Episode 228: John Apple Jack
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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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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? Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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! Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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? Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 Email badgaymovies@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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.
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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! Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band https://creators.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episodes?currentPage=2
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
Comedian extraordinaire Jonathan Duffy joins Bil and Daniel to talk about a real doozy of a Covid project, the 2022 drama Borrowed. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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! Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 Dublin Zoetrope). Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 legendary Don Siegel. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 to talk about this year's Oscar nominees. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
Bil had never seen Mannequin before, and was so grateful that Ryan Porter returned to the show to make him watch it! Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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! Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 America until 2003) strange case of Unconditional Love. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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. Email: badgaymovies2013@gmail.com Photo by Michael Sheffer Theme by The Chronos Band
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 […]
