163: Fantasia Festival 2021

We review the films that we watched during the 2021 edition of Fantasia, the yearly Montreal film festival that specializes in genre movies (horror, SciFi, thriller, action etc). We talk about movies we both saw, ones we had previously covered, ones only one of us saw and awards that were given out!

9:45-13:30 Glasshouse (Read Dakota’s review and Rachel’s review)

13:30-18:50 Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Read Rachel’s review)

18:50-25:00 Art Kabuki (Read Dakota’s review and Rachel’s review)

25:00-30:45 Last Night in the Strip Club (Watch this doc short for free on YouTube)

30:45-33:45 Alien on Stage (Read Dakota’s review and Rachel’s Review)

33:45-38:00 Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (Read Dakota’s review and Rachel’s review)

38:00-39:45 Under the Open Sky (Listen to my review on episode 155: Toronto Japanese Film Festival)

39:45-45:45 Tombs of the Blind Dead (Read Dakota’s review)

45:45-51:00 Indemnity (Read Rachel’s review

**Trigger Warning – suicide and self harm** 51:00-59:15 #Blue_Whale (Read Rachel’s review)

Listen to our interviews with Kelsey Egan the director of Glasshouse and Lucy Harvey and Danielle Kummer the directors of Alien on Stage.

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Dakota Arsenault is the creator, host, producer and editor of Contra Zoom Pod. His favourite movies include The Life Aquatic, 12 Angry Men, Rafifi and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. He first started the podcast back in April of 2015 and has produced well over 250 episodes. Dakota is also a co-founder of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

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