Riviera Rats

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 18th Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival:The 317th Platoon (La 317ème section) by Pierre SchoendoerfferAlways Further On (Tarahumara) (Cada vez más lejos) by Luis AlcorizaThe Amphitheatre (The Pit) (El Reñidero) by René MugicaCircus Angel (Fifi la plume) by Albert LamorisseClay by Giorgio MangiameleThe Collector by William WylerThe First Day of Freedom (Pierwszy dzien wolnosci) by Aleksander FordForest of the Hanged (Padurea spânzuratilor) by Liviu CiuleiThe Hill by Sidney LumetA Girl Danced Into His Life (Az Életbe táncoltatott leány) by Tamás BanovichThe Ipcress File by Sidney J. FurieThe Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard LesterKwaidan by Masaki KobayashiThe Lark (Жаворонок) by Nikita Kurikhin and Leonid MenakerLoving Couples (Älskande par) by Mai ZetterlingMen and Women (Noite Vazia) by Walter Hugo KhouriThe Moment of Truth (Il momento della verità) by Francesco RosiMy Home Is Copacabana (Mitt hem är Copacabanav by Arne SucksdorffThe Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) by Ján Kadár and Elmar KlosThe Sin (الحرام) by Henry BarakatSnakes and Ladders (El juego de la oca) by Manuel SummersThere Was an Old Couple (Жили-были старик со старухой) by Grigory ChukhrayTorrid Noon (Горещо пладне) by Zako HeskiyaTreason (Προδοσία) by Kostas ManoussakisThe Uninhibited (Los pianos mecánicos) by Juan Antonio BardemYo Yo by Pierre ÉtaixFollow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 66th Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:Behind the Candelabra by Steven SoderberghBlue Is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2) by Abdellatif KechicheBorgman by Alex van WarmerdamA Castle in Italy (Un château en Italie) by Valeria Bruni TedeschiThe Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) by Paolo SorrentinoGriGris by Mahamat Saleh HarounHeli by Amat EscalanteThe Immigrant by James GrayInside Llewyn Davis by Joel and Ethan CoenJimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian by Arnaud DesplechinLike Father, Like Son by Hirokazu KoreedaAge of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (Michael Kohlhaas) by Arnaud des PallièresNebraska by Alexander PayneOnly God Forgives by Nicolas Winding RefnOnly Lovers Left Alive by Jim JarmuschThe Past (Le Passé) by Asghar FarhadiShield of Straw by Takashi MiikeA Touch of Sin by Jia ZhangkeVenus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure) by Roman PolanskiYoung & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie) by François OzonFollow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 6th Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival:1 April 2000 by Wolfgang LiebeneinerAwaara by Raj KapoorThe Bandit of Brazil by Lima BarretoBarabbas by Alf SjöbergBongolo by André CauvinCall Me Madam by Walter LangChildren of Hiroshima by Kaneto ShindoCome Back, Little Sheba by Daniel MannDedication of the Great Buddha by Teinosuke KinugasaDoña Francisquita by Ladislao VajdaÉl by Luis BuñuelEmergency Ward by Tulio DemicheliEndless Horizons (opening film) by Jean DrévilleFlamenco by Edgar NevilleFor the Sake of My Intemperate Youth by Arne MattssonGendai-jin by Minoru ShibuyaGreen Magic by Gian Gaspare NapolitanoThe Heart of the Matter by George More O'FerrallI Confess by Alfred HitchcockIntimate Relations by Charles FrankLight in the High Plains by Víctor UrruchúaLili by Charles WaltersMonsieur Hulot's Holiday by Jacques TatiPerfidy by Vladimir PogačićPeter Pan by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred JacksonRossana by Emilio FernándezThe Sun Shines Bright by John FordTerminal Station by Vittorio De SicaThe Three Perfect Wives by Roberto GavaldónLa vie passionnée de Clémenceau by Gilbert ProuteauThe Village by Leopold LindtbergThe Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges ClouzotThe Wayward Wife by Mario SoldatiWelcome Mr. Marshall! by Luis García BerlangaThe White Reindeer by Erik BlombergFollow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 43rd Cannes Film Festival.Films screened In Competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival:Captive of the Desert (La captive du desert), Raymond Depardon, FranceCome See the Paradise, Alan Parker, United StatesCyrano de Bergerac, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, France, HungaryDaddy Nostalgie, Bertrand Tavernier, FranceThe Ear (Ucho), Karel Kachyňa, CzechoslovakiaEverybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene), Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy, FranceHidden Agenda, Ken Loach, United KingdomInterrogation (Przesłuchanie), Ryszard Bugajski, PolandJu Dou, Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, China, JapanThe King's Whore (La putain du roi), Axel Corti, France, Italy, United KingdomMother (Мать), Gleb Panfilov, Soviet Union, ItalyNouvelle Vague, Jean-Luc Godard, France, SwitzerlandRodrigo D: No Future (Rodrigo D: No futuro), Víctor Gaviria, ColombiaThe Sting of Death, Kōhei Oguri, JapanTaxi Blues (Такси-блюз), Pavel Lungin, Soviet UnionTilaï, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, France, Germany, United KingdomWhite Hunter Black Heart, Clint Eastwood, United StatesWild at Heart, David Lynch, United StatesFollow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

