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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.

291: Columbia Noirs

November 26, 2024

It’s November, which means it is time for our annual Noir-vember themed episode! To celebrate Columbia Pictures 100th anniversary, The Criterion Channel put together…

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Guest Appearance: Classic Movies Live – Director Showdown – Round 1, Match 6 – Joanna Hogg vs. Jason Reitman

November 20, 2024

It’s time for episode six of Director Showdown! In this series, we pit 64 of the biggest directors to debut since 1998 against each…

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290: A24 Retrospective – The Souvenir

November 19, 2024

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of ⁠⁠A24’s films⁠⁠. On this episode we are looking at 2019 and 2021’s ⁠⁠The Souvenir⁠⁠…

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Guest Appearance: What A Picture – 90. Metropolis (1927) – Fritz Lang

November 14, 2024

On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan and Hannah go underground to record their conversation about Metropolis, the 1927 movie directed by Fritz…

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Reviews: Dahomey

November 11, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 The western world finally seems to understand that museums filled with artifacts collected by colonizers who went around plundering anything they…

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289: Giallo!

October 29, 2024

For our Halloween special this year we decided to fill in some horror blind spots and check out the Giallo collection that is available…

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288: A24 Retrospective – Mojave

October 22, 2024

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2015’s ⁠Mojave⁠, directed by William…

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Reviews: Curl Power from VIFF 2024

October 9, 2024

In Curl Power, a documentary directed by Josephine Anderson, we get a look at the impact that curling has on five teenage girls.

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287: 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival

October 8, 2024

The 2024 edition of ⁠VIFF⁠ just wrapped its 43rd year. We discuss our thoughts on the festival and review some of the films watched.

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Blog: A Collection of TIFF Reviews

October 7, 2024

The Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up a few weeks ago, and we had plenty of excellent coverage. This included reviews of the People’s Choice, Midnight Madness, Best Canadian Discovery winners and much more!

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