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Author: Dakota Arsenault

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 300 episodes. Dakota is also a co-founder of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

323: Sinner’s Hamnet of F1

February 10, 2026

We begin our yearly journey looking at all the Best Picture nominated films and the odds they have to win each of their awards….

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322: Paying For It Interview with Sook-Yin Lee

January 29, 2026

We have a special video episode where Jeff Bulmer takes the reigns to interview ⁠Paying For It⁠ writer and director Sook-Yin Lee. They talk…

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321: 2026 Oscar Nomination Reactions

January 27, 2026

Dakota and Jeff talk about the just announced 98th Academy Award nominations. We discuss Sinners setting a new record with 16 nods, wonder if…

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Reviews: Dead Man’s Wire

January 15, 2026

Final Rating: 2.5/5 Ed. note: read our original review of Dead Man’s Wire from TIFF. Starting on February 8th 1977 and lasting several days,…

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320: A24 Retrospective – Green Room

December 23, 2025

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A24’s films⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. On this episode Dakota is looking at 2015’s ⁠Green Room⁠ directed by…

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319: KPop Demon Hunters

December 16, 2025

The film ⁠KPop Demon Hunters⁠ premiered on Netflix and was a massive hit. We talk about it, along with it’s Oscar chances and more.

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318: A24 Retrospective – Room

November 18, 2025

We continue going through A24’s films⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, as we look at 2015’s ⁠Room⁠ about a woman and her son who escape their kidnapping and try to adjust to the real world.

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316: Old, Young and New Frankenstein

October 28, 2025

With the latest version of Frankenstein⁠ coming out from director Guillermo del Toro, we look back at the history of this monster movie.

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315: 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival

October 21, 2025

The 44th edition of VIFF just concluded and we are here to talk about some of our favourite films! Joining Dakota and Matthew is Darren Zakus.

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Reviews: Blue Moon from VIFF 2025

October 16, 2025

Blue Moon is the 2nd film of 2025 from Richard Linklater. Here he tells the story of Lorenz Hart, the one time partner of famed composer Richard Rodgers.

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