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This podcast features co-hosts Bil Antoniou, Daniel Krolik and Michael Soulard as they explore the best of the worst in LGBT cinema! Join us each month as we pick a film that we feel could have used some of our expert feedback, and hopefully leave it with some dignity. We'll post the film we are goi…

Bil Antoniou, Michael Soulard, Daniel Krolik


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    An Important Announcement!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 1:05


    BGM has switched servers and we’ve been told that there shouldn’t be anything you need to do, but in case you’re not getting new episodes, here’s the RSS feed link that you should be signed up to from now on:   https://anchor.fm/s/104a5157c/podcast/rss   Thank you!  

    Episode 211: Lonesome with Paul Mizzi

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 55:30


    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. Listen here:    Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook […]

    Episode 210: Longhorns

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 52:00


    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 […]

    Episode 209: Of An Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 52:47


    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. Listen here: Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow […]

    Episode 208: They/Them with Adam Bailey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 60:16


    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. Listen here: Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Bluesky

    Episode 207: The 9th Annual Oscar Episode with Glenn Sumi!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 150:21


    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. Listen to it here: Follow Glenn’s blog   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram […]

    Episode 206: The Baby with Annemieke Wade

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 73:53


    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. Listen here: Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Bluesky

    Episode 205: Straight-Jacket

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024


    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.   Listen here:     Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook […]

    Episode 204: Godless with Craig Jordan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Twitter

    Episode 203: Nuovo Olimpo with Gregory Rosebrugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024


    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. Find out […]

    Episode 202: Fox and His Friends with Said Atabaki

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Twitter

    Episode 201: Scab

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024


    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!   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

    Episode 200: Alex & Leo with Bill Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr […]

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    Episode 199: 4 Nights In The Hamptons with Phoevo Hughes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024


    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.   Listen […]

    Episode 198: Shared Rooms

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr […]

    Episode 197: My Big Gay Italian Wedding with Marco Timpano

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   More about Marco here   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– […]

    Episode 196: Save Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

    Episode 195: The Last Straight Man with Mark Cirillo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024


    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 […]

    Episode 194: Our Sons with James Gibson-Bray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 64:01


    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. Join Bil and James as they discuss John Erman’s Our […]

    Episode 193: Borrowed with Jonathan Duffy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024


    Comedian extraordinaire Jonathan Duffy joins Bil and Daniel to talk about a real doozy of a Covid project, the 2022 drama Borrowed.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

    Episode 192: Voyage of the Rock Aliens with Anders Yates

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024


    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!   Listen […]

    Episode 191: Hurricane Bianca: From Russia With Hate with Matthew Harris

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow […]

    Episode 190: Maid For Each Other

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024


    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.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

    Episode 189: The House of The Spirits with Mark O’Donovan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 59:12


    An Oscar-winning director, a stacked cast and a runaway hit of a debut novel…what could go wrong? Everything! Glenn Close plays wise old maid to a breathy, teenaged forty year-old Meryl in The House of the Spirits and we couldn’t talk about it without the help of the one and only Mr. Mark O’Donovan (aka […]

    Episode 188: Jinxed! with the hosts of Fish Jelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 55:26


    Betteheads will want to hear us give the Divine Miss M her due for surviving one of the biggest disasters of the eighties, Jinxed! Bil had the pleasure of sitting down with the hosts of the Fish Jelly podcast, Joseph Robinson and Nicholas Bell, to get their reactions to finally seeing the film directed by the […]

    Episode 187: The 8th Annual Oscar Special with Guest Glenn Sumi!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 137:36


    THE 8TH ANNUAL OSCAR EPISODE IS HERE! Our highly anticipated 90 minute discussion of Best Supporting Actress followed by a quick nod to the rest is once again a delight of a good time thanks to the generous appearance of the one and only Glenn Sumi, the notable Toronto journalist who joins Bil and Daniel […]

    Episode 186: Saltburn with Ryan G. Hinds and Gregory Rosebrugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 60:00


    You all love it when Ryan G. Hinds appears on the podcast, but do you think he’ll ever do it again after Bil screams at him about Saltburn? Join Bil, Michael, Ryan and Gregory Rosebrugh as they talk about Emerald Fennell’s eyebrow-raising sophomore effort.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram […]

    Episode 185: Birthday Cake with Mike Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 66:57


    It’s always such a thrill when someone who worked on a BGM agrees to talk about it on BGM!! This week, the very gracious author and filmmaker Mike Justice joined Bil to talk about Birthday Cake, on which he was an editor, to discuss the film as well as his own incredible career.   Listen […]

    Episode 184: Mannequin with Ryan Porter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 48:40


    Bil had never seen Mannequin before, and was so grateful that Ryan Porter returned to the show to make him watch it! Find BAD GAY MOVIES wherever you get your podcasts.   Listen here:   Find Ryan here   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

    Episode 183: In From The Side with Gregory Rosebrugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 49:09


    New episode! There are few guests we love having on more than Gregory Rosebrugh, and since he spends his free time playing rugby we figured he would be the expert witness to help Bil understand Matt Carter’s In From The Side.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

