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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.

Blog: Best of the Vancouver International Film Festival

October 20, 2023

I figured I’d recap the five best films I saw during the Vancouver International Film Festival and give out some awards.

Blog: Best Films of 2013

March 22, 2023

I am totally stealing content ideas from Filmspotting, this shouldn’t surprise anyone, because the original inspiration for even creating Contra Zoom was their podcast. They…

Blog: If We Were Oscar Voters 2023

March 12, 2023

We are back for a third year in a row proving that Rachel and Dakota have better taste than Oscar voters. We made our…

Blog: Contra Zoom Pod’s Greatest Films of All Time Poll

December 12, 2022

With the release of Sight & Sound’s latest Greatest Films of All Time poll that just came out, we decided to make one of…