Friday Aug 14th hereDefend the Wild and Dingo Culture teamed with The Dingo Conservancy to showMoort Calling Dingo Back to Country & Landholders for Dingos' film Wooleen: Utilising Dingoes as a Management ToolWe follow with a piece from the filmmaker Dan Jackson chat after the premiere screening of Death of a Shaman at MIFF here  

I'm back with a bit of a pallet cleanser, a break from MIFF for a theatrically released blockbuster... The End of Oak Street!Contact us: badmoviereviewspodcast@gmail.com

My MIFF coverage continues with a film fresh of a run at Berlin Film Festival with a stunning Sandra Hüller performance which won her the Silver Bear!

For this program, we celebrated the upcoming release of ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!’, arguably the queerest, campiest, and silliest film you'll see in cinemas this year that brings together a cast of some of your favourite RuPaul Drag Race queens fighting for their lives on a runaway train with a range of celebrity cameos that will leave you running to the movie theatre to make sure you don’t miss this wild ride. Obviously, we jumped at the chance to review the film and also speak with Drag Race icons Ginger Minj and Jujubee and director Adam Shankman. This hilarious and OTT cinematic tribute to disaster-parody films sees them faced with a catastrophic “Stormaganza” threatening to derail their train. With RuPaul as President Gagwell and celebrity cameos by Lisa Rinna, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and many more, ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!’ is a camp and crazy cinematic experience not to be missed. In speaking with the two lead queens of the film and its director, we discussed all the behind-the-scenes tea from their time on the film, plus we find out if we can get the ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN’ sequel (a.k.a. the she-quel) filmed down under. We also continued on with our coverage of this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, which is on right through August, by looking at some of the great queer films on offer. From a sweeping Spanish melodrama to documentaries about a young North American man’s transition to rodeo riding in the Australian outback, we literally found a selection of features and short films that are guaranteed to keep you engaged and entertained this winter. The post Stop! That! Train! with special guests Jujubee, Ginger Minj and Adam Shankman plus more 2026 MIFF recommendations appeared first on Out Takes.

Continuing my MIFF coverage and today is none other than the newest film from beloved director Gregg Araki!

Host Flick Ford is joined by Cerise Howard who had the chance to sit down with the writer/director/star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell, ahead of his in-person commentary for the film at MIFF. Flick, Cerise and Thomas Caldwell also review Jane Schoenbrun's meta-slasher Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.

Режисер Роман Волосевич, співсценарист Ігор Зайцев та продюсерка Злата Єфіменко розповідають про створення стрічки, яка представляє Україну на Melbourne International Film Festival і кінематограф у час війни.

Coming up on the pod, Bronwyn questions whether a first aid course is ever really worth the trouble; the always delightful Alice Pung drops in to talk about the importance of reading and writing; for Weird Science, Dr. Jen swipes up on scrolling; the directing duo behind Wicker, Eleanor Wilson and Alex Fisher, joins Breakfasters ahead of their film premiering at MIFF; and finally, the team investigate the merits of inviting AI to become a third in your relationship. With presenters Daniel Burt, Monique Sebire & Bronwyn Kuss, and guest presenter Jas Moore.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/

We talk with filmmakers with premieres at MIFF.Digby & Camille is a love story between two people with down syndrome - it is a fight for agency & a genuinely feel good story. We chat with filmmaker and star of the film Digby Webster & his side kick Trevor Graham here.Martin McKenna's film Wilderness takes us on a personal journey of grief that ties to a greater understanding of climate grief as his lead protangonist tries to get a grip of her life. here

At the dawn of his career, Tony Jones filmed Four Corners documentaries like Frozen Asset alongside producer Martin Butler. Now, for the first time in decades, Tony steps back into the world of documentary filmmaking with his animal advocacy film Sentient.Sentient is not an easy film by any measure. It's complex, harrowing, and simply devastating to experience. That is, quite clearly, by design. After all, Tony is asking us to empathise with the primates, all the while asking the ultimate question: how can we be better citizens of the world and stop inflicting this level of harm on fellow animals? When will we as a global society start to enact change that sees animals as sentient beings with choices and rights?These issues, and more, is what Tony unpacks in the following interview, recorded ahead of Sentient's screenings at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July 2026, and now released ahead of the films launch at the Melbourne International Film Festival.Tickets for screenings are available at MIFF.com.au, and Tony Jones will be in attendance at the festival. Screenings are held on 11 & 13 August 2026.the Curb... is a completely independent and ad free website that lives on the support of listeners and readers just like you. Visit thecurb.com.au/subscribe, where you can support our work from $2 a month. Paid subscribers get access to our monthly competitions, exclusive interviews and articles, and more.Sign up for the latest interviews, reviews, and more via https://www.thecurb.com.au/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

