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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: 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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Reviews: Drop – Physical Release

July 2, 2025

Drop is an exciting whodunit thriller, where a woman is tormented by a drop sharing app to do unspeakable things to her date.

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Reviews: Mann’s Sparks from imagineNATIVE 2025

June 23, 2025

Mann’s Sparks is a unique video essay documentary where Michael Mann’s filmography is blended with the dream pop band Beach House to make 10 music video edits.

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Reviews: Seeds from imagineNATIVE 2025

June 20, 2025

Ziggy is an influencer who has just scored a huge endorsement with Nature’s Oath, until she realizes she’s been targeted by them to steal her family’s seeds.

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308: 2025 Canadian Screen Awards

June 10, 2025

The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards were handed out from May 30-June 1st. We look at ten categories and discuss the winners

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307: Mission: Impossible – Ranked

June 3, 2025

Dakota and Matthew rank the 8 Mission: Impossible films with very special guest Rachel Ho. The trio discuss and rate all the films in this incredible franchise.

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