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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.

156: A24 Retrospective – A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III

July 6, 2021

We are starting a new series here at Contra Zoom. A24 is putting out some of our favourite films and we want to revisit…

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155: Toronto Japanese Film Festival

June 29, 2021

On this episode, Dakota and Rachel review the films they saw during the 10th annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival. Joining them is Naomi Wada…

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154: Pandemic Set Films

June 15, 2021

It’s been over a year since the world was ravaged by Covid-19, almost everything was shut down including film sets. Slowly productions started to…

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153: Make/Remake Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars

June 1, 2021

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

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152: Cultural Sports Movie Exchange

May 26, 2021

Who doesn’t love a good cultural exchange program? On this episode we share sports films from different cultures. Me being a good Canadian hockey…

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Bonus Episode: Better Know a Contributor – Sammy Feilchenfeld

May 18, 2021

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

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151: Hot Docs 2021

May 11, 2021

On this show we talk about all the films we watched during the 2021 iteration of Hot Docs, the worlds premiere documentary film festival….

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Reviews: With Drawn Arms for Hot Docs 2021

May 7, 2021

Final Rating: 1.5/5 In 1968 at the Olympic games in Mexico City, American track athlete Tommie Smith won the gold medal in the 200m…

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Reviews: Hysterical for Hot Docs 2021

May 6, 2021

Final Rating: 2/5 Hysterical tracks the rise in mainstream acceptance of female comedians, from the boundary breaking funny ladies in the 1950’s up to…

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Review: Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm for Hot Docs 2021

May 5, 2021

Final Rating: 2/5 In the early 1960’s two Welsh brothers named Kinglsey and Charles Ward bought a reel to reel tape recorder and made…

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