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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.

Blog: Best Films of 2013

March 22, 2023

I am totally stealing content ideas from Filmspotting, this shouldn’t surprise anyone, because the original inspiration for even creating Contra Zoom was their podcast. They…

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230: Oscars 2023 – Oscar Recap Extravaganza

March 13, 2023

After dedicating much of the last two+ months to the Academy Awards, we finally have reached our finish line. The 95th Oscars awarded Everything…

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Blog: If We Were Oscar Voters 2023

March 12, 2023

We are back for a third year in a row proving that Rachel and Dakota have better taste than Oscar voters. We made our…

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Bonus Episode: Oscars 2023 – Oscar Draft

March 9, 2023

We have another fun bonus episode and if you are either a Spotify or YouTube subscriber you’ll also get the video for this show….

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229: Oscars 2023 – Oscar Predictions

March 7, 2023

We finished going through all the Best Picture nominees over the last month and it’s time to put our money where our mouths are….

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228: Oscars 2023 – The Way of WesTÁRn Sadness

February 28, 2023

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On…

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227: Oscars 2023 – Everything Everywhere All Elvis Talking

February 21, 2023

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On…

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226: Make/Remake Ikiru and Living

February 14, 2023

Make/Remake examines how two films that share the same story. Not to say what film was better or worse, but how they are similar…

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225: Oscars 2023 – Top Fabelmans of Inisherin

February 7, 2023

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On…

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224: A24 Retrospective – A Most Violent Year

January 31, 2023

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2014’s A Most Violent Year…

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