‘Of An Age’ is a beautiful Melbourne-made film from the incredibly talented writer / director Goran Stolevski that tells the story of Kol (played by Elias Anton), a Serbian Australian teenager who enters a brief but intense romance with Adam (played by Thom Green), the brother of his ballroom dance partner Ebony. Their story plays out over a very long day in 1999 as they get to know more about each other and develop a brief but intense connection before going their separate ways. They are reunited more than a decade later to discover many of the feelings they had all of those years ago still r ..read more

For this program, we turned the spotlight on to two new programs that explore Australia’s broad, diverse and in some cases, very hidden and heartbreaking queer history. First up we reviewed the highly anticipated new Aussie series ‘In Our Blood’ which premiered Sunday March 19 at 8.30PM on ABC TV, with all episodes then available to binge on ABC iview. This captivating four-part musical drama series is set in the 80’s, has an incredible cast with a fantastic selection of music from the time that beautifully tells the story of people from politics, medicine and within affected communities grapp ..read more

It’s all over for another year hut we can never let the Academy Awards pass without celebrating this iconic film event and give our picks for what will take out the big awards (spoiler alert: we agreed on some of them, disagreed on quite a few and got the winner of Best Film right for the first time in ages!). For this, the 95th Academy Awards, we not only cast our predictions for which films would nab the top awards of the night, we also revisited our chat with Australian icon Catherine Martin, who was nominated for an incredible three oscars this year for her work on ELVIS. The post The Out ..read more

Have your pride flags at the ready! With World Pride taking over Sydney, Australia and the World, we’re celebrating by looking at films from around the globe that make us PROUD. We looked at some of our favourite pride films and television from across the world and were joined by Moroccan film maker Maryam Touzani, whose delicate new queer film THE BLUE CAFTAN was the official Moroccan entry into the Academy Awards this year. We also spoke with Onir, the groundbreaking Indian director behind some of the most queer forward films in Hindi cinema. The post World Pride appeared first on Out Takes ..read more

For this episode of Out Takes, we looked at three new films that look at grief, loss and what comes next for those left behind. We kicled off by talking about the show and a episode of ‘The Last of Us’ that tackled these themes head on, caused a huge buzz around the world and was hailed by the Guardian as “the single best episode of television that will be broadcast this year” and keep in mind, it’s only February. The first film we looket at was ‘Spoiler Alert’, based on Michael Ausiello’s best-selling memoir. It is a heart-warming/heart-breaking, funny and life-affirming story of how a relati ..read more

As Out Takes is the home of queer cinema on JOY 94.9, it’s only fitting that we dedicated this show to a festival that is on in Melbourne soon with some fabulous films to check out plus an incredible documentary screening at this years Mardi Gras Film Festival. Through the theme Connections, the 2023 Melbourne Women in Film Festival showcases the best Australian, Aotearoa New Zealand and Pasifika women’s and gender diverse stories on screen and explores creative collaborations and community through a dynamic program for its seventh year from February 23 – 27. We were joined by Dr Sian Mitchell ..read more

For this week on Out Takes, we celebrated the international premiere of THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL at the Queer Screen – Mardi Gras Film Festival by looking at some of our favourite drag films! THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL is the camp new romp from director James Demitri starring Drag Race alumnus Maxi Shield as a jilted lover who finds herself at the center of a farcical murder mystery. To celebrate, we revisited some of our favourite Out Takes interviews with auteurs of drag cinema: think John Waters and PRISCILLA director, Stephan Elliott. We also spoke with James Demitri and Maxi Shield about thei ..read more

This week on Out Takes we took the plunge and deep dived into the world of gay sporting films. We looked at IN FROM THE SIDE, PUNCH, and GOLDEN DELICIOUS – three exciting new films that in each instance, say something about what it means to be gay through the prism of the sports field. Our guest was GOLDEN DELICIOUS director Jason Karman, who joins us to talk about his new coming of age film. GOLDEN DELICIOUS screens alongside IN FROM THE SIDE and PUNCH at the Queer Screen – Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) this year. Checkout the full MGFF program now or catch our chat with MGFF Festival Direc ..read more

Now in its thirtieth year, the Mardi Gras Film Festival will bring 166 films from Australia and around the world to Sydney for two glorious weeks of queer cinema from February 15 – March 2. Along with a fantastic in-cinema program, many of the titles will be available online and on demand for audiences to enjoy right around the country. There’s a lot to look at as we celebrate the Festival so we were delighted to welcome back Mardi Gras Film Festival director Lisa Rose for a deep dive into everything that the Festival has to offer. To check it out for yourself, visit Queer Screen online and on ..read more

Whilst many of us were happy to see the back of 2022, we couldn’t let the opportunity go by to look at some of the best queer content from the year that was. So for our first show for 2023, we celebrated our favourite queer films and TV shows from 2022 – everything from local indie period fare (think OF AN AGE) to animated fantasies (we’re looking at you TURNING RED and LIGHTYEAR) and a neo-gothic romantic road movie featuring cannibals (how could we not look at BONES AND ALL from two time Out Takes guest Luca Guadagnino). We also looked at some of the trends that made 2022 a challenging year ..read more