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Blog: Vancouver International Film Festival 2022 Preview

September 22, 2022

With TIFF now in the books, it is time for us to turn our attention to Canada’s other massive film fest and that is…

Blog: Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Preview

August 28, 2022

With the Toronto International Film Festival about to begin, Dakota and Rachel look at the movies that we are most excited about seeing. You…

Blog: Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2022 Preview

June 15, 2022

Last year I discovered a fantastic festival that opened my eyes to cinema from Japan. The Toronto Japanese Film Festival has been going strong…

Blog: If We Were Oscar Voters 2022

March 24, 2022

Have you ever looked at the movies nominated for Oscars (and the eventual winners) and scoffed, saying you could pick better films to win…

Blog: Best Canadian Films of 2021

January 2, 2022

As a Canadian film critic I feel like I really need to put a concerted effort into watching Canadian made films. With the recent…

Blog: Best Films of 2014

September 2, 2021

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….

Blog: Most Anticipated Movies for the Rest of 2021

August 4, 2021

At the beginning of 2021, I did a podcast about my most anticipated films of the year (142: most Anticipated Films of 2021). I…

Blog: Fantasia Festival 2021 Preview

July 28, 2021

This year is the 25th anniversary of Fantasia Festival, the world’s premiere “genre” film festival located in Montreal. The likes of Quinten Tarantino and…

Blog: If We Were Oscar Voters

April 16, 2021

The 93rd Academy Awards are coming up, and for fun I decided to make my own nomination list from all the movies I saw…

Blog: SXSW Festival Preview

February 15, 2021

Last year’s SXSW festival was scheduled to occur just as COVID-19 fully brought its weight to the United States, it unfortunately meant that the…