Bil Antoniou
Criterion Maestro
Bil Antoniou is a Toronto-based actor and playwright who co-hosts the podcast BGM: Bad Gay Movies/Bitchy Gay Men and his own personal memory project podcast My Criterions. The rest of the time, he's usually watching movies and blogging about them at MyOldAddiction.com.Articles by Bil Antoniou:
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September 21, 2024
The Classics Shelf: The First OscarsRevisiting the winners and nominees of the inaugural Academy Awards in 1927, including Wings, Sunrise, and The Crowd.
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August 12, 2024
The Classics Shelf: The 2013 Berlin Film FestivalThis edition of the Classics Shelf reviews the 2013 Berlin Film Festival where Child’s Pose won the Golden Bear in a modest competition.
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July 4, 2024
The Classics Shelf: The 1999 Cannes Film FestivalThe Cannes Film Festival held in May 1999 was the last before the new, for some dreaded, millennium, and featured its own watershed moments, including an Almodóvar film that aged far better than the Palme winner.
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June 9, 2024
The Classics Shelf: Anjelica HustonThat Shelf salutes the career of Anjelica Huston by surveying her films like The Dead, The Grifters, Prizzi’s Honor, The Addams Family, and Enemies, A Love Story.
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May 7, 2024
The Classics Shelf: The Films Of Jan HrebejkHe has an Oscar nomination for Divided We Fall and his films screen at prominent festivals worldwide, so why isn’t Czech filmmaker Jan Hrebejk a household name in the arthouse circuit?
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March 16, 2024
The Classics Shelf: Cannes ’82Revisiting the 1982 Cannes Film Festival where Missing and Yol shared the Palme d’Or, but only one of them has stood the test of time.
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February 3, 2024
The Criterion Shelf: The Films of Yasujiro OzuPaying tribute to the films of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu, including Tokyo Story, Early Summer,, Floating Weeds and Late Spring.
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December 2, 2023
The Criterion Shelf: Pre-Code DivasSurveying the films in Criterion Channel’s Pre-Code Divas collection, including The Divorcee, She Done Him Wrong, Dishonored, and The Cheat.
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October 30, 2023
The Criterion Shelf: Grindhouse Gothic – Roger Corman Directs Edgar Allan PoeRevisiting Roger Corman’s film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories, including The Raven, Tales of Terror, and The Red Mask of Death.
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August 18, 2023
The Criterion Shelf: AISurveying the films in Criterion Channel’s collection devoted to artificial intelligence in films like A.I., 2046, and Ghost in the Shell.
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July 4, 2023
The Criterion Shelf: LGBTQ+ FavouritesSurveying the films in Criterion Channels collections Pride Favourites and Masc, devoted to a diverse selection of landmark LGBTQ+ cinema.
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June 10, 2023
The Criterion Shelf: Directed by Seijun SuzukiRanking the films of Seijun Suzuki in Criterion Channel’s collection devoted to the Japanese action film auteur behind films like Branded to Kill and Gate of Flesh.
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film
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TV
The Office Australia Review: It’s Fun but We’ve Seen This Before
Prime Video's Australian remake of the The Office is fun and has heart, but has yet to set itself apart from its predecessors.
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music
Piece by Piece: TIFF 2024 Review
Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece delivers a visually stunning look at Pharrell Williams’ legendary life and career.
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podcasts
Spoiled Rotten 312: Revisiting Dick Tracy
Bil, of BGM Podcast, and Rachel join Daniel to revisit Dick Tracy on Spoiled Rotten Podcast!
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