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Bil Antoniou
Criterion Maestro
Bil Antoniou is a Toronto-based actor and playwright who co-hosts the podcast BGM: Bad Gay Movies/Bitchy Gay Men and his own personal memory project podcast My Criterions. The rest of the time, he's usually watching movies and blogging about them at MyOldAddiction.com.Articles by Bil Antoniou:
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December 29, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Top Ten Films Starring Willem DafoeRanking the 10 best films in Willem Dafoe’s filmography, including The Florida Project, Platoon, The Lighthouse, and The English Patient.
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October 12, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part FiveIf you’re watching Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story and have a hankering for more creepers, check into the Bates Motel and read the Classics Shelf series on Anthony Perkins, including this final entry on the actor’s later years.
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October 11, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins, Part FourIn part 4 of The Classics Shelf’s ongoing series about Anthony Perkins, Bil Antoniou looks at the actor in the 1970s with appearances in films like Murder on the Orient Express.
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October 4, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part ThreePart three in The Classic Shelf’s ongoing series about the career of Anthony Perkins visits his films of the 1960s, aka the Psycho years.
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September 20, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part TwoIn part two of The Classic Shelf’s Anthony Perkins retrospective, Bil Antoniou, looks at the first decade of the star’s career that saw him exploited as a teen idol in films like Friendly Persuasion, The Lonely Man, and This Angry Age.
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September 20, 2025
The Classics Shelf: Anthony Perkins – Part OneExploring the filmography of Anthony Perkins, the actor best known for his iconic performance as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
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June 23, 2025
The Classics Shelf: The 1973 Cannes Film FestivalRevisiting the films of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival where Scarecrow and The Hireling tied for the Grand Prix amid a scandalous line-up.
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May 18, 2025
The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Part 4 – The Final Hour: And the Winner IsThe 67th Academy Award ended a long night with Forrest Gump winning the popular vote over critical favourite Pulp Fiction.
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May 17, 2025
The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Part 3 – The Second Hour: I’m Sure They’re Pissed Off About SomethingIf you thought Adrien Brody’s Oscar speech was long, you should have seen the 1994 Oscars! Our look back continues with the hour that celebrated docs, an historic tie, and more!
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May 17, 2025
The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Part 2 – The First Hour: The Hollywood Variety ShowDuring the 1994 Academy Awards, Lizzie Gardiner made fashion history with her win for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Dianne Wiest won for an all-timer performance.
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May 17, 2025
The Classics Shelf: The 1994 Academy Awards, Thirty Years LaterRevisiting the Academy Awards honouring the best films of 1994, where Forrest Gump trumped Pulp Fiction in one of the Oscars’ Best Picture wins that hasn’t aged so gracefully.
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February 10, 2025
The Classics Shelf: The 1934 Venice Film FestivalRevisiting the films of the 1934 Venice Film Festival, including It Happened One Night, Little Women, Twentieth Century, and Masquerade in Vienna.
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November 16, 2024
The Classics Shelf: Billy WilderNobody’s perfect, but Billy Wilder came damn near close. The latest edition of The Classics Shelf looks at the career of the director behind classics like The Apartment and Some Like It Hot.
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September 21, 2024
The Classics Shelf: The First OscarsRevisiting the winners and nominees of the inaugural Academy Awards in 1927, including Wings, Sunrise, and The Crowd.
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August 12, 2024
The Classics Shelf: The 2013 Berlin Film FestivalThis edition of the Classics Shelf reviews the 2013 Berlin Film Festival where Child’s Pose won the Golden Bear in a modest competition.
