60: 2018 Oscars Recap

On this Episode Dakota Arsenault and Sammy Feilchenfeld recap and review the 90th Academy Awards that were handed out on Sunday March 4th, with the Best Picture being awarded to The Shape of Water.Some thoughts discussed include:

  • Dunkirk became the 17th film to win both Sound Editing and Sound Mixing
  • Netflix won it’s first full length feature award when Icarus was awarded Best Doc
  • Jordan Peele is the first black person to win Best Original Screenplay for Get Out
  • Roger Deakins finally won an Oscar after 13 previous nominations for Best Cinematography
  • The Jet Ski gag was probably the best bit of the night

Among many other topics!

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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