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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.

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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197: David Cronenberg and Body Horror

June 14, 2022

With the recent release of Crimes of the Future, the newest film directed by David Cronenberg and his first in almost a decade, we…

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196: A24 Retrospective – Locke

June 7, 2022

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

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195: Make/Remake Cape Fear

May 31, 2022

Make/Remake examines how two films that share the same story. Not to say what film was better or worse, but how they are similar…

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194: A24 Retrospective – Under the Skin

May 24, 2022

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

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193: Hot Docs 2022

May 17, 2022

For the third year in a row, we cover the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which celebrates the best documentaries in the world….

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192: 2022 Movie Preview

May 3, 2022

With 2021 fully behind us, we begin to look forward to what new releases excite us the most for the rest of 2022. Rachel’s…

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191: Turning Red and Toronto Set Movies

April 26, 2022

With the recent release of Pixar’s latest film Turning Red, Toronto has hit the international stage. The city is home to one of the…

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Bonus Episode: Better Know a Contributor – Dakota Arsenault

April 19, 2022

We are celebrating our 7th anniversary here at Contra Zoom, so we decided to continue our Better Know a Contributor series by getting the…

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190: Best Films of 2021

April 12, 2022

We’re finally at the point to reveal out top ten films from last year! Yes it is now April but we have our reasons…

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