286: 2024 Toronto International Film Festival September 24, 2024 With TIFF now behind us, it is time to discuss some of our favourite films that played, the award winners and what comes next for the People’s Choice selection. Continue Reading
Reviews: Heretic from TIFF 2024 September 23, 2024 Final Rating: 4/5 In a sermon from April 2003, Gordon B. Hinckley, then-president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints delivered… Continue Reading
285: 2024 TIFF Preview August 27, 2024 The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5-15th and we will be in town covering the fest. Here we preview our most anticipated… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
284: 2024 Fantasia Film Festival August 20, 2024 The 2024 edition of the Fantasia Film Festival just concluded and we discuss some of the films we watched, including Cuckoo, The Silent Planet,… Continue Reading
Reviews: Darkest Miriam from Fantasia Festival 2024 August 16, 2024 Final Rating: 3/5 Working in a quiet downtown branch of the Toronto Public Library, librarian Miriam (Britt Lower) finds purpose observing the regulars and… Continue Reading
Reviews: Cuckoo from Fantasia Festival 2024 July 31, 2024 Final Rating: 4/5 A famous aspect of the cuckoo bird is brood parasitism, which is found in all members of the Cuculidae family. Brood… Continue Reading
Reviews: Infinite Summer from Fantasia Festival 2024 July 30, 2024 Final Rating: 2.5/5 At times, Miguel Llansó’s Infinite Summer is a character study, a conspiracy thriller, a wistful teen comedy, and a buddy cop… Continue Reading
Reviews: Kizumonogatari – Koyomi Vamp from Fantasia Festival 2024 July 29, 2024 Final Rating: 2/5 One day, while walking through the subway, Koyomi Araragi (Hiroshi Kamiya) encounters a vampire at the end of her life. Despite… Continue Reading
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! Continue Reading
