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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.

Reviews: Fuze from TIFF 2025

September 14, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 Fuze, the latest from British director David Mackenzie is a heist film that dumps a jigsaw puzzle into viewers laps and…

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Reviews: The Smashing Machine from TIFF 2025

September 10, 2025

Final Rating: 2.5/5 The Smashing Machine is a film with plenty of hype around it. It is written and directed by Benny Safdie, one…

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Reviews: Rental Family from TIFF 2025

September 8, 2025

In Rental Family, Philip is a down on his luck American actor who is hired by an agency to play the part of different family members based on client needs.

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312: TIFF50 Preview

September 2, 2025

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival. Dakota and Jeff each pick 3 under the radar choices of movies…

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311: Rashomon at 75 Years

August 19, 2025

Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon celebrates its 75th birthday this month, so Dakota and Jeff are joined by Martyn Strange to talk about it!

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Reviews: Lurker from Fantasia Festival 2025

August 8, 2025

Lurker is a dark and disturbing look into celebrity obsession as a young man works his way into the entourage of an upcoming singer.

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310: A24 Retrospective – Oasis: Supersonic

July 29, 2025

We continue out A24 Retrospective series by looking at the 2016 documentary Oasis: Supersonic, directed by Mat Whitecross.

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Reviews: Every Heavy Thing from Fantasia Festival 2025

July 25, 2025

Every Heavy Thing is a technothriller about a man who gets pulled into a killer’s dangerous game that sees women as his target.

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Blog: 2025 Fantasia Film Festival Preview

July 17, 2025

The 2025 edition of Fantasia is here! Running from July 16th-August 3rd, we are very excited to cover Fantasia for fifth year in a row

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309: Best Films By City

July 8, 2025

To celebrate Dakota’s birthday he alongside Bil Antoniou name their favourite films by city including NYC, Chicago, LA and seven others!

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