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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.

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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Brother

Reviews: Brother from VIFF 2022

October 3, 2022

Final Rating: 5/5 Brother opens with one of the most electrifying scenes ever put to film. Sure the scene literally takes place at a…

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Reviews: Black Ice from VIFF 2022

October 2, 2022

Final Rating: 3/5 To the outside world, watching hockey feels like watching a white person’s sport. Teams rarely have more than one or two…

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Reviews: Bones of Crows from VIFF 2022

September 30, 2022

Final Rating: 4/5 Marie Celements is back at the Vancouver International Film Festival, her latest film Bones of Crows opened the 41st edition of…

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Reviews: ROSIE from VIFF 2022

September 29, 2022

Final Rating: 2.5/5 ROSIE is a coming of age story, that while one of the main characters is a child, is more about adults…

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211: A24 Retrospective – The Rover

September 27, 2022

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

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Blog: Vancouver International Film Festival 2022 Preview

September 22, 2022

With TIFF now in the books, it is time for us to turn our attention to Canada’s other massive film fest and that is…

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