فیلم «درون امیر» ساخته امیر عزیزی، برنده جایزه کارگردانی بخش «روزهای ونیز» جشنواره فیلم ونیز، برای نخستین بار در استرالیا و در جشنواره فیلم بین‌المللی ملبورن (MIFF) به نمایش درمی‌آید. این فیلم روایتگر دغدغه یک جوان تهرانی میان ماندن در شهر زادگاهش یا مهاجرت به ایتالیا است.برنامه فارسی رادیو اس‌بی‌اس در روزهای شنبه و سه شنبه ساعت ۳ بعد از ظهر از طریق رادیو، به صورت آنلاین، کانال شماره ۳۰۲ تلویزیون‌های دیجیتال و از طریق اپ رایگان SBS Audio قابل دسترس است. برای شنیدن برنامه های زنده و پادکست های ما اپ SBS Audioرا از APP Store یا Google Play دانلود کنید. همچنین می‌توانید به اس بی اس فارسی از طریق اسپاتیفای، اپل پادکستز یا گوگل پادکستز گوش کنید.

At the dawn of his career, Tony Jones filmed Four Corners documentaries like Frozen Asset alongside producer Martin Butler. Now, for the first time in decades, Tony steps back into the world of documentary filmmaking with his animal advocacy film Sentient.Sentient is not an easy film by any measure. It's complex, harrowing, and simply devastating to experience. That is, quite clearly, by design. After all, Tony is asking us to empathise with the primates, all the while asking the ultimate question: how can we be better citizens of the world and stop inflicting this level of harm on fellow animals? When will we as a global society start to enact change that sees animals as sentient beings with choices and rights?These issues, and more, is what Tony unpacks in the following interview, recorded ahead of Sentient's screenings at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July 2026, and now released ahead of the films launch at the Melbourne International Film Festival.Tickets for screenings are available at MIFF.com.au, and Tony Jones will be in attendance at the festival. Screenings are held on 11 & 13 August 2026.the Curb... is a completely independent and ad free website that lives on the support of listeners and readers just like you. Visit thecurb.com.au/subscribe, where you can support our work from $2 a month. Paid subscribers get access to our monthly competitions, exclusive interviews and articles, and more.Sign up for the latest interviews, reviews, and more via https://www.thecurb.com.au/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this Out Takes, Out Takes, we featured two films that delve into the world of experimental filmmaking from a queer perspective. First up, ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ has been one of the most anticipated films of 2026 and it is finally coming to Aussie cinemas from August 6. Described as a new kind of horror remake from Jane Schoenbrun starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, the film picks up on the Camp Miasma slasher film franchise after years of slapdash sequels where it has been handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium. We confirm if this film lived up to the hype and whether or not it received the Out Takes Recommends seal of approval (spoiler alert – it did!). Then we were joined by Brisbane-based writer / director Adam C. Briggs whose latest film ‘Phillip Philadelphia' is having it's world premiere at MIFF on Friday August 7 and an encore screening on Sunday August 9. Briggs has often worked closely with non-professional actors to craft narratives whose blends of fact and fiction are as riotous as they are discomforting; he previously garnered acclaim for his 2024 feature ‘A Grand Mockery' which took out top honours at SXSW Sydney as well as the Best Director prize at Sitges. With ‘Phillip Philadelphia’, he captures the garish, grubby beauty of the Gold Coast on 16mm while also extending his own distinctively homegrown, eloquently vulgar style. In this discussion, we discussed his career, influences and his thoughts on being a queer filmmaker and what makes a film queer. Finally, we were joined by Mitu Bhowmick Lange AM, the founder and festival director of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) which is the largest annual celebration of Indian cinema outside of India. This year the program has an expansive lineup of over 130 films in 38 languages screening from August 13 – 24 so we went straight to the source to find out more about what they have in store for the 2026 IFFM. The post Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review, Phillip Philadelphia with Adam C. Briggs and Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2026 appeared first on Out Takes.

