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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.

285: 2024 TIFF Preview

August 27, 2024

The ⁠Toronto International Film Festival⁠ runs from September 5-15th and we will be in town covering the fest. Here we preview our most anticipated…

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Blog: 2024 Toronto International Film Festival Preview

August 23, 2024

The 2024 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is almost upon us. The fest has been a staple of Contra Zoom going back…

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284: 2024 Fantasia Film Festival

August 20, 2024

The 2024 edition of the ⁠Fantasia Film Festival⁠ just concluded and we discuss some of the films we watched, including Cuckoo, The Silent Planet,…

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283: A24 Retrospective – Mississippi Grind

August 13, 2024

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

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Reviews: Electrophilia from Fantasia Festival 2024

August 2, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 What happens when you survive a traumatic unexpected event? Do you gather yourself together and overcome any new fears you might…

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Reviews: The Silent Planet from Fantasia Festival 2024

July 25, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 Sometime in the near future aliens have come to live on earth because for whatever reason, their home planet is now…

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282: Best Films By Genre Part 2

July 23, 2024

It is recently Dakota’s birthday, and we continue the trend of picking a category and choosing our favourites from it. In 2020 there was…

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281: 2024 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

July 2, 2024

The 2024 ⁠Toronto Japanese Film Festival⁠ has just concluded and we wrap up the best films that we saw during the run including Stay Mum, Missing and more.

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Reviews: The Fix

July 1, 2024

The Fix is a fun action romp that has just enough body horror to keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s a throwback to films from the 80’s and 90’s.

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Reviews: Red Fever

June 14, 2024

Red Fever is a new doc from Catherine Bainbridge and Neil Diamond. Diamond talks about how in his travels he finds everyone is “fascinated by Indians”.

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