The 79th Festival has concluded, the awards have been handed out and we're so excited to let Nicholas Bell tell us what we should be excited about! Listen to us talk to him about the Official Competition, which he saw in its entirety, and then follow him on Instagram @ragingbells, find his podcast and Youtube channel FishJelly, read his reviews on Ion Cinema and check out his appearances on the Cinema Italia podcast.Follow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

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 @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

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 AltmanThe American Friend (Der Amerikanische Freund) by Wim WendersAn Average Little Man (Un borghese piccolo piccolo) by Mario MonicelliBackbone (Kičma) by Vlatko GilićBang! by Jan TroellBlack Joy by Anthony SimmonsBound for Glory by Hal AshbyBudapest Tales (Budapesti mesék) by István SzabóCar Wash by Michael SchultzThe Duellists by Ridley ScottElisa, My Life (Elisa, vida mía) by Carlos SauraGroup Portrait with a Lady (Gruppenbild mit Dame) by Aleksandar PetrovićThe Hunters (Οι Κυνηγοί) by Theo AngelopoulosIphigenia (Ιφιγένεια) by Michael CacoyannisJ.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) by Jean BeaudinThe Lacemaker (La dentellière) by Claude GorettaThe Lorry (Le camion) by Marguerite DurasThe Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) by Jean Pierre LefebvrePadre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio TavianiThe Purple Taxi (Un taxi mauve) by Yves BoissetSolemn Communion (La Communion solennelle) by René FéretA Special Day (Una giornata particolare) by Ettore ScolaWounded Game (Подранки) by Nikolai GubenkoFollow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

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 @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

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 AoyamaDistance by Hirokazu Kore-edaI'm Going Home (Je rentre à la maison / Vou para Casa) by Manoel de OliveiraIn Praise of Love (Éloge de l'amour) by Jean-Luc GodardKandahar (قندهار) by Mohsen MakhmalbafThe Man Who Wasn't There by Joel CoenMillennium Mambo (千禧曼波) by Hou Hsiao-hsienMoulin Rouge! by Baz LuhrmannMulholland Drive by David LynchNo Man's Land (Ничија земља) by Danis TanovićThe Officers' Ward (La Chambre des officiers) by François DupeyronPau and His Brother (Pau i el seu germà) by Marc RechaThe Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) by Michael HanekeThe Pledge by Sean PennThe Profession of Arms (Il mestiere delle armi) by Ermanno OlmiReplay (La repetition) by Catherine CorsiniRoberto Succo by Cédric KahnShrek by Andrew Adamson and Vicky JensonTaurus (Телец) by Alexander SokurovThe Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) by Nanni MorettiVa savoir by Jacques RivetteWarm Water Under a Red Bridge (赤い橋の下のぬるい水) by Shōhei ImamuraWhat Time Is It There? (你那邊幾點) by Tsai Ming-liangFollow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

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 BressonThe Ballad of Narayama by Shōhei ImamuraCarmen by Carlos SauraCross Creek by Martin RittThe Death of Mario Ricci by Claude GorettaDuvar by Yılmaz GüneyEréndira by Ruy GuerraForbidden Relations by Zsolt Kézdi-KovácsHeat and Dust by James IvoryThe King of Comedy (opening film) by Martin ScorseseKharij by Mrinal SenMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Nagisa ŌshimaMonty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry JonesMoon in the Gutter by Jean-Jacques BeineixNostalghia by Andrei TarkovskyOne Deadly Summer by Jean BeckerStation for Two by Eldar RyazanovThe Story of Piera by Marco FerreriEl Sur by Víctor EriceTender Mercies by Bruce BeresfordThe Wounded Man by Patrice ChéreauThe Year of Living Dangerously by Peter WeirFollow us on Instagram @rivieraratsWrite to us at [email protected] and on BlueSky at @rivierarats.bsky.socialRiviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh.Theme music by Joseph OrganArtwork by Leonidas Kouvaris