Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)

Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)

Author: JOY 94.9 - LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Podcasts for all our Rainbow Communities August 9, 2026 Duration: 50:06
To celebrate the launch of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), Strictly Soundtracks previews some of the films included in the 2026 program.

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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

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Podcast Episodes
Christmas Movies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:42
The Strictly Soundtracks team are jingling their bells, decking the halls and donning gay apparel to celebrate the music of Christmas movies. From The Ramones to Whitney Houston, Wham and The Muppets, Glenn, John and Pau…
2025 in Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:34
To close out the year, the Strictly Soundtracks team looks back on 2025 and their favourite movies and music. From One Battle After Another to Sinners, Caught Stealing and standout documentaries, Glenn, John and Paul ref…
Cover Versions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:28
The Strictly Soundtracks team dive into the cover versions used in films. Some are classics reimagined, some are quirky oddities and some — actually most — ended up outshining the original versions. With a playlist that…
The Girlfriend [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:48
The Strictly Soundtracks team dives into the soundtrack to the six-part streaming series, The Girlfriend. Starring Robin Wright as an overprotective mother who’s wary of her son’s new partner (Olivia Wood), the psycholog…
The Wonderful World of Oz [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:56
This week, the Strictly Soundtracks team slip on the Ruby Slippers and follow the Yellow Brick Road into the wonderful world of Oz. Glenn, John and Paul journey from the iconic 1939 original starring Judy Garland, throug…
Can’t Stop… Xanadu [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:33
Glenn and Paul strap on their sparkliest roller-skates to travel back to 1980 and dive into the soundtracks of two camp classics, Can’t Stop the Music and Xanadu. We explore the chaotic productions, the critical backlash…
Halloween [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:53
Just in time for Halloween, Glenn, John and Paul explore the soundtracks of scary movies. The haunting playlist includes tracks from American Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Scream and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, as well as the…
Boots [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:56
This week on Strictly Soundtracks, we’re diving into the music of Boots, the hit TV series about a closeted gay teenager who enlists in the US Marines in 1990. The show’s packed with late-’80s and early-’90s classics, fr…
Billy Elliot [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:22
The Strictly Soundtracks team laces up their ballet shoes and leaps into Billy Elliot, the toe-tapping, tear-jerking, tap-dancing triumph turning 25 this year! Anchored by an award-winning performance by a young Jamie Be…
20 Years of Queer Cinema [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37:13
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Brokeback Mountain, the Strictly Soundtracks team takes a look back at two decades of queer cinema. Spanning a wide range of genres — from offbeat comedies and heartfelt romances to p…