Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's millennial teen cinema season, Scream As If You Know 10 Things I Hate About Band Camp (or How Millennial Teen Movies Taught Me Everything I Know About Sex, Friendship and the American Dream)!

This week, we're delving into the second half of 2000, and we're discussing Ed Bye's British equivalent to Beavis and Butt-Head, Kevin & Perry Go Large; Peyton Reed's intelligent and hilarious Bring It On; Cameron Crowe's music dramedy masterpiece, Almost Famous; and Kinji Fukasaku's bleak and intense cult classic, Battle Royale.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise – it's completely optional, and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

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Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's millennial teen cinema season, Scream As If You Know 10 Things I Hate About Band Camp (or How Millennial Teen Movies Taught Me Everything I Know About Sex, Friendship and the American Dream)!

This week, we're out of the 90s and delving into the first half of 2000, and we're discussing James Wong's supernatural slasher, Final Destination; Keenen Ivory Wayans' horror parody, Scary Movie; Amy Heckerling's surprisingly serious romantic comedy, Loser; and John Fawcett's queer cult classic, Ginger Snaps.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise – it's completely optional, and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's millennial teen cinema season, Scream As If You Know 10 Things I Hate About Band Camp (or How Millennial Teen Movies Taught Me Everything I Know About Sex, Friendship and the American Dream)!

This week, we're delving into the second half of our 1999 two parter, and we're discussing Alexander Payne's phenomenal political dramedy, Election; Sofia Coppola's dark yet dreamy masterpiece, The Virgin Suicides; Paul Weitz's teen sex comedy cultural reset, American Pie; Michael Patrick Jann's hilarious mockumentary, Drop Dead Gorgeous; and Jamie Babbit's queer cult classic, But I'm a Cheerleader.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise – it's completely optional, and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's millennial teen cinema season, Scream As If You Know 10 Things I Hate About Band Camp (or How Millennial Teen Movies Taught Me Everything I Know About Sex, Friendship and the American Dream)!

This week, we're delving into the first half of 1999, a year that is considered by some to be the greatest movie year of all time, and we're discussing Brian Robbins' awful sports comedy, Varsity Blues; Robert Iscove's extremely 1999 yet extremely charming, She's All That; Darren Stein's camp cult classic, Jawbreaker; Roger Kumble's iconic erotic thriller, Cruel Intentions; and one of the greatest teen comedies ever made, Gil Junger's 10 Things I Hate About You.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise – it's completely optional, and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's millennial teen cinema season, Scream As If You Know 10 Things I Hate About Band Camp (or How Millennial Teen Movies Taught Me Everything I Know About Sex, Friendship and the American Dream)!

This week, we're delving into the second half of 1998 where we're discussing Joe Dante's cult action comedy, Small Soldiers; Gary Ross' inventive dramedy, Pleasantville; James Merendino's angry masterpiece, SLC Punk!; Jamie Blanks' camp slasher flick, Urban Legend; and some post-Scream sci-fi horror with Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise – it's completely optional, and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's millennial teen cinema season, Scream As If You Know 10 Things I Hate About Band Camp (or How Millennial Teen Movies Taught Me Everything I Know About Sex, Friendship and the American Dream)!

This week, we're delving into the first half of 1998 for a very gay episode where we're discussing Don Roos' dark comedy, The Opposite of Sex; John McNaughton's erotic thriller satire, Wild Things; Simon Shore's British queer rom com, Get Real; and John Waters' hilarious satirical take on the price of fame, Pecker.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise – it's completely optional, and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's millennial teen cinema season, Scream As If You Know 10 Things I Hate About Band Camp (or How Millennial Teen Movies Taught Me Everything I Know About Sex, Friendship and the American Dream)!

This week, we're delving into 1997 and discussing David Mirkin's comedy masterpiece, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion; the best and final entry of Gregg Araki's phenomenal Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, Nowhere; Jim Gillespie's post-Scream giallo and slasher hybrid, I Know What You Did Last Summer; and Paul Verhoeven's satirical and ahead of its time take on the state of American politics, Starship Troopers.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise – it's completely optional, and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, it's our Academy Awards 2026 special bonus episode, and we're discussing Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams.

You can expect discussions on what won, what we think should've won and films that we think should have been nominated as well as discussions about what we think will be nominated next year, Sinners making history, and Timothée Chalamet being a privileged twink.

You can find us on Instagram over at @riseofthegaycinephiles.

If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.