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Blog: 2025 Oscar Primer Part 1

January 29, 2025

I find myself having a bit more time this Oscar season, so I’m dusting off an old regular feature I used to write. Every…

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!

Blog: 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival Preview

September 25, 2024

With the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival starting up, here are five films we are most excited about seeing.

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…

Blog: Ghostbusters at 40 Years

July 16, 2024

Forty years ago, on June 8th 1984, Ghostbusters, directed by Harold Ramis was released, and a cultural phenomenon like few others was unleashed.

Blog: Fantasia Film Festival 2024 Preview

July 15, 2024

From July 18th to August 4th, Montreal will host the 28th edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. Here are our most anticipated films playing!

Blog: Tribeca Festival 2024 Preview

May 31, 2024

Here’s to give a quick overview of the films that interest me most from this year’s Tribeca festival that you can look forward to reading about.

Blog: A Collection of Canadian Screen Award Reviews

May 29, 2024

Covering and supporting Canadian film is a core tenet of Contra Zoom. Check out the collected reviews of CSA nominated films.

Blog: A Collection of Oscar Nominated Reviews

March 9, 2024

This weekend is the 96th Oscars! This past year we published the most reviews ever, and to honour them, here is every review for…

Blog: If We Were Oscar Voters 2024

March 6, 2024

We are back proving that Rachel and Dakota have better taste than Oscar voters. We made our own list of nominees and winners for each category.