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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: Disintegration Loops for SXSW 2021

March 17, 2021

Look for more capsule reviews for films from SXSW and wrap up podcast. Final Rating: 3/5 The first film watched during the 2021 SXSW…

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Guest Appearance: The Oscars Death Race Podcast – The Rest of the Best and Oscar Nom Predictions

March 16, 2021

I joined host Paulo Bautista to discuss movies like First Cow, The Father and News of the World before making our predictions for who…

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144: Oscar Nomination Reactions 2021

March 16, 2021

The 93rd Academy Awards just announced the nominees for the biggest awards in film. Mank leads the pack with 10, but other big players…

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143: Celebrating Japanese Cinema – Animation

March 9, 2021

Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On part two we look at animated Japanese films. We look at the history of…

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142: Most Anticipated Films of 2021

March 2, 2021

We are officially into 2021’s movie season, while some release dates are still unconfirmed or destined to change, we look at the movies we…

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141: Celebrating Japanese Cinema – Live Action

February 23, 2021

Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On this episode we look at live action Japanese films, from Seven Samurai and Godzilla,…

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140: SXSW Festival Preview

February 16, 2021

The annual SXSW festival is gearing up to happen from March 16-20th online and we have a list of the ten most anticipated films…

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Blog: SXSW Festival Preview

February 15, 2021

Last year’s SXSW festival was scheduled to occur just as COVID-19 fully brought its weight to the United States, it unfortunately meant that the…

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139: Celebrating Asian American Cinema

February 9, 2021

On this episode Rachel Ho, who previously appeared on episode 129: Make/Remake Rebecca, comes on to celebrate Asian American cinema. We talk about some…

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Guest Appearance: Please Watch This EP 79 – The Master

February 8, 2021

On my third appearance on the excellent Please Watch This podcast, I got to talk about The Master a film I called the best…

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