Bil and Daniel go back to their roots and find an obscure BGM classic that existed solely to inspire this podcast. Listen as they talk about the 2000 family comedy GET YOUR STUFF by Max Mitchell. Email [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

Bil invites MJ Lyons back on to the show to talk about the pinnacle in Boy Witch cinema, the 2006 thriller classic The Covenant by Renny Harlin.Email [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 26th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival: Ana and the Wolves by Carlos Saura Belle by André Delvaux The Death of a Lumberjack by Gilles Carle The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Newman Electra Glide in Blue by James William Guerc…

In 2007, Britain's Channel 4 decided to celebrate Pride Month and the fortieth anniversary of the abolishing of anti-gay laws with a television film that, well, doesn't feel all that celebratory. Join Bil and Daniel as they talk about Clapham Junction by Adrian Shergold Email [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

It's taken long enough to finally get to a Doris Day movie! Bil and Michael take a look at one of Doris's last films, Caprice by Frank Tashlin.

NEW BONUS EPISODE! Bil and Greg close out the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the most exciting way: their first guest! The great Nicholas Bell of Ioncinema.com just got back from the Riviera and is here to tell the Rats all about being at the festival and what he thought of the winners. Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats and on Bluesky at @rivierara…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival: Antichrist by Lars von Trier Bright Star by Jane Campion Broken Embraces by Pedro Almodóvar Butchered by Brillante Mendoza Enter the Void by Gaspar Noé Face by Tsai Ming-liang Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold Inglouriou…

The Juries for this month's festival have been announced and Bil and Greg have their reactions, plus talk about a few new inclusions to the competitions. Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats and on Bluesky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Write to us at [email protected] Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme…

Another Australian masterpiece is the focus of a conversation on Bad Gay Movies, but this time Bil has an actual Australian to Ozsplain everything to him. Paul Mizzi, host of the wonderful The Swapcast Podcast, graciously joins the show to talk about Lonesome by Craig Boreham. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The …

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 41st Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival: The Abyss by André Delvaux Bird by Clint Eastwood The Cannibals by Manoel de Oliveira Chocolat by Claire Denis El Dorado by Carlos Saura Drowning by Numbers by Peter Greenaway L'enfance de l'art by Francis Girod H…

The official slate has been unveiled for the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May, and Bil and Greg want to tell you what they're most excited about. Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats and on Bluesky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Write to us at [email protected] Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music b…

All three members of the O.G. BGM crew sit down together in one room for the first time since the 2020 Lockdown, and we couldn’t find a more iconic movie to do it with! Join Bil, Michael and Daniel as they all talk at the same time while hitting the table discussing Longhorns by David Lewis Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer…

Bil was in Australia for 10 minutes a decade ago, so naturally he brings his expertise to bear on the details of the film he is discussing with Michael, who turns out to be a big fan of it! Join them as they discuss Goran Stolevski’s Of An Age. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival: About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan by Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet Asphalt City by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Asteroid City by Wes Anderson Banel & Adama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy A Brighter Tomorrow by Nanni Mor…

Adam Bailey returns to talk to Daniel and Bil about the Blumhouse horror film aimed at us modern-day wokesters, They/Them by John Logan. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 1st Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival: The Adventurous Bachelor by Otakar Vávra Anna and the King of Siam by John Cromwell The Bandit by Alberto Lattuada The Battle of the Rails by René Clément Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau Blood and Fire by Ande…

OSCAR NIGHT IS UPON US! And as always we have a lot to say about it. Join Bil, Daniel and their special guest Glenn Sumi returning for the ninth time to talk about their pics for this year’s Academy Awards. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 16th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival: Les Abysses by Nikos Papatakis Alvorada by Hugo Niebeling The Cage (La Cage) by Robert Darène Carom Shots (Carambolages) by Marcel Bluwal The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný Codine by Henri Colpi…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival: Amant Double by François Ozon The Beguiled by Sofia Coppola BPM (Beats per Minute) (QP) by Robin Campillo The Day After by Hong Sang-soo A Gentle Creature by Sergei Loznitsa Good Time by Josh and Benny Safdie Happ…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 11th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival: Brink of Life (Nära livet) by Ingmar Bergman The Brothers Karamazov by Richard Brooks La Caleta olvidada by Bruno Gebel Ciulinii Bărăganului by Louis Daquin The Cranes are Flying (Letyat zhuravli) by Mikhail Kalat…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 49th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument by Arnaud Desplechin Crash by David Cronenberg Drifting Clouds by Aki Kaurismäki Earth by Julio Medem The Eighth Day by Jaco Van Do…

We can’t do a movie about an infant without a real live mother on hand for research, so we’re thrilled that TAPA’s newly appointed Executive Director Annemieke Wade joined Bil, Daniel and Mike to talk about The Baby by Ted Post. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 28th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore by Martin Scorsese Aloïse by Liliane de Kermadec The Amulet of Ogum (O Amuleto de Ogum) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos Cher Victor (Ce cher Victor) by Robin Davis Chronicle of the Yea…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 60th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu Aleksandra by Alexander Sokurov The Banishment by Andrey Zvyagintsev Breath by Kim Ki-duk Death Proof by Quentin Tarantino The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julia…

Daniel returns and he and Bil take a look at yet another campy play turned into an earnest movie, this time inspired by the real-life story of Rock Hudson’s marriage to Phyllis Gates. Listen as they try Straight-Jacket by Richard Day on for size. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 35th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival: À toute allure by Robert Kramer Another Way (Egymásra nézve) by Károly Makk Britannia Hospital by Lindsay Anderson Cecilia by Humberto Solás Day of the Idiots (Tag der Idioten) by Werner Schroeter Fitzcarraldo by …

