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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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…. Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Reviews: With Drawn Arms for Hot Docs 2021 May 7, 2021 Final Rating: 1.5/5 In 1968 at the Olympic games in Mexico City, American track athlete Tommie Smith won the gold medal in the 200m… Continue Reading
Reviews: Hysterical for Hot Docs 2021 May 6, 2021 Final Rating: 2/5 Hysterical tracks the rise in mainstream acceptance of female comedians, from the boundary breaking funny ladies in the 1950’s up to… Continue Reading
Reviews: We Are The Thousand for Hot Docs 2021 May 2, 2021 Final Rating: 3/5 Back in 2015, a group of ambitious people in the small Italian town of Cesena, population just under one hundred thousand… Continue Reading
Reviews: Set! for Hot Docs 2021 May 1, 2021 Final Rating: 3/5 Set! Is the brand new mockumentary from legendary writer and director Christopher Guest. It is a spiritual sequel to the 2000… Continue Reading