    Episode 182: The Broken Hearts Club with Brian Francis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 69:38


    New episode! Missed Connections, Natural Order and the Canada Reads selection Fruit author Brian Francis joins Bil and Daniel to revisit a movie we all remember loving twenty years ago, The Broken Hearts Club by Greg Berlanti. Do we still love it? Listen and find out!   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow […]

    Episode 181: Unconditional Love with Scott Mainprize

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 41:18


    PJ Hogan and Rupert Everett coming off the success of My Best Friend’s Wedding means whatever they do next has to be a classic, right? Author Scott Mainprize, whose new book The First Few Feet in a World of Wolves comes out on November 21, joins Bil to talk about the 2002 (but unreleased in […]

    Episode 180: The Revival with Steven Jackson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 53:54


    New episode! There’s always gotta be at least one Gays Vs. God episode every year on BGM, and on this year’s entry we have the pleasure of welcoming back guest host and the award-winning playwright of The Seat Next To The King Steven Elliott Jackson to talk about The Revival by Jennifer Gerber.   Listen […]

    Episode 179: At Long Last Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 63:19


    New episode! Vilified when it was released, resurrected as a misunderstood classic by no less than the likes of Rian Johnson and Karina Longworth in more recent years, and a film that features a subject dear to Bil and Daniel’s hearts: the one and only Madeline Kahn. We watched At Long Last Love and have […]

    Episode 178: Closet Monster with Gregory Rosebrugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 58:26


    It’s always a pleasure to have brilliant film scholar Gregory Rosebrugh on the show, and this time Bil and Daniel talk to him about the highs and lows of the 2015 Canadian drama Closet Monster by Stephen Dunn.   Listen here:   Dragging Mason County by Curtis Campbell   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram […]

    Episode 177: Were The World Mine with Michael Lyons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 50:49


    Shakespeare, sister! Bil hadn’t seen Were The World Mine since it premiered at Inside Out many enchanted moons ago and was sure it would still please him when his special returning guest Michael Lyons suggested it as a topic of conversation for BGM. Does it hold up? Find out by listening in!   Listen here: […]

    Devil’s Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 43:35


    Every good hook-up in the woods should start with a tarot card reading, or at least that’s what Bil, Daniel and Michael decided when they reunited to talk about Devil’s Path, which returns them to the universe of the great Matthew Montgomery.   Listen here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

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    SUMMER RERUN: Violet Tendencies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 58:25


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2014 and Episode 16 when we talked about Casper Andreas’ […]

    SUMMER RERUN: The Wishmakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 54:42


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2014 and Episode 25 when we talked about David Grotell’s The […]

    SUMMER RERUN: The Ten Year Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 56:25


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2014 and Episode 22 when we talked about JC Calciano’s […]

    SUMMER RERUN: The Mirror Has Two Faces

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 62:26


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2013 and Episode 10 when Alison Broverman joined us to […]

    SUMMER RERUN: Tea and Sympathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 56:50


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2014 and Episode 18 when we talked about Vincente Minnelli’s […]

    SUMMER RERUN: Making Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 49:03


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2013 and Episode 4 when we talked about Arthur Hiller’s […]

    SUMMER RERUN: Eating Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 42:40


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2013 and Episode 7 when we talked about Q. Allan […]

    SUMMER RERUN: Suddenly Last Summer with Andrew Lamb

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 53:32


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2013 and Episode 6 when we talked with director Andrew […]

    SUMMER RERUN: Bear City

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 58:48


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2013 and Episode 21 when we talked about Douglas Langway’s […]

    SUMMER RERUN: Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 46:52


    SUMMER RERUNS!  A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey!  Journey back to 2013 and Episode 11 when we talked about Todd Stephens’ […]

    Episode 175: Bros with Adam Bailey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 69:53


    Bil invites actor and playwright Adam Bailey to BGM for the first time and they discuss a film that, half a year later, is still a contentious experience for all involved. Listen to their discussion on Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller’s Bros.   Listen here:   Find Adam here.     Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– […]

    Episode 174: Mambo Italiano with Peter Knegt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 43:41


    Writer, filmmaker, arts curator, Canadian Screen Award winner and host of CBC’s Here And Queer Peter Knegt honored BGM with his presence to talk about a Canadian film classic that Bil hadn’t revisited in years. Listen to them discuss Mambo Italiano by Emile Gaudreault.   Listen here:   Find Peter here.   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com […]

    Episode 173: Staying Alive with Annemieke Wade

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 57:37


    Everybody uses everybody, and this week Bil uses up Annemieke Wade’s time and expertise as they discuss their favourite Sylvester Stallone musical, Staying Alive!   Listen to it here:   Donate Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com ———————– Follow Facebook Instagram Tumblr Twitter

    Episode 172: The Last Of Sheila with Matt Baume

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 51:53


    New episode! It was an honour for us at BGM that podcaster and author Matt Baume made time to sit down and talk to us about Herbert Ross’s The Last Of Sheila, though owing to the fact that both he and Bil loved the movie and because Matt is so great to talk to about […]

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