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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.

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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205: A24 Retrospective – Obvious Child

August 16, 2022

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

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Reviews: Compulsus from Fantasia Festival 2022

August 9, 2022

Final Rating: 3/5 Compulsus takes the rage that many women have towards abusers, the patriarchy and institutions that protect aggressors and attacks it with…

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204: Fantasia Festival 2022 Wrap Up

August 8, 2022

With Montreal’s Fantasia Festival wrapping up, we look back at one of the premiere genre film festivals. We discuss several films we saw including…

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203: Fantasia Fest Interviews – Polaris and Dark Nature Directors

August 2, 2022

Fantasia Festival is still going on, but we had the chance to interview two directors who had their films screening at this years fest! First…

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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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