Riviera Rats

Bil Antoniou, Gregory Rosebrugh
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Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh go through every edition of the Cannes Film Festival to decide if the Palme D'Or was the right choice.

  1. 33: BONUS - 2026 Jury Announcement

    1D AGO ·  BONUS

    33: BONUS - 2026 Jury Announcement

    The jury has been announced for the Official Competition of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, and we took a moment to react to the selections! Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    33 min
  2. 32: 1977 - Padre Padrone

    5D AGO

    32: 1977 - Padre Padrone

    Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 30th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival: 3 Women by Robert Altman The American Friend (Der Amerikanische Freund) by Wim Wenders An Average Little Man (Un borghese piccolo piccolo) by Mario Monicelli Backbone (Kičma) by Vlatko Gilić Bang! by Jan Troell Black Joy by Anthony Simmons Bound for Glory by Hal Ashby Budapest Tales (Budapesti mesék) by István Szabó Car Wash by Michael Schultz The Duellists by Ridley Scott Elisa, My Life (Elisa, vida mía) by Carlos Saura Group Portrait with a Lady (Gruppenbild mit Dame) by Aleksandar Petrović The Hunters (Οι Κυνηγοί) by Theo Angelopoulos Iphigenia (Ιφιγένεια) by Michael Cacoyannis J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) by Jean Beaudin The Lacemaker (La dentellière) by Claude Goretta The Lorry (Le camion) by Marguerite Duras The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani The Purple Taxi (Un taxi mauve) by Yves Boisset Solemn Communion (La Communion solennelle) by René Féret A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) by Ettore Scola Wounded Game (Подранки) by Nikolai Gubenko Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    2h 34m
  3. 31: BONUS - 2026 Competition Announcement Reactions

    APR 12 ·  BONUS

    31: BONUS - 2026 Competition Announcement Reactions

    The full slate of the upcoming 79th Cannes Film Festival has been announced, and Bil and Greg have things to say about it! Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    51 min
  4. 30: 2001 - The Son's Room

    APR 1

    30: 2001 - The Son's Room

    Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 54th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival: Desert Moon (月の砂漠) by Shinji Aoyama Distance by Hirokazu Kore-eda I'm Going Home (Je rentre à la maison / Vou para Casa) by Manoel de Oliveira In Praise of Love (Éloge de l'amour) by Jean-Luc Godard Kandahar (قندهار) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf The Man Who Wasn't There by Joel Coen Millennium Mambo (千禧曼波) by Hou Hsiao-hsien Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann Mulholland Drive by David Lynch No Man's Land (Ничија земља) by Danis Tanović The Officers' Ward (La Chambre des officiers) by François Dupeyron Pau and His Brother (Pau i el seu germà) by Marc Recha The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) by Michael Haneke The Pledge by Sean Penn The Profession of Arms (Il mestiere delle armi) by Ermanno Olmi Replay (La repetition) by Catherine Corsini Roberto Succo by Cédric Kahn Shrek by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson Taurus (Телец) by Alexander Sokurov The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) by Nanni Moretti Va savoir by Jacques Rivette Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (赤い橋の下のぬるい水) by Shōhei Imamura What Time Is It There? (你那邊幾點) by Tsai Ming-liang Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    2h 48m
  5. 29: 1983 - The Ballad of Narayama

    MAR 1

    29: 1983 - The Ballad of Narayama

    Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 36th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival: L'Argent by Robert Bresson The Ballad of Narayama by Shōhei Imamura Carmen by Carlos Saura Cross Creek by Martin Ritt The Death of Mario Ricci by Claude Goretta Duvar by Yılmaz Güney Eréndira by Ruy Guerra Forbidden Relations by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Heat and Dust by James Ivory The King of Comedy (opening film) by Martin Scorsese Kharij by Mrinal Sen Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Nagisa Ōshima Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones Moon in the Gutter by Jean-Jacques Beineix Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky One Deadly Summer by Jean Becker Station for Two by Eldar Ryazanov The Story of Piera by Marco Ferreri El Sur by Víctor Erice Tender Mercies by Bruce Beresford The Wounded Man by Patrice Chéreau The Year of Living Dangerously by Peter Weir Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    2h 16m
  6. 28: 2022 - Triangle of Sadness