James Hunter is no stranger to the Melbourne International Film Festival, having participated in the MIFF Accelerator Lab for his short film Nest (2021). He now returns to MIFF with his feature film debut The Latcher, which he directs, co-writes, and produces.The Latcher follows Lucy Lovegrove's Alice, an out of work midwife haunted by her own personal loss and being plagued by waking nightmares that emerge from the remote land she lives in. Cinematographer Alex Serafini builds atmosphere through lingering shots and suggestive moments.In this interview with James and Lucy, they talk about their creative process, finding the atmosphere on set, and how to detach from the heavy emotions of the film.The Latcher has its world premiere at MIFF on Saturday 8 August 2026 with a follow up screening on 9 August 2026.the Curb... is a completely independent and ad free website that lives on the support of listeners and readers just like you. Visit thecurb.com.au/subscribe, where you can support our work from $2 a month. Paid subscribers get access to our monthly competitions, exclusive interviews and articles, and more.Sign up for the latest interviews, reviews, and more via https://www.thecurb.com.au/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Hunter is no stranger to the Melbourne International Film Festival, having participated in the MIFF Accelerator Lab for his short film Nest (2021). He now returns to MIFF with his feature film debut The Latcher, which he directs, co-writes, and produces.The Latcher follows Lucy Lovegrove's Alice, an out of work midwife haunted by her own personal loss and being plagued by waking nightmares that emerge from the remote land she lives in. Cinematographer Alex Serafini builds atmosphere through lingering shots and suggestive moments.In this interview with James and Lucy, they talk about their creative process, finding the atmosphere on set, and how to detach from the heavy emotions of the film.The Latcher has its world premiere at MIFF on Saturday 8 August 2026 with a follow up screening on 9 August 2026.the Curb... is a completely independent and ad free website that lives on the support of listeners and readers just like you. Visit thecurb.com.au/subscribe, where you can support our work from $2 a month. Paid subscribers get access to our monthly competitions, exclusive interviews and articles, and more.Sign up for the latest interviews, reviews, and more via https://www.thecurb.com.au/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Flick Ford is joined by Cerise Howard and Anthony Carew who each share their top picks from the 74th edition of the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is about to start. We chat with filmmaker James Hunter and actor Lucy Lovegrove about The Latcher which is premiering at MIFF. MIFF screenings:   Saturday August 8 @ 9pm (Kino 2) //  Sunday August 9 @ 6.30pm (Kino 2) 

In this episode of Out Takes we speak with Kate Jinx, senior programmer at Melbourne International Film Festival about the retrospective of German avant-garde filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger, titled Radical Travels. We hear from Screen Australia COO Grainne Brunsdon about their new innovation the Private Investment Toolkit to encourage more investment in Australian film. We also encore our interview with Bina Battacharya, the writer and director of From All Sides, which is now streaming on SBS On Demand. The post MIFF Ulrike Ottinger retrospective, Screen Australia Private Investment Toolkit, From All Sides writer/director Bina Battacharya appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we speak with Jill Bilcock, the acclaimed editor of some of the most iconic films of Australian cinema, including Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Muriel’s Wedding and Head On, which are all currently screening at ACMI. We follow that up with our review of Heartstopper Forever, the final instalment of the much loved YA series, we talk Obsession and why it’s this year's phenomenal box office hit, and we make a first attempt at highlighting some of the queer- themed films in this year's Melbourne International Film Festival. The post Heartstopper Forever, special guest the acclaimed editor Jill Bilcock, MIFF picks, Obsession appeared first on Out Takes.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey arrives amid enormous anticipation. Jason considers whether the mythic epic can live up to the hype.A tribute to Sam Neill, who died this week, as we revisit a beautiful highlight from our archives: Neill reflecting on his favourite film - a clue, it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.We speak with filmmaker Alain Gomis ahead of the Melbourne International Film Festival about Dao, his visually striking exploration of memory, history and identity; and MIFF Senior programmer Kate Jinx is in for a preview of this year's festival.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Angie GrantArts editor, Sarah L'Estrange

For this Out Takes, we were very excited to welcome back MIFF a.k.a the Melbourne International Film Festival which is back in cinemas and online this August. Our special guest was Al Cossar, the Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival, who discussed with us many of the queer highlights and special events on offer for this year’s festival. We also heard from Dr Patrick Kelly who has curated two films, My Own Private Idaho’ and ‘Scorpio Rising’, that are coming to the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday July 21 for ‘The Best Films You’ve Never Seen: Queer Edition’. The post MIFF 2026 with Al Cossar and the ‘Best Films You’ve Never Seen – Queer Edition’ with Dr Patrick Kelly appeared first on Out Takes.

For this Out Takes, we were very excited to bring you our review and interview with Adrian Chiarella, the writer and director of ‘Leviticus’, a new gay horror-supernatural film that is in cinemas now and is already being hailed as one of the best Australian films of the year. Set within a Christian community in regional Victoria, it takes the already-terrifying reality of conversion therapy and magnifies it into something supernatural: a haunting demon, visible only to its victims, which takes the shape of the person they most deeply desire. With a fantastic cast and an excellent premise that is explored specifically from a queer lens, Leviticus is one to definitely see on the big screen this Pride Month. Adrian Chiarella is a local award-winning screenwriter and director who has made his mark in television and delivered highly acclaimed short films at festivals around the world. We caught up with him recently on the promo trail for ‘Leviticus’ to discuss all aspects of the film including the development of his original idea into a feature film, his cinematic inspirations, the casting process and more. Also, with the recent announcement of the return of John Cameron Mitchell for the 2026 Melbourne International Film Festival for a special 25th anniversary celebration of ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’, we revisited our 2018 interview with the queer auteur to discuss the ongoing impact of this defiant and uncategorisable cult classic. The post ‘Leviticus’ with special guest Adrian Chiarella and John Cameron Mitchell for MIFF 2026 appeared first on Out Takes.