231: Best Films of 2022

Now that the Oscars are gone, we can officially flip the calendar on the 2022 movie year. Dakota and Rachel each name their ten favourite films from last year and get some help with some voicemails from friends of the show!

Special thanks to Calum MacNab from ⁠Scaretroducing⁠ (Nope), Paulo Bautista from the ⁠Oscars Death Race Podcast⁠ (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Jeff Bulmer from ⁠Classic Movies Live⁠ (Babylon) and Bil Antoniou from ⁠Bad Gay Movies⁠ (TÁR) for sending in voicemails.

Dakota’s Top 10

  1. Brother
  2. TÁR
  3. The Good Nurse
  4. Top Gun: Maverick
  5. Confess, Fletch
  6. Babylon
  7. The Wonder
  8. All Quiet on the Western Front
  9. The Batman
  10. Broker

Rachel’s Top 10

  1. All Quiet on the Western Front
  2. After Yang
  3. Apples
  4. The Banshees of Inisherin
  5. Brother
  6. Everything Everywhere All At Once
  7. Close
  8. Apollo 10 1/2
  9. The Menu
  10. Entergalatic

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About the author

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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