Rainbow Popcorn

We talked with Jake about many different aspects of film and filmmaking, it's only because Lee writes the titles for our episodes that his BTTF fan status gets such an explicit mention. Find him here on Insta to follow his filmmaking journey. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Live events are back for 2026. Join us at...

A queer conversion camp slasher from Blumhouse is the logical next step hor Halloween month after Friday The 13th. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live commentary. Get your tickets here . C...

Watching a slasher film through a rainbow lens usually comes with a little bit of campness. Not the case for Friday the 13th. It's the least gay of all of the slashers we've watched so far that's for sure. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live commentar...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Jaws, we're looking at horror movies where the deaths happen on or near the water. What movies do you think fit the topic? Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live commentary. Get your tickets here . Foll...

After viewing his short film Sacrifice at Pride Short Film Festival it was a pleasure to chat with Leigh Smith about all things film. Follow the film @sacrificefilm and follow Leigh @leighsmithcreative You can watch Sacrifice here . Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Check us out on YouTube . Mentioned in this episode:...

Based on Pride and Prejudice, Fire Island is Joel Kim Booster's modern, gay adaptation of the Jane Austen classic set on the gay's favourite party island. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Check us out on YouTube . Mentioned in this episode: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Trivia and Screening As part of Midsumma Westwide...

It's been 30 years since the iconic Clueless was released so in line with our theme of "Classic Literature Inspired Movies" here's our review of the 90s classic inspired by Jane Austen's Emma. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Check us out on YouTube . Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collin...

Now this is a list we definitely left some out of, so please jump in the Facebook Group and let us know what we should've added. We left Shakespeare out on purpose; that's a whole different thing. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live commentary. Get yo...

It was such a pleasure having Saara Lamberg on the pod this month. She's a great local filmmaker; writer, producer, director, actor. She does it all! Head to saaralamberg.com for more about her. Her upcoming screening of The Lies We Tell Ourselves can be found here . Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live...

Lee and Brett are co-hosting the Pride Short Film Festival at Pride Of Our Footscray . We're here to preview all of the films that we're screening, and there's a lot of them. They're all great, they're all local and they're all queer. We look forward to screening them and if you'd like to join us use the link below. Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we scre...

Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis star in the 1986 remake of 1950s classic The Fly. Mad scientist Seth Brundle accidentally splices his own DNA with that of a housefly, with grotesque consequences in this David Cronenberg classic. We discuss the body horror, the gross effects (and some gross dialogue) and how it looks through a rainbow lens. Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in...

It's been 50 years since this queer cult classic hit our screens and the love for it continues. Warning: this episode features a LOT of singing. Hopefully, it's good enough that you stay tuned, but not so good that we get sued by the big D. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and...

To prepare for the 50th anniversary of Rocky Horror Picture Show, and our subsequent review, we take a deep dive into the Mad Scientist genre. If there's any we missed, let us know in the Facebook group. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live commentary....

Having Courtex as our first guest was a no-brainer. We connected months as the movie folks at Pride Of Our Footscray Nightclub and Bar. They're the host of Pride Movie Night and we'll be cohosting Queer and Brief, a short film festival at Pride Of Our Footscray. Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live comm...

We finally got to see A Nice Indian Boy in a cinema! It was great to get to Cinema Nova for the special screening featuring a Q&A with the director and star. It's a great film that tells an authentic queer story, an authentic cultural story and does it all in a hilarious rom-com. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Col...

How does this 1968 classic stand up these days? We reviewed this 'meeting the parents' movie and discussed the issues of the time and their relevance today, particularly acceptance from a queer perspective. Live events are back for 2026. Join us at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood as we screen some of our queer and camp favourites with live commentary. Get your tickets here . Follow us on Facebook, I...

This month's theme is "Meeting the parents". We chat about the classic movies in that genre and the tropes that fit them. We throw a couple of tangents in there too. Our July viewing on this category includes A Nice Indian Boy and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. Did we miss any in our discussions? Join the chat in the Facebook Group. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on F...

Lee and Brett both did some travelling recently, so our chat to round out June is all about what you'd watch on a plane. Are you a pre-flight downloader? Are you a background snoozer? Do you think they should be more deliberate about their offerings? Chat about it with us in the Facebook Group . Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Check us out on YouTube . Mentioned in t...

A year late to celebrate the anniversary, we thought it was about time these two Aussie queers reviewed this iconic Aussie queer flick. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Check us out on YouTube . Mentioned in this episode: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Trivia and Screening As part of Midsumma Westwide, we're hosting a t...

We aren't afraid to admit we underestimated and Overcompensating overdelivered. Here's our chat about Amazon Prime and Benito Skinner's new queer college comedy. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Check us out on YouTube . Mentioned in this episode: Two Drink Cinema Need more of our random rambling reviews? Check out t...

Stunning and slightly pretentious. Are we talking about the movie or Elio? Maybe both? What are your thoughts on this queer classic? Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Check us out on YouTube . Mentioned in this episode: Two Drink Cinema Need more of our random rambling reviews? Check out the Two Drink Cinema podcast....

When we say 'on screen car crash', what scene comes to mind? We also wrap up White Lotus and Mid Century Modern before talking about an underrated sitcom we originally missed called The Other Two. And Lee finally caught up with the nepotistic thriller Trap. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Mentioned in this episode:...

It can't all be serious queer dramas here, sometimes you just 'gotta keep on, keep on, keep on, singing and dancing all through the night'. We couldn't work out how the Bradys "Saved The 90s" but we had some nostalgic fun revisiting this classic. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Mentioned in this episode: Two Drink C...

Take three Shakespearian histories, weave them together with some basic title cards and a couple of great acting performances and there's somehow a story of My Own Private Idaho. Join the chat in our Facebook Group. Facebook Group Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok @rainbowpopcornpod Mentioned in this episode: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Trivia and Screening As part of Midsumma Westwide,...

We chat about The Residence, After Party and what the hell audiences are doing in Minecraft screenings. And we ask the question "Who would you like to play if you starred in a biopic?" comment below or find our Facebook Group. Mentioned in this episode: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Trivia and Screening As part of Midsumma Westwide, we're hosting a trivia night and screening of Rocky Horror Picture...