Reviews - Contra Zoom Pod

Reviews: Daddio

June 28, 2024

Daddio, is a character driven slow burn, the latest from director/writer Christy Hall starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn.

Reviews: Jeanne Du Barry

June 25, 2024

The historical romance film Jeanne du Barry is clearly a passion project for director Maïwenn, but ironically, passion is the thing most absent in the film.

Reviews: Don’t Call It Mystery From Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2024

June 20, 2024

Totonō, is a socially awkward student with a Sherlock Holmes-like knack for observation. On a trip to Hiroshima, he is enlisted to help solve a family feud.

Reviews: Missing From Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2024

June 19, 2024

Miu, the daughter of Saori and Yutaka has been missing for six months. Every day, the couple spend their time after work distributing flyers in the town square.

Reviews: The Acolyte

June 5, 2024

The Acolyte spends a lot of its time trying to build a mystery in its story but it doesn’t allow much time for those mysteries to simmer.

Reviews: SIFF Documentary Round Up – Part 2

May 30, 2024

In this batch of capsule reviews from the Seattle International FIlm Festival, we’ve chosen to focus on two documentaries.

Blog: A Collection of Canadian Screen Award Reviews

May 29, 2024

Covering and supporting Canadian film is a core tenet of Contra Zoom. Check out the collected reviews of CSA nominated films.

Reviews: SIFF Documentary Round Up – Part 1

May 27, 2024

In this batch of capsule reviews from the Seattle International FIlm Festival, we’ve chosen to focus on two documentaries.

Reviews: Madame Web

May 24, 2024

Even at its worst, Madame Web is fascinating. The choices are almost uniformly bad, but in interesting ways that inspire more reflection.

Reviews: river

May 23, 2024

In River, the inhabitants of a small inn in the Japanese countryside suddenly find themselves in a time loop, River restricts the loop to two minutes.