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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.

Guest Appearance: Classic Movies Live – Director Showdown – Round 1, Match 2 – Lynne Ramsay vs. Denis Villeneuve

June 5, 2024

Welcome back to Director Showdown! In this series, we pit 64 of the biggest directors to debut since 1998 against each other in an…

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280: Canadian Screen Awards 2024

June 4, 2024

The ⁠Canadian Screen Awards⁠ celebrate the best in film from Canada. We discuss the films that were nominated and won at this year’s ceremony.

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Blog: A Collection of Canadian Screen Award Reviews

May 29, 2024

Covering and supporting Canadian film is a core tenet of Contra Zoom. Check out the collected reviews of CSA nominated films.

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279: Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

May 28, 2024

Summer movie season is upon us, so it is time to pick what movies with a confirmed release date we are most excited about seeing this year!

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Reviews: Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox from SIFF 2024

May 22, 2024

Tim Travers creates a time machine, and a paradox when he steps through the machine over and over again creating many Tim’s.

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278: 2024 SIFF Wrap Up

May 21, 2024

The 2024 Seattle International Film Festival just concluded and we wrap up some of the films we saw. Joining the show is Thomas Stoneham-Judge, of ⁠For Reel⁠.

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Reviews: Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film from SIFF 2024

May 20, 2024

Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film looks at whether or not the esteemed director’s 1944 film Lifeboat was helping the war effort or potentially aiding the enemy.

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Reviews: Humane

May 16, 2024

In Humane, Caitlin Cronenberg takes on the environment, government overreach, pandemic response plans, familial legacies, race, ableism and much more.

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277: A24 Retrospective – Dark Places

May 14, 2024

In 2015’s ⁠Dark Places⁠, Charlize Theron plays Libby Day a woman who witnesses her older brother murder her entire family in a satanic ritual as a child.

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Reviews: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story from Hot Docs 2024

May 8, 2024

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, tells the story of the trailblazing trans R&B singer who on the cusp of success walked away from the industry in 1971.

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