    FEB 1

    28: 2022 - Triangle of Sadness

    Bil 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 Gray Boy from Heaven by Tarik Saleh Broker by Hirokazu Kore-eda Brother and Sister (Frère et sœur) by Arnaud Desplechin Close by Lukas Dhont Crimes of the Future by David Cronenberg Decision to Leave by Park Chan-wook The Eight Mountains (Le otto montagne) by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen EO (Io) by Jerzy Skolimowski Forever Young (Les Amandiers) by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Holy Spider by Ali Abbasi Leila's Brothers by Saeed Roustayi Mother and Son (Un petit frère) by Léonor Serraille Nostalgia by Mario Martone Pacifiction (Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles) by Albert Serra R.M.N. by Cristian Mungiu Showing Up by Kelly Reichardt Stars at Noon by Claire Denis Tchaikovsky's Wife by Kirill Serebrennikov Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita) by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    2h 33m
  7. 27: 1947 - The Second Festival

    JAN 1

    27: 1947 - The Second Festival

    Bil 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 Decoin Antoine et Antoinette by Jacques Becker Boomerang! by Elia Kazan The Captain's Daughter (La figlia del capitano) by Mario Camerini The Cat (La gata) by Mario Soffici The Chase by Arthur Ripley Crossfire by Edward Dmytryk The Damned (Les Maudits) by René Clément Dumbo by Ben Sharpsteen Flesh Will Surrender (Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo) by Alberto Lattuada Ivy by Sam Wood The Jolson Story by Alfred E. Green Les jeux sont faits by Jean Delannoy Lost in the Dark (Sperduti nel buio) by Camillo Mastrocinque Marouf, the Cairo Cobbler (Marouf Savetier du Caire) by Jean Mauran Mine Own Executioner by Anthony Kimmins Paris 1900 by Nicole Vedres Possessed by Curtis Bernhardt A Ship Bound for India (Skeep till India land) by Ingmar Bergman Song of Dolores (La copla de la Dolores) by Benito Perojo The Strange Love of Martha Ivers by Lewis Milestone A Tanítónő (The Teacher) by Márton Keleti Two Women (Två kvinnor) by Arnold Sjostrand Ziegfeld Follies by Vincente Minnelli Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    1h 43m
  8. 26: 1967 - Blowup

    12/01/2025

    26: 1967 - Blowup

    Bil 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 Losey Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni The Climax by Pietro Germi Degree of Murder by Volker Schlöndorff Elvira Madigan by Bo Widerberg Entranced Earth by Glauber Rocha Hagbard and Signe by Gabriel Axel Hotel for Strangers by Antonín Máša I Even Met Happy Gypsies by Aleksandar Petrović Katerina Izmailova by Mikhail Shapiro The Killing Game by Alain Jessua The Last Meeting by Antonio Eceiza My Love, My Love by Nadine Trintignant Misunderstood by Luigi Comencini Monday's Child by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Mouchette by Robert Bresson Pedro Páramo by Carlos Velo Ten Thousand Days by Ferenc Kósa Three Days and a Child by Uri Zohar Ulysses by Joseph Strick The Unknown Man of Shandigor by Jean-Louis Roy We Still Kill the Old Way by Elio Petri The Winds of the Aures by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina You're a Big Boy Now by Francis Ford Coppola Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

    2h 14m
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Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh go through every edition of the Cannes Film Festival to decide if the Palme D'Or was the right choice.

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  • Creator
    Bil Antoniou, Gregory Rosebrugh
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Bil Antoniou, Gregory Rosebrugh
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