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New episode! There's nothing we love more than a movie we can't see, and this week's selection indulges us by never turning on the lights! Join Michael and @bilantoniou.bsky.social as they talk about Shadows In Mind by Mark Schwab
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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NEW EPISODE! Bil and Greg go through selections of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival to decide if Winter Sleep deserved the Palme D'Or!
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November 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Part three in The Classic Shelf's ongoing series about the career of Anthony Perkins visits his films of the 1960s, aka the Psycho and European years. @bilantoniou.bsky.social looks at the films.
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The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part Three
Part three in The Classic Shelf's ongoing series about the career of Anthony Perkins visits his films of the 1960s, aka the Psycho years.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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NEW EPISODE! Bil and Greg cover the year of Miss Julie and Miracle In Milan on this month's episode of Riviera Rats, looking at selections from the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Find it wherever you get your podcasts! #cannes #riviera #cannesfilmfestival
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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In Part 1 of an ongoing series for The Classics Shelf, @bilantoniou.bsky.social explores the career of a great actor who he insist was more than just a Psycho.
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The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part One
Exploring the filmography of Anthony Perkins, the actor best known for his iconic performance as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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New episode! @bilantoniou.bsky.social 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.
July 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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On the latest BGM, @bilantoniou.bsky.social invites @mjlyonswrites.bsky.social back on to the show to talk about the pinnacle in Boy Witch cinema, the 2006 thriller classic THE COVENANT by #RennyHarlin.
July 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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On the latest BGM, @bilantoniou.bsky.social invites @mjlyonswrites.bsky.social back on to the show to talk about the pinnacle in Boy Witch cinema, the thriller classic THE COVENANT by #RennyHarlin
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BGM Episode 214: The Covenant with MJ Lyons
Bil invites MJ Lyons back on to the show to talk about the pinnacle in Boy Witch cinema, the 2006 thriller classic THE COVENANT.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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New episode! With Dakota’s birthday, he continues the tradition of naming his best films by category. This year he names the best film by city, which includes NYC, Chicago, Toronto, Las Vegas and more! @bilantoniou.bsky.social joins the show this week.

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309: Best Films By City
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July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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New episode! 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. Find BGM: Bad Gay Movies/Bitchy Gay Men wherever you get your podcasts!
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May 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The 67th Academy Awards ended in signature fashion: by celebrating mediocrity. #Oscars
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The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Part 4 – The Final Hour: And the Winner Is
The 67th Academy Award ended a long night with Forrest Gump winning the popular vote over critical favourite Pulp Fiction.
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May 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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If you thought Adrien Brody's Oscar speech was long, you should have seen the 1994 Oscars! Our look back continues with the hour that celebrated docs, an historic tie, and more!
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The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Part 3 – The Second Hour: I’m Sure They’re Pissed Off About Something
If you thought Adrien Brody's Oscar speech was long, you should have seen the 1994 Oscars! Part 3 of our look back continues with the hour that celebrated docs, an historic tie, and more!
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May 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Part 2 of the Classics Shelf: 1994 Academy Awards revisits the broadcast's first hour where Dianne Wiest won for an all-timer performance and Lizzie Gardiner made fashion history.#Oscars
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The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Part 2 – The First Hour: The Hollywood Variety Show
During the 1994 Academy Awards, Lizzie Gardiner made fashion history with her win for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Dianne Wiest won for an all-timer performance.
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May 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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A #LongRead for the #LongWeekend! In the latest edition of the Classics Shelf, Bil Antoniou revisits the 1994 Academy Awards and a Best Picture winner that hasn't aged so well. #Oscars
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The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Thirty Years Later
Revisiting the 1994 Academy Awards where Forrest Gump trumped Pulp Fiction in one of the Oscars' Best Picture wins that hasn't aged so gracefully.
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May 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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New episode! Another Australian masterpiece and this time @bilantoniou.bsky.social 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.
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April 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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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 @bilantoniou.bsky.social, Michael and Daniel discussing LONGHORNS by David Lewis.
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April 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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New episode! @bilantoniou.bsky.social 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.
March 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Adam Bailey returns to talk to Daniel and @bilantoniou.bsky.social about the Blumhouse horror film aimed at us modern-day wokesters, THEY/THEM by John Logan!
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March 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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finished the annual @badgaymovies.bsky.social Oscar podcast just in time for the big show. As always, @bilantoniou.bsky.social @glennsumi.bsky.social and Daniel Krolik are a joy to listen to. Since Joan Rivers is gone, this is my fav Oscar commentary!
March 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Join Bil, Daniel and their special guest Glenn Sumi on the latest @badgaymovies.bsky.social as they talk about their pics for this year's Oscars.
Episode 207: The 9th Annual Oscar Episode with Glenn Sumi!
Join Bil, Daniel and their special guest Glenn Sumi on the latest Bad Gay Movies as they talk about their pics for this year's Oscars.
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March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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So fun! I still don’t vote for Conclave. And I defend Ariana!

(Also I think I mistakenly said Anora and company ran around Atlantic City instead of Coney Island)
OSCAR NIGHT IS UPON US! And as always we have a lot to say about it. Join @bilantoniou.bsky.social, Daniel and their special guest @glennsumi.bsky.social returning for the ninth time to talk about their pics for this year's Academy Awards.
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February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
OSCAR NIGHT IS UPON US! And as always we have a lot to say about it. Join @bilantoniou.bsky.social, Daniel and their special guest @glennsumi.bsky.social returning for the ninth time to talk about their pics for this year's Academy Awards.
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February 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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If the overtones of fascism in the air have you feeling like it's 1934, join @bilantoniou.bsky.social in revisiting the films that competed for the coveted Mussolini Cup at the Venice Film Fest.
The Classics Shelf: The 1934 Venice Film Festival
Revisiting the films of the 1934 Venice Film Festival, including It Happened One Night, Little Women, Twentieth Century, and Masquerade in Vienna.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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On Part Two of the Best Films of the Decade So Far @contrazoompod.bsky.social reveals the top 25 films from the last five years with plenty of help from friends of the show!
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 294: Best Films of the Decade So Far Part 2
On Part 2 of the Best Films of the Decade So Far we reveal the top 25 films from the last 5 years with help from friends of the show!
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January 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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NEW EPISODE! Bil and Greg wonder if you need 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days to decide if Cristian Mungiu deserved his Palme D'Or.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:57 PM