Out Takes

Dec 08 2024 100 ep. 50 mins 50

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Exploring queer film against a broader cultural, political and cinematic backdrop

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2024 BFI London Film Festival review plus Queer Holiday Season Film recommendations

Dec 08 2024 50 mins

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 this year’s BFI London Film Festival plus some recommendations for films to check out in 2025. As one of the co-hosts of the podcast ‘In the Mood for Film’ and a lifelong lover of cinema, he knows

Industry insights with Timothy Despina Marshall and ‘The Queen of My Dreams’

Dec 04 2024 46 mins

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 as an independent filmmaker. Timothy shares his insights about how to make the most of winning awards and his concurrent and fulfilling career as an educator. We also had an encore presentati

The Out Takes guide to Wicked (Part 1)

Nov 25 2024 52 mins

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 the elements of this much loved book and musical that has led to it finally being delivered as the movie musical that many queer people will tell you they’ve been waiting for their whole lives that will have you singing,

‘Strange Creatures’ with Riley Nottingham and 2024 CGA Rising Star Janet Anderson

Nov 17 2024 53 mins

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 around Australia. ‘Strange Creatures’ tells the story of Nate, a proud pansexual man who used to be close with his big brother Ged but something bad went down and the siblings haven’t spoken in y

Out Takes Guide to MQFF 2024 part 2: reviews and recommendations

Nov 10 2024 54 mins

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 have been a source of inspiration and transformation for LGBTQIA+ communities and everyone across the world. MQFF Program Director Cerise Howard and MQFF Chief Executive Officer David Martin Harris joine

‘Merchant Ivory’ with Stephen Soucy and ‘Audrey’ with Natalie Bailey

Nov 03 2024 55 mins

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 perfectly. ‘Audrey’ is a new Aussie dark comedy coming to cinemas in November that will have you laughing and gasping at its in your face look at life in the suburbs for a family with big ambitions

Out Takes Guide to Halloween: The Moogai with special guest Jon Bell, Agatha All Along and The Substance

Oct 28 2024 54 mins

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 lead Australian psychological horror that will be in cinemas from this Halloween. ‘The Moogai’ tells the story of Sarah and Fergus, a hopeful young Aboriginal couple who just welcomed their second baby into their f

Out Takes Guide to MQFF 2024

Oct 22 2024 54 mins

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. It returns this year from November 14 to 24 with a program that celebrates the way sound and vision have been a source of inspiration and transformation for LGBTQIA+ communities, and everyone across the world. MQFF audiences will be

‘Memoir of a Snail’ with special guest Adam Elliot + Hearstopper s3 review

Oct 13 2024 54 mins

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 Film Festival, it was met with much excitement and the screening was incredibly well received by audiences and critics. With ‘Memoir of a Snail’ coming out in cinemas on Octobe

Love Rewind: spotlight on local queer cinema

Oct 06 2024 50 mins

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 own team members who’s new film is having its Australian premiere at this year’s Greek Film Festival. Demetra Giannakopoulos is not only our co-host but also a talented filmmaker and with ‘Love Rewind’, s