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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.
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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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208: Interview with John Daschbach of Come Back Anytime

September 6, 2022

Back on episode 151: Hot Docs 2021, Rachel and Dakota reviewed a ramen documentary called Come Back Anytime. They both fell in love with…

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207: TIFF 2022 Preview

August 30, 2022

With the Toronto International Film Festival just around the corner, running from September 8-18th, we decided to preview what movies we are most excited…

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Blog: Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Preview

August 28, 2022

With the Toronto International Film Festival about to begin, Dakota and Rachel look at the movies that we are most excited about seeing. You…

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206: MCU Multiverse Saga Updates

August 23, 2022

Two years ago on episode 85: All Things MCU, we talked about all the big announcements for Marvel post Infinity Saga. Now that most…

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