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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: Topology of Sirens from Fantasia Festival 2022

July 25, 2022

Final Rating: 4/5 Topology of Sirens is an experimental film about experimental music. It is a cross between slow burning transcendental cinema and a…

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Reviews: Baby Assassins from Fantasia Festival 2022

July 22, 2022

Final Rating: 4/5 With the release of John Wick back in 2014, there has been an interest in building worlds around the mysterious lives…

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201: 2022 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

July 21, 2022

We return with coverage of this year’s Toronto Japanese Film Festival which showcases the finest Japanese films that are often getting either Canadian or…

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Guest Appearance: Awesome Friday Episode 62 – Our Favourite Marvel Movies, featuring over a dozen of our friends

July 20, 2022

Both Dakota and Rachel sent in a clip of them talking about their favourite Marvel/MCU films to help celebrate Awesome Friday’s one year anniversary!

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Reviews: Polaris from Fantasia Festival 2022

July 15, 2022

Final Rating: 4/5 This year’s selection for the opening night film at the 2022 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia Festival is the Canadian movie Polaris….

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200: Movies That Made Us

July 12, 2022

For our special 200th episode Dakota and Rachel decided to look back at films that made them the movie watchers they are today. From…

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199: Best Films by Genre

July 5, 2022

For the last two year’s for my birthday I’ve dedicated the podcast to celebrating some of my all time favourite movies! In 2020 there…

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198: A History of Laika

June 28, 2022

In our third “A History Of…” series after the success charting the rise of NEON, A24 Films and The Criterion Collection we are looking…

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Bonus: Better Know a Contributor – Jeff Bulmer

June 21, 2022

In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you the sixth in our series of bonus episodes, Better Know a Contributor, where…

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Blog: Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2022 Preview

June 15, 2022

Last year I discovered a fantastic festival that opened my eyes to cinema from Japan. The Toronto Japanese Film Festival has been going strong…

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