Out Takes

For this episode of Out Takes, as we come to terms with the result of the US election and the rhetoric in which it is couched, we take a look at the way that the American Dream […]

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This week on Out Takes we take a look at the way that Hollywood has deployed the male body as a metonym for masculinity in film. Our guest is Peter Lehman, the Director of the Center […]

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Amazon’s TRANSPARENT has recieved wide critical acclaim. According to Rotten Tomatoes, it ‘continues to transcend the parameters of comedic and dramatic television with sustained excellence’. But one of the more interesting themes that TRANSPARENT explores […]

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This week on Out Takes we’re joined by Michal Vinik, director of BARASH, to look at some of cinema’s most compelling and daring lesbian love stories. Described as the Israeli Blue Is the Warmest Color, […]

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PARIS IS BURNING broke ballroom and ‘house’ culture to the world and has been called the single most important documentary of New Queer Cinema. 26 years later, Sara Jordeno’s KIKI looks at the new generation […]

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This week on OUT TAKES we explore the representation of youth in film by looking at some of the most groundbreaking and gritty films to revel in the liminal and inherently queer no-mans-land of adolescence. These are […]

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This week on Out Takes we celebrating the Victorian Seniors Festival by looking at some of the most poignant films to spotlight the lives and relationships of older LGBTIQ people: think BEGINNERS, GERONTOPHILIA, and LOVE […]

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With the Olympics and footy finals dominating the headlines recently, we thought we’d put an OUT TAKES spin on the country’s sporting fever. Many films have paid homage to the sporting field but only a small […]

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This week on OUT TAKES we celebrate the Emmys by looking at diversity on the small screen. This year’s pool of Emmy nominees was more diverse than ever before, and a significant number of LGBT television makers took […]

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For some, Israeli cinema is more mainstream and gay than subversive and queer – despite the work of auteurs like Eytan Fox, whose films have exoticized the country’s landscape and politics to revitalise otherwise familiar stories […]

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