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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.

71: Reactions to Oscar Nominations 2019

January 24, 2019

With the release of the Oscar nominations for the 91st Academy Awards Dakota Arsenault and Sammy Feilchenfeld discuss their first reactions to the crop…

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70: TIFF 2018 Wrap Up

October 4, 2018

Mehek Seyid joins us again to talk about the films she saw at TIFF 2018 and gave some great insight into what the landscape…

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69: Make/Remake Terminal Station and Indiscretion of an American Wife

September 13, 2018

In this edition of Make/Remake Dakota and Stephanie look at a unique pair of films… the exact same film cut two ways. In 1953…

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68: TIFF 2018 Preview

August 30, 2018

According to the Toronto Star’s preview this year’s Toronto International Film Festival features 21 world premieres, seven international premieres, eight North American premieres and…

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67: New Oscar Rules

August 16, 2018

The Academy Awards are changing the way their ceremony will be run in three drastic ways over the next two years. Dakota goes over…

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66: Contra Zoom Presents… Hitchcock

July 26, 2018

On this week’s episode Dakota Arsenault is joined by Zach Sokol, host of Radio Camp Half Blood a Percy Jackson read-a long podcast. The…

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65: Intro to Film 101: Part 2

July 12, 2018

I’m often asking for movie recommendations both from fellow movie buffs and from people who want to expand their knowledge about cinema. After having…

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64: Intro to Film 101: Part 1

June 28, 2018

I’m often asking for movie recommendations both from fellow movie buffs and from people who want to expand their knowledge about cinema. After having…

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63: A Revisit of 12 Angry Men

June 14, 2018

Dakota Arsenault and Sammy Feilchenfeld decide to revisit Sydney Lumet’s landmark debut film, 1957’s 12 Angry Men starring Henry Fonda. The idea for this episode…

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62: Make/Remake 1984

April 19, 2018

In the latest edition of make/remake Dakota Arsenault and Stephanie Prior talk about George Orwell’s novel 1984 and two different cinematic adaptations of it.In…

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