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Riviera Rats28: 2022 - Triangle of SadnessBil and Greg go through the selections of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival:Armageddon Time by James GrayBoy from Heaven by Tarik SalehBroker by Hirokazu Kore-edaBrother and Sister (Frère et sœur) by Arnaud DesplechinClose by Lukas DhontCrimes of the Future by David CronenbergDecision to Leave by Park Chan-wookThe Eight Mountains (Le otto montagne) by Ch...
2026-02-012h 32
Riviera Rats27: 1947 - The Second FestivalBil and Greg go through the selections of the 2nd Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 1947 Cannes Film Festival:Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean by Henri DecoinAntoine et Antoinette by Jacques BeckerBoomerang! by Elia KazanThe Captain's Daughter (La figlia del capitano) by Mario CameriniThe Cat (La gata) by Mario SofficiThe Chase by Arthur RipleyCrossfire by Edward DmytrykThe Damned (Les Maudits) by René Clément...
2026-01-011h 43
Riviera Rats26: 1967 - BlowupBil and Greg go through the selections of the 20th Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival:Accident by Joseph LoseyBlowup by Michelangelo AntonioniThe Climax by Pietro GermiDegree of Murder by Volker SchlöndorffElvira Madigan by Bo WiderbergEntranced Earth by Glauber RochaHagbard and Signe by Gabriel AxelHotel for Strangers by Antonín MášaI Even Met Happy Gyps...
2025-12-012h 14
Riviera Rats25: 2014 - Winter SleepBil and Greg go through the selections of the 67th Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival:The Captive by Atom EgoyanClouds of Sils Maria by Olivier AssayasFoxcatcher by Bennett MillerGoodbye to Language by Jean-Luc GodardThe Homesman by Tommy Lee JonesJimmy's Hall by Ken LoachLeviathan by Andrey ZvyagintsevMaps to the Stars by David CronenbergMommy by Xavier DolanMr...
2025-11-012h 26
Riviera Rats24: 1951 - Miracle In Milan/Miss JulieBil and Greg go through the selections of the 4th Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival:All About Eve, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, United StatesBright Victory, Mark RobsonThe Browning Version, Anthony Asquith, United KingdomCaiçara, Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse, BrazilDance of Fire, La Danza del fuego, Daniel Tinayre, ArgentinaThe Deadly Dreams, Die tödlichen Träume, Paul Martin, West GermanyThe Devil Is a Woman, Doña Diab...
2025-10-012h 06
Riviera Rats23: 1998 - Eternity And A DayBil and Greg go through the selections of the 51st Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival:April (Aprile) Nanni Moretti ItalyThe Celebration (Festen) Thomas Vinterberg DenmarkClaire Dolan Lodge Kerrigan United States, FranceClass Trip (La classe de neige) Claude Miller FranceDance Me to My Song Rolf de Heer AustraliaThe Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) Erick Zonca FranceEternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα) Theo Angelopoulos Greece
2025-09-012h 20
Riviera Rats22: 1973 - The Hireling/ScarecrowBil 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 SauraBelle by André DelvauxThe Death of a Lumberjack by Gilles CarleThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul NewmanElectra Glide in Blue by James William GuercioFantastic Planet by Rene LalouxLe Far West by Jacques BrelGodspell (o...
2025-06-202h 16
Riviera Rats21: BONUS - The 2025 AwardsNEW 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 @rivierarats.bsky.socialWrite to us at ratsriviera@gmail.comRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph Organ
2025-05-2859 min
Riviera Rats20: 2009 - The White RibbonBil 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 TrierBright Star by Jane CampionBroken Embraces by Pedro AlmodóvarButchered by Brillante MendozaEnter the Void by Gaspar NoéFace by Tsai Ming-liangFish Tank by Andrea ArnoldInglourious Basterds by Quentin TarantinoIn the Beginning by Xavier GiannoliLooking for Eric by...
2025-05-232h 15
Riviera Rats19: BONUS - The 2025 JuriesThe 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.socialWrite to us at ratsriviera@gmail.comRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris
2025-05-0627 min
Riviera Rats18: 1988 - Pelle The ConquerorBil 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 DelvauxBird by Clint EastwoodThe Cannibals by Manoel de OliveiraChocolat by Claire DenisEl Dorado by Carlos SauraDrowning by Numbers by Peter GreenawayL'enfance de l'art by Francis GirodHanussen by István SzabóKing of the Children by Chen KaigeLove and Fear by Margarethe von Trotta
2025-04-182h 12
Riviera Rats17: BONUS EPISODE! 2025 Competition Announcement ReactionsThe 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.socialWrite to us at ratsriviera@gmail.comRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris
2025-04-1451 min
Riviera Rats16: 2023 - Anatomy Of A FallBil 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 TrietAsphalt City by Jean-Stéphane SauvaireAsteroid City by Wes AndersonBanel & Adama by Ramata-Toulaye SyA Brighter Tomorrow by Nanni MorettiLa chimera by Alice RohrwacherClub Zero by Jessica HausnerFallen Leaves by Aki K...
2025-03-212h 18
Riviera Rats15: 1946 - The First CannesBil 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 VávraAnna and the King of Siam by John CromwellThe Bandit by Alberto LattuadaThe Battle of the Rails by René ClémentBeauty and the Beast by Jean CocteauBlood and Fire by Anders HenriksonBrief Encounter by David LeanCaesar and Cleopatra by Gabriel PascalCamões b...
2025-03-071h 58
Riviera Rats14: 1963 - The LeopardBil 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 PapatakisAlvorada by Hugo NiebelingThe Cage (La Cage) by Robert DarèneCarom Shots (Carambolages) by Marcel BluwalThe Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch JasnýCodine by Henri ColpiThe Conjugal Bed (L'ape regina) by Marco FerreriA Cozy Cottage (Kertes házak...