Bil and Michael had so many questions about a BGM that they couldn’t go on unless the star of the movie answered them! BGM has the pleasure of actor Craig Jordan joining the podcast to talk about Joshua Lim’s Godless. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 3rd Cannes Film Festival. Films in the 1949 Official Competition: Act of Violence by Fred Zinnemann The Adventures of Antar and Abla by Salah Abu Sayf Almafuerte by Luis Cesar Amadori An Act of Murder by Michael Gordon At the Grand Balcony by Henri Decoin Bitter Rice by Giuseppe De Santis Eroica by H. W…

The Riviera Rats podcast has launched and Bil and Gregory Rosebrugh are having a marvelous time going through every year of the Cannes Film Festival. To talk about their new show, Bil invited Greg for a crossover BGM episode where they take a look at a film that looks like official competition material. Email: [email protected] Photo by Mi…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 74th Cannes Film Festival. Official Competition of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival: Ahed's Knee (Nadav Lapid) Annette (Leos Carax) Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven) Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Løve) Casablanca Beats (Nabil Ayouch) Compartment No. 6 (Juho Kuosmanen) The Divide (Catherine Corsini) Drive My Car (Ryu…

It’s a thrill to have Said Atabaki on the show again, and this connoisseur of refined tastes brings us back to the arthouse by discussing the finer points of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Fox And His Friends. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 13th Cannes Film Festival. Official Competition of the 1960 Festival: America As Seen by a Frenchman (L'Amérique insolite) by François Reichenbach L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini Telegrame by Gheorghe Naghi and Aurel Miheles Bad Luck by Andrzej Munk Ballad of a So…

Spooky season will be upon us soon enough, so why not celebrate with yet another gay vampire movie! Bil and Michael try to make sense of Scab by Thomas Jason Davis! Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. Official Competition of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival: Another Year (Mike Leigh) Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Burnt by the Sun 2 (Nikita Mikhalkov) Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami) Chongqing Blues (Wang Xiaoshuai) Fair Game (Doug Liman) The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo) M…

It was time to have Bill Clarke back on the show, and the perfect choice for him was a film set in his favourite city in the world. Daniel, Bil and Bill go Back to Berlin with Alex & Leo by Yuri Garate. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 10th Cannes Film Festival. Official Competition of the 1957 Cannes Film Festival: The Bachelor Party by Delbert Mann Duped Till Doomsday by Kurt Jung-Alsen He Who Must Die by Jules Dassin The House of the Angel by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Don Quixote by Grigori Kozintsev Earth by Zahari Zhandov Faustina b…

We continue our celebration of Token Straight Man month with the return of Phoevo, and we were so excited to have him back that we found him a movie with as many boobs as we could find. Join Bil, Daniel and Phoevo as they discuss 4 Nights In The Hamptons by Michael Knowles. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chr…

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 46th Cannes Festival. Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at [email protected] Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

Welcome to Riviera Rats! On this podcast, Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh will be going through each edition of the Cannes Film Festival, year by year, and evaluating the choices of the Palme D'Or. For our introduction, get to know who we are, what to expect from our show and, just for fun, a few factoids about the town of Cannes and the festiva…

Imagine if Love Actually was made with only 6 people and none of them spoke in a way you recognized, and you have the hit rom-com Shared Rooms! Michael Soulard returns to the show, and he and Bil Antoniou discuss this modern classic. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

It’s Token Straight Man month and Bil couldn’t be more excited to have his fellow podcaster and dear friend Marco Timpano, host of The Insomnia Project, on the show to Italian-splain the 2018 comedy My Big Gay Italian Wedding by Alessandro Genovesi. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band https://creator…

It’s another example of Gay Vs God, but the higher power in this case is the magnificent Judith Light. Bil and Daniel watch Chad Allen in Save Me and you’re going to want to know what they think. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

The first time we at BGM ever felt like real somebodies was when actor and star extraordinaire Mark Cirillo appeared on the show to take a drubbing for his magnificent career, and we couldn’t be more excited to have him back! Mark joined us to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of The Last Straight Man by Mark Bessenger. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmai…

If you follow the exquisite actor and singer James Gibson-Bray on the socials, you’ll know that there’s no one better suited to a discussion of the TV movie that brought Ann-Margret and Julie Andrews to talk about the most serious health crisis of the 1980s. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

Comedian extraordinaire Jonathan Duffy joins Bil and Daniel to talk about a real doozy of a Covid project, the 2022 drama Borrowed. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band

New episode! If you’re searching the universe for rock music to take to your planet, it stands to reason that you come to a town where Pia Zadora is dancing to New Wave. Anders Yates returns to BGM’s delight to talk with Bil about the cult classic (?) VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS! Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The…

We got our dear friend Matthew Harris back on the show and he wanted to get back in the loop with the one and only Bianca Del Rio! Bil, Daniel and Matthew watch Hurricane Bianca: From Russia With Hate and compare it to the original classic. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

Everyone knows that the biggest threat to the music industry is when your cassette tapes are boxed up and sent to Japan. We didn’t understand the plot of Maid For Each Other, but we were happy to reminisce on its delights. Email: [email protected] Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band…

An Oscar-winning director, a stacked cast and a runaway hit of a debut novel…what could go wrong? Everything! Glenn Close plays wise old maid to a breathy, teenaged forty year-old Meryl in The House of the Spirits and we couldn’t talk about it without the help of the one and only Mr. Mark O’Donovan (aka Dublin Zoetrope). Email: badgaymovies2013@gma…

Betteheads will want to hear us give the Divine Miss M her due for surviving one of the biggest disasters of the eighties, Jinxed! Bil had the pleasure of sitting down with the hosts of the Fish Jelly podcast, Joseph Robinson and Nicholas Bell, to get their reactions to finally seeing the film directed by the legendary Don Siegel. Email: badgaymovi…