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Out Takes
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Exploring queer film against a broader cultural, political and cinematic backdrop
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For this Out Takes, we bring you a spring edition of Out Takes Recommends looking at a selection of films, TV shows and more that we’re enjoying as it is...
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The post Out Takes Recommends: Spring 2025 edition appeared first on Out Takes.
Disclaimer: the two films discussed on this episode deal with the topic of suicide and domestic violence and our commentary may contain content that could be distressing to some people...
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The post St Ali Italian Film Festival 2025 with special guest Margherita Ferri appeared first on 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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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The post Overcompensating, Misericordia and Sunflower appeared first on Out Takes.