Riviera Rats

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 th...

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

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...

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

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 W...

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 Du...

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...

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 D...

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 Eve...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 67th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival: The Captive by Atom Egoyan Clouds of Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas Foxcatcher by Bennett Miller Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard The Homesman by Tommy Lee Jones Jimmy's Hall by Ken Loach Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev Maps to the Stars by David Cronenb...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 4th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival: All About Eve, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, United States Bright Victory, Mark Robson The Browning Version, Anthony Asquith, United Kingdom Caiçara, Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse, Brazil Dance of Fire, La Danza del fuego, Daniel Tinayre, Argentina The Deadl...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 51st Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival: April (Aprile) Nanni Moretti Italy The Celebration (Festen) Thomas Vinterberg Denmark Claire Dolan Lodge Kerrigan United States, France Class Trip (La classe de neige) Claude Miller France Dance Me to My Song Rolf de Heer Australia The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 26th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival: Ana and the Wolves by Carlos Saura Belle by André Delvaux The Death of a Lumberjack by Gilles Carle The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Newman Electra Glide in Blue by James William Guercio Fantastic Planet by Rene Laloux Le Far West by...

NEW BONUS EPISODE!  Bil and Greg close out the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the most exciting way: their first guest!  The great Nicholas Bell of Ioncinema.com just got back from the Riviera and is here to tell the Rats all about being at the festival and what he thought of the winners.   Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats and on Bluesky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Write to us at ratsriviera@gmai...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival: Antichrist by Lars von Trier Bright Star by Jane Campion Broken Embraces by Pedro Almodóvar Butchered by Brillante Mendoza Enter the Void by Gaspar Noé Face by Tsai Ming-liang Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino In the Beginning b...

The Juries for this month's festival have been announced and Bil and Greg have their reactions, plus talk about a few new inclusions to the competitions. Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats and on Bluesky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kou...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 41st Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival: The Abyss by André Delvaux Bird by Clint Eastwood The Cannibals by Manoel de Oliveira Chocolat by Claire Denis El Dorado by Carlos Saura Drowning by Numbers by Peter Greenaway L'enfance de l'art by Francis Girod Hanussen by István Szabó King of the Childr...

The official slate has been unveiled for the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May, and Bil and Greg want to tell you what they're most excited about. Follow us on Instagram @rivierarats and on Bluesky at @rivierarats.bsky.social Write to us at ratsriviera@gmail.com Riviera Rats is hosted and produced by Bil Antoniou and Gregory Rosebrugh. Theme music by Joseph Organ Artwork by Leonidas Kouvaris

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival: About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan by Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet Asphalt City by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Asteroid City by Wes Anderson Banel & Adama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy A Brighter Tomorrow by Nanni Moretti La chimera by Alice Rohrwacher Club Zero...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 1st Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival: The Adventurous Bachelor by Otakar Vávra Anna and the King of Siam by John Cromwell The Bandit by Alberto Lattuada The Battle of the Rails by René Clément Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau Blood and Fire by Anders Henrikson Brief Encounter by David Lean Caesar...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 16th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival: Les Abysses by Nikos Papatakis Alvorada by Hugo Niebeling The Cage (La Cage) by Robert Darène Carom Shots (Carambolages) by Marcel Bluwal The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný Codine by Henri Colpi The Conjugal Bed (L'ape regina) by Marco Ferr...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival: Amant Double by François Ozon The Beguiled by Sofia Coppola BPM (Beats per Minute) (QP) by Robin Campillo The Day After by Hong Sang-soo A Gentle Creature by Sergei Loznitsa Good Time by Josh and Benny Safdie Happy End by Michael Haneke In the Fade by Fatih Akin...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 11th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival: Brink of Life (Nära livet) by Ingmar Bergman The Brothers Karamazov by Richard Brooks La Caleta olvidada by Bruno Gebel Ciulinii Bărăganului by Louis Daquin The Cranes are Flying (Letyat zhuravli) by Mikhail Kalatozov Desire Under the Elms by Delbert Mann The Flu...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 49th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival: Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument by Arnaud Desplechin Crash by David Cronenberg Drifting Clouds by Aki Kaurismäki Earth by Julio Medem The Eighth Day by Jaco Van Dormael Fargo by Joel Coen Goodbye South, Goodbye by...

Bil and Greg go through the selections of the 28th Cannes Film Festival. Films screened In Competition at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore by Martin Scorsese Aloïse by Liliane de Kermadec The Amulet of Ogum (O Amuleto de Ogum) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos Cher Victor (Ce cher Victor) by Robin Davis Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des années de Braise) by Moh...