Skip to content

Contra Zoom Pod

Where we go back and forth about film.

  • Contra Zoom Pod
  • All Posts
  • Where To Listen
  • Contributors
  • Friends of CZP
  • Social Media
  • History
  • Contact Us

Reviews: The Lions By the River Tigris

March 31, 2025

The Lions By the River Tigris focuses on the aftermath of Mosul’s destruction by ISIS in 2014 and then liberated three years later by Iraqi Armed Forces.

Continue Reading

Reviews: Wolf Man – Physical Release

March 28, 2025

Blake returns to Oregon alongside his wife and daughter, they’re ambushed by a shadowy creature that topples their truck and injures Blake.

Continue Reading

Reviews: The Penguin Lessons

March 27, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 There’s not a penguin in sight when The Penguin Lessons opens like a ’70s sitcom – with a score by Federico…

Continue Reading

Reviews: Julie Keeps Quiet

March 25, 2025

Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Keeps Quiet is one of the more meditative sports films out there. The titular Julie is trying to stay focused on her skills and future as a tennis player while her club experiences some major turmoil.

Continue Reading

Reviews: Helen and the Bear

March 21, 2025

Alix Blair’s Helen and the Bear eschews politics (for the most part) and focuses on the intense, intimate relationship between former Republican Representative Pete McCloskey and his second wife Helen, the director’s uncle and aunt.

Continue Reading

Reviews: AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

March 19, 2025

Final Rating: 2/5 On March 20, 1995, sarin gas was released on three lines of the Tokyo Metro by members of the new religious…

Continue Reading

302: Best Films of 2024

March 18, 2025

Now that Oscar season has come and gone, it is finally time to put a bow on the films from 2024. We rank our top 10 films of the year.

Continue Reading

Reviews: La Pecera (The Fishbowl)

March 17, 2025

There’s a lot to like about Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s La Pecera (The Fishbowl), from the performances to the cinematography.

Continue Reading

Reviews: Nightshift – 4K Restoration

March 14, 2025

Recently, the Lightbox Film Center, in collaboration with the British Film Institute and Cinenova, restored Nightshift directed by Robina Rose.

Continue Reading

Reviews: The Electric State

March 14, 2025

Art at its best offers a new perspective, even when the subject of that art is nothing new. There’s simply no heart to The Electric State, and it grows old fast.

Continue Reading

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 18 19 20 … 76 Next

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Reviews: Sundance Shorts Round Up
  • Reviews: André is an Idiot
  • 326: 2026 Oscar Draft
  • Reviews: Papaya from Berlinale 2026
  • 325: Marty Frankenstein The Train Agent
Copyright Contra Zoom Pod. All rights reserved. | Theme by SuperbThemes