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Forget Xanadu, forget Spiceworld - The Village People's film is the best of the worst!

We check out the Out Takes festival and interview shock director Bruce LaBruce.

72 films from NZ and around the world have been selected for the 2012 Festival and are split into familiar sections – NZ, world cinema, culture vultures, heroes and icons, shorts and generations.

If there was a pill that could make you straight, would you take it? Number 8 Films' gay film night explores this idea in April.

This month at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, Number 8 Films presents the modern French masterpiece Tomboy, the story of 10-year-old girl Laure who takes the opportunity of changing her identity to Mikael when her family moves to a new town.


Christopher Plummer's Best Supporting Actor gong for his role as an elderly gay man in Beginners wasn't the only GLBT link at yesterday's Oscars. Many of the films that won top awards had links to the community.

Gay Wellington filmmaker Chaz Harris is on the verge of putting a new short film together, but to get this project off the ground, he needs the help of some generous New Zealanders.

A charming gay film has been given the green light for general release, so grab yourself a friend and a glass of something nice and prepare to be wooed into the world of Weekend.