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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.

218: 80 Years of Casablanca

November 29, 2022

Back on November 26th 1942 the movie world was changed with the release of the Michael Curtiz directed Casablanca. The film appears on lists…

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217: A24 Retrospective – Revenge of the Green Dragons

November 15, 2022

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

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216: Fox Film Noirs

November 8, 2022

It’s Noir-vember again and we are back with another great film noir themed show! This year The Criterion Channel has a collection of 20th…

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215: A24 Retrospective – Laggies

November 1, 2022

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2014’s Laggies directed by Lynn…

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214: A Trilogy of Nosferatu’s

October 25, 2022

It’s our annual Halloween special! This year we are looking at three versions of the Nosferatu story in preparation of Robert Eggers version coming…

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213: A24 Retrospective – Tusk

October 18, 2022

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2014’s Tusk directed by Kevin…

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Guest Appearance: Technically a Conversation Episode 67 – The Cecil Hotel

October 17, 2022

Dakota joined Technically a Conversation to talk with Jose Gomez about the creepy Cecil Hotel. The Cecil Hotel started out as a luxury destination…

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212: 2022 VIFF Wrap Up

October 11, 2022

While Rachel got to have her fun covering TIFF, those of us on the west coast got to enjoy the Vancouver International Film Festival….

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Reviews: The Grizzlie Truth from VIFF 2022

October 7, 2022

Final Rating: 3.5/5 I’m a basketball fan. But I am from Toronto and didn’t start following the sport until I was in college, around…

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Reviews: Viking from VIFF 2022

October 5, 2022

Final Rating: 4/5 Viking is a new science fiction satire from Québecois writer and director Stéphane Lafleur. The film is about how the first…

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