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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: A Welcome Distraction from VIFF 2025

October 15, 2025

Final Rating: 4/5 It’s easy to relate and to understand immediately what the title of Brian Daniel Johnson’s debut film A Welcome Distraction could…

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314: TIFF Interview with Zacharias Kunuk

October 14, 2025

Even though the Toronto International Film Festival is over, we have a very special interview for listeners. Zacharias Kunuk, best known for his 2001…

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Reviews: Miroirs No. 3 from VIFF 2025

October 8, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 The latest film from the quiet German auteur Christian Petzold is Miroirs No. 3, once again stars his go to muse…

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Blog: 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival Preview

September 29, 2025

The Vancouver International Film Festival is celebrating its 44th year of playing the best local and international films. Every year they get a great…

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Reviews: 2025 TIFF Midnight Madness Round Up Part 1

September 26, 2025

Midnight Madness plays the best in genre films during the Toronto International Film Festival. We saw almost every film in the program and wrote about them.

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313: 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

September 23, 2025

With the conclusion of the 50th edition of TIFF (TIFFTY), we look back at some of the films we saw, discuss the winners of…

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Reviews: Nouvelle Vague from TIFF 2025

September 17, 2025

Nouvelle Vague, from Richard Linklater, is a re-telling of the making of Breathless, the French New Wave film from director Jean-Luc Godard.

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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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