2025-02-141h 34
Riviera Rats13: 2017 - The SquareBil 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
Happy End by Michael Haneke
In the Fade by Fatih Akin
Jupiter's Moon b...
2025-01-311h 43
Riviera Rats12: 1958 - The Cranes Are FlyingBil 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 Kalatozov
Desire Under the Elms by Delbert Mann
The Flute and the Arrow (En Djungelsaga) by Arne Sucksdorff
G...
2025-01-171h 21
Riviera Rats11: 1996 - Secrets & LiesBil 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 Dormael
Fargo by Joel Coen
Goodbye South, G...
2025-01-031h 57
Riviera Rats10: 1975 - Chronicle Of The Years of FireBil 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 Years of Fire (Chronique des années de Braise) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (Ignacio) by...
2024-12-061h 45
Riviera Rats9: 2007 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 DaysBil 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 Julian Schnabel
The Edge of Heaven by Fatih Akın
Import/Export by Ulrich Seidl
2024-11-221h 43
Riviera Rats8: 1982 - Missing / YolBil 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 Werner Herzog
Hammett by Wim Wenders
Identification of a Woman (Identificazione di una donna) by Michelangelo Antonioni
A Ilh...
2024-11-081h 20
Riviera Rats7: 1949 - The Third ManBil 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. Walter Kolm-Veltee
Foreign Harbour by Hampe Faustman
2024-10-251h 13
Riviera Rats7: 1949 - The Third ManBil 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. Walter Kolm-Veltee
Foreign Harbour by Hampe Faustman
Girls in Gingham by...
2024-10-251h 13
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 203: Nuovo Olimpo with Gregory RosebrughThe 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: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2024-10-181h 02
Riviera Rats6: 2021 - TitaneBil 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 (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
Everything Went Fine (François Ozon)
Flag Day (Sean Penn)
France (Bruno Dumont)
The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson)...
2024-10-111h 31
Riviera Rats5: 1960 - La Dolce VitaBil 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 Soldier by Grigori Chukhrai
The Chasers by Erik Løchen
Cidade Ameaçada by Roberto Farias
The Delinquents by Carlos Saur...
2024-09-271h 21
Riviera Rats4: 2010 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past LivesBil 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)
My Joy (Sergei Loznitsa)
Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois)
On Tour (Mathieu Amalric)
Our Life (Daniele Luchetti)
Out...
2024-09-131h 07
Riviera Rats3: 1957 - Friendly PersuasionBil 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 by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
The Forty-First by Grigori Chukhrai
Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
...
2024-08-3059 min
Riviera Rats2: 1993 - Farewell My Concubine / The PianoBil and Greg go through the selections of the 46th Cannes Festival.
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Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.
Theme music by Joseph Organ
Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris
2024-08-161h 35
Riviera Rats1: IntroductionWelcome 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 festival itself.
2024-08-1233 min
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 186: Saltburn with Ryan G. Hinds and Gregory RosebrughYou all love it when Ryan G. Hinds appears on the podcast, but do you think he’ll ever do it again after Bil screams at him about Saltburn? Join Bil, Michael, Ryan and Gregory Rosebrugh as they talk about Emerald Fennell’s eyebrow-raising sophomore effort. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2024-02-2300 min
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 183: In From The Side with Gregory RosebrughNew episode! There are few guests we love having on more than Gregory Rosebrugh, and since he spends his free time playing rugby we figured he would be the expert witness to help Bil understand Matt Carter’s In From The Side. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2023-11-1749 min
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 178: Closet Monster with Gregory RosebrughIt’s always a pleasure to have brilliant film scholar Gregory Rosebrugh on the show, and this time Bil and Daniel talk to him about the highs and lows of the 2015 Canadian drama Closet Monster by Stephen Dunn. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2023-10-1358 min
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 151: Firebird with Gregory RosebrughBil’s guest for this episode is the incomparable film scholar Gregory Rosebrugh, who has graced BGM with his presence four times in the past. Greg and Bil take in one of 2021’s most celebrated LGBT+ films, Firebird by Peeter Rebane, and discuss whether or not it meets the mark of being a truly powerful and important love story.Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2022-09-1755 min
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 113: StrappedCan you imagine being lucky enough to find this many clients in one building? It’s a rentboy’s dream come true! Dan, Bil and special guest Gregory Rosebrugh are so excited to talk to you about Strapped by Joseph Graham Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2019-12-1453 min
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 110: Thank God It’s FridayEveryone knows that disco is the place where straight white people find their true expression, so Bil and Dan were happy to be joined by their delightfully young friend Gregory Rosebrugh for their Gay But Not Gay episode where they could explain to him the Oscar-winning classic Thank God It’s Friday by Robert KlaneEmail: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2019-10-1357 min
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 94: Walk A Mile In My PradasWe all know that being a straight guy means that you love a meat-lovers’ pizza and are obsessed with lumber, so we’re really glad to finally find a movie to confirm these truths for all you people out there in the dark. Bil and Dan were joined by the fabulous Gregory Rosebrugh for an investigation of Walk A Mile In My Pradas by Joey SylvesterEmail: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2018-10-151h 09
BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay MenEpisode 70: A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s RevengeWe have been told for ages that the second film in the Elm Street series was not just a deliciously bad movie but a poignant look at a boy’s coming of age, and we have the pleasure of inviting first-time guest Gregory Rosebrugh on to the show to discuss it with Bil, Michael and Greg. Listen as they talk about A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge by Jack Sholder.Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.comPhoto by Michael ShefferTheme by The Chronos Band
2017-05-111h 03