236: Dr. No at 60 Years May 16, 2023 The first James Bond film Dr. No was first seen outside the United Kingdom in May of 1963. We celebrate the 60th anniversary of the film franchise by revisiting the seminal action movie. Continue Reading
Guest Appearance: Awesome Friday – Episode 91: The 2023 Sundance Film Festival January 31, 2023 Greetings programs! You’ve all been good so here’s a bonus episode of the podcast in which Rachel Ho and Matthew break down a few… Continue Reading
Guest Appearance: Awesome Friday Episode 87: Matt & Simon & Rachel’s Top Movie Moments of 2022! January 15, 2023 Rachel joined Awesome Friday again, this time to help name her favourite movie moments from 2022. Greetings, programs, and welcome to a special episode… Continue Reading
221: The Letterboxd Game December 20, 2022 It’s our last show of 2022! Last year we decided to have some fun by playing a fun little game, you can check out… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
219: A24 Retrospective – The Captive December 6, 2022 We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2014’s The Captive directed by… Continue Reading
212: 2022 VIFF Wrap Up October 11, 2022 While Rachel got to have her fun covering TIFF, those of us on the west coast got to enjoy the Vancouver International Film Festival…. Continue Reading
211: A24 Retrospective – The Rover September 27, 2022 We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2014’s The Rover directed by… Continue Reading
Guest Appearance: Awesome Friday Episode 69 – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul & Three Thousand Years of Longing (w/ special guest co-host Rachel Ho) August 28, 2022 Rachel Ho filled in for Simon Best as she and Matthew Simpson talk about the new releases Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. and… Continue Reading
Guest Appearance: Awesome Friday Episode 62 – Our Favourite Marvel Movies, featuring over a dozen of our friends July 20, 2022 Both Dakota and Rachel sent in a clip of them talking about their favourite Marvel/MCU films to help celebrate Awesome Friday’s one year anniversary! Continue Reading