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Bil Antoniou
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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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August 29, 2026
The Classics Shelf: Top 10 Films About FilmmakingWhen Billy Wilder released Sunset Boulevard , the popular critical reaction was that it was going to kill the movie business, for how could anyone stand to watch the products of the dream factory after learning what was behind the magic?
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July 28, 2026
The Classics Shelf: The Top Ten Films Starring Doris DayRanking the ten best Doris Day movies in the latest episode of The Classics Shelf, from Caprice to Pillow Talk with Rock Hudson.
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June 27, 2026
The Classics Shelf: The Top Ten Non-American Films of the 1950sIn the latest edition of The Classics Shelf, Bil Antoniou spotlights world cinema by picking the best non-American films of the 1950s.
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May 30, 2026
The Classics Shelf: Top Ten 1960s DocumentariesIn a decade that included formative works by the Maysles, Frederick Wiseman, Peter Watkins, and other filmmakers, Bil Antoniou picks the top ten documentaries of the 1960s.
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May 10, 2026
The Classics Shelf: Top Ten Final FilmsTalk about going out on a high note! Bil Antoniou picks the top ten “final films” in the latest edition of The Classics Shelf with films like The Dead and Red among memorable swan songs.
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March 28, 2026
The Classics Shelf: The Ten Worst Songs to Win an OscarWhat are the worst songs to win the Oscar for Best Original Song? Bil Antoniou picks 10 flat notes in the history of the Academy Awards.
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March 7, 2026
The Classics Shelf: The Top Ten Golden Bear WinnersThe Classics Shelf: Ranking the ten best Golden Bear winners in the storied history of the Berlin Film Festival, including La Notte, Head-On, and The Wages of Fear .
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February 8, 2026
The Classics Shelf: The Top 10 Best Picture Nominees That Didn’t Win AnythingFor a movie that has campaigned hard and made it to the final group of nominees, a Best Picture loss is a disappointment, but winning at least one category throughout the night helps soothe the pain. Going home completely empty-handed, however, has to be a much bigger sorrow.
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December 29, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Top Ten Films Starring Willem DafoeRanking the 10 best films in Willem Dafoe’s filmography, including The Florida Project, Platoon, The Lighthouse, and The English Patient .
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October 12, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part FiveIf you’re watching Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story and have a hankering for more creepers, check into the Bates Motel and read the Classics Shelf series on Anthony Perkins, including this final entry on the actor’s later years.
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October 11, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins, Part FourIn part 4 of The Classics Shelf’s ongoing series about Anthony Perkins, Bil Antoniou looks at the actor in the 1970s with appearances in films like Murder on the Orient Express.
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October 4, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part ThreePart 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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September 20, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part TwoIn part two of The Classic Shelf’s Anthony Perkins retrospective, Bil Antoniou, looks at the first decade of the star’s career that saw him exploited as a teen idol in films like Friendly Persuasion , The Lonely Man , and This Angry Age .
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