BGM: Bad Gay Movies = Bitchy Gay Men

Bil and Daniel go back in time to a 2013 film that they'd never seen before, the romantic comedy (?) about stealing a man from your sister, JOHN APPLE JACK by Monika Mitchell.  

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It's always a thrill to have Brian Francis on the show, particularly when it turns out he loves network TV movies from the eighties as much as we do! Brian joins Bil and Daniel to talk about the 1982 Made-for-TV film Hotline starring the great Lynda Carter.

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Bil and Michael take a look at Gaymer Vs Gaymer, aka Our Son starring Billy Porter and Luke Evans, and ask the age old question, should a gay man who lives in a Manhattan townhouse be allowed to work?

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Daniel and Bil have never been on a hike in jolly old England, but they're pretty sure it involves a lot more than drinking beer and playing games of Strip Pooh. Listen as they discuss the details of the 2023 film MATES by Arno Crous.

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The Oscars were a month ago but we actually got together the day after the ceremony to talk about a classic film set on the night of the Academy Awards, the very chill, super naturalism of The Oscar by Russell Rouse, starring Stephen Boyd.Email [email protected]

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We're so thrilled that Ryan G. Hinds has joined us on the show again, this time from his new life in Jolly Old England!  Many years after they regaled the patrons at a Thai restaurant on a very late night in downtown Toronto restaurant with their rendition of the Barbra and Judy medley from The Judy Garland Show, Bil and Ryan sat down to discuss their favourite icon's very last film, I COULD GO ON SINGING by Ronald Neame. 

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Oscar night is upon us, and we know that none of you can watch the show without us to prepare you! For the tenth year in a row, Bil and Daniel have the honour and pleasure of film and theatre critic Glenn Sumi joining them to talk about this year's nominees.

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Bil and Michael don't what to make of a movie called Code Name: Dynastud, but they do their best to try and figure out Richard Griffin's classic is trying to do.

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Bil is thrilled to have the great Ryan Porter back on as a guest to delve back into the glory days of nineties indie cinema, the two of them taking a look at the recently resurrected classic I Think I Do starring the late, great Alexis Arquette.

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Bil and Mike spend all of What Happens Next DYING to know the answer to that question. Check out their conversation about Jay Arnold's 2011 film!

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Bil, Michael and Daniel love a homegrown classic, and were thrilled to learn that Canada once produced a Fatal Attraction-ripoff for television called The Phone Call by Allan A. Goldstein

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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 Bil as they talk about Shadows In Mind by Mark Schwab

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The boys are reunited to delve into a classic called Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things by Thomas Casey and find themselves wondering...is she dreadful enough?

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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.

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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]

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 Bil, Michael and Daniel as they all talk at the same time while hitting the table discussing Longhorns by David Lewis

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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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.  

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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!  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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Comedian extraordinaire Jonathan Duffy joins Bil and Daniel to talk about a real doozy of a Covid project, the 2022 drama Borrowed.  

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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!  

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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.  

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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.  

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