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Film based podcast Contra Zoom, hosted by Dakota Arsenault @dgapa Vancouver/Toronto. Co-founder of @cascadiacritics.

New episode! We begin our yearly tradition of brea New episode! We begin our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees with Sinners, Hamnet and F1 and the chances they have to win each of their categories! Paulo Bautista joins the show the week. Click link in bio to listen. 
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#contrazoompod# #sinners #hamnet #f1
New review! Nadja is a 1994 dramatic horror film f New review! Nadja is a 1994 dramatic horror film from director Michael Almereyda about a vampire who must protect her family from the dangers of Dr. Van Helsing starring Elina Löwensohn and Peter Fonda. Click link in bio to read Pedro Lima’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. 
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#contrazoompod# #podcast #nadja #michaelalmereyda
New review! Scarlet is a reimagining of the classi New review! Scarlet is a reimagining of the classic Shakespeare play Hamlet, where a warrior named Princess Scarlet teams up with an EMT from today to seek revenge on her uncle who murdered her father. Click link in bio to read Ryan Beaupit’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review. 
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#contrazoompod# #podcast #scarlet #hamlet
New review! Cosmic Princess Kaguya is a new take o New review! Cosmic Princess Kaguya is a new take on the classic The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, but this time it’s an anime version where the titular princess is vying to be the biggest live streamer in Japan! Click link in bio to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. 
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#contrazoompod# #podcast #cosmicprincesskaguya #netflix
New episode! Jeff Bulmer does a video interview wi New episode! Jeff Bulmer does a video interview with the great Sook-Yin Lee, the director of Paying For It! They talk about adapting Chester Brown’s graphic novel, casting people to play real figures in her life and more! Watch on Spotify or YouTube and listen everywhere else. 🔗 in bio. 
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#contrazoompod# #podcast #payingforit #sookyinlee
New episode! The 2026 Oscar nominations are now ou New episode! The 2026 Oscar nominations are now out and Dakota and Jeff discuss what films are the big winners and losers going into the final stretch. Click link in bio to listen. 
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#contrazoompod# #podcast #oscars #academyawards
New review! Mother of Flies is the latest DIY horr New review! Mother of Flies is the latest DIY horror film from The Adams Family about a young girl with a terminal cancer diagnosis who turns to a witch for treatment. Click link in bio to read Brodie Cotnam’s 2.5 review. 
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#contrazoompod# #podcast #motherofflies #adamsfamily
New review! Dead Man’s Wire is a true story about New review! Dead Man’s Wire is a true story about how Tony Kiritsis took a mortgage manager hostage after he believed he was being scammed. Click link in bio to read Dakota Arsenault’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review. 
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#contrazoompod# #podcast #deadmanswire #gusvansant
To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom sent in their thoughts on the past and look forward as well. Next up is Brodie Cotnam who has his sights set on new career goals, filling in a couple major classic blind spots and much more! Click link in bio to read. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #predatorbadlands #lawrenceofarabia
New review! Resurrection is a new Chinese film fro New review! Resurrection is a new Chinese film from Bi Gan. The film follows someone who refuses to give up dreaming in a dystopian world and the people who hunt them down. Click link in bio to read Elysia Brenner’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #resurrection #bigan #jacksonyee
To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom sent in their thoughts on the past and look forward as well. First up is Pedro Lima, who has a unique top 5 films of the year including Dry Leaf and Marty Supreme and a very ambitious goal for his career. Click link in bio to read his wrap up!
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#contrazoompod #podcast #martysupreme #digger #dryleaf
New review! The Choral is a new drama about an out New review! The Choral is a new drama about an outsider who takes over as choir director in a British church during WW1 starring Ralph Finnes. Click link in bio to read Ryan Beaupit's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #thechoral #ralphfinnes
New reviews! Writer Elysia Brenner covered the Ams New reviews! Writer Elysia Brenner covered the Amsterdam genre fest known as Imagine Fantastic Film Festival and wrote about New Group, The Last Viking, Fucktoys and more! Click link in bio to read her round up. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #imaginefantasticfilmfestival #amsterdam #thenetherlands
New review! Kokuho is a grand epic telling the sto New review! Kokuho is a grand epic telling the story of two male kobuki performers who make a living protesting female characters on stage. It is Japan's high grossing live action film ever and their selection for the Oscars this year. Click link in bio to read Jeff Bulmer's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review!
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#contrazoompod #podcast #kokuko #kabuki #japan
New review! The Voice of Hind Rajab is a hybrid do New review! The Voice of Hind Rajab is a hybrid docu-drama recreating the 911 call of a 5 year old Palestinian girl whose entire family dies in a bombing while driving in their car. The film follows the first responders trying to cut through bureaucracy to save her life. Click link in bio to read Jeff Bulmer’s review. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #thevoiceofhindrajab #palestine #freepalestine
New episode! We continue our A24 Retrospective ser New episode! We continue our A24 Retrospective series with 2015’s Green Room directed by Jeremy Saulnier starring Anton Yelchin and Patrick Stewart. We discuss the film make a double bill pairing with special guest Riley Orr. Click link in bio to listen. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #a24 #greenroom #antonyelchin
New review! Reedland is the Netherlands entry for New review! Reedland is the Netherlands entry for the Oscars this year and it is about a reed farmer who discovers the dead body of a woman on his property as he tries to solve who killed her. Click link in bio to read Elysia Brenner's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #reedland #thenetherlands
New episode! Dakota and Jeff break down the global New episode! Dakota and Jeff break down the global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunter, the oddsit has at the Oscars and the state of animation in 2025. Click link in bio to listen!
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#contrazoompod #podcast #netflix #kpopdemonhunters
New review! Influencers is the sequel to the 2022 New review! Influencers is the sequel to the 2022 horror film Influencer. This time CW and her new girlfriend have a weekend getaway in France where things for the social media star quickly turn deadly. Click link in bio to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️ review. 
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#contrazoompod #podcast #movie #influencers
Thank you so much to everyone that has taken time Thank you so much to everyone that has taken time to listen to the podcast, shared it on their socials, been a guest, been one of my two awesome co-hosts or just gave me words of encouragement. Here’s hoping to an even better year in 2026!
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