Contra Zoom Po‪d‬ Dakota Arsenault

Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On this episode we look at live action Japanese films, from Seven Samurai and Godzilla, to Ringu and House up to Shoplifters. We gush about Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hirokazu Koreeda and others. Joining me on the show is Naomi Wada Platt, who guested on episode 130: imagineNATIVE, a YouTuber who often covers Japanese culture and politics in both English and Japanese language videos. Look forward to part two coming in a few weeks!

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The annual SXSW festival is gearing up to happen from March 16-20th online and we have a list of the ten most anticipated films we are looking forward too. Visit sxsw.com for the full festival lineup.

The ten films we are looking forward to include: Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, Alone Together, Under the Volcano, Hysterical, Lily Topples The World, The Fabulous Filipino Brothers, Swan Song, Violet, How It Ends and The Spine of Night.

Dakota was also recently a guest on Please Watch This as they discussed The Master. Sam and Hugh were also recent guests on episode 135: Make/Remake Citizen Kane and Mank and provided voicemails for 138: Best Films of 2020. 

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On this episode Rachel Ho, who previously appeared on episode 129: Make/Remake Rebecca, comes on to celebrate Asian American cinema. We talk about some of the bigger classic films like The Joy Luck Club and Better Luck Tomorrow up to more recent films like The Farewell and Crazy Rich Asians. We even spend some time discussing film tourism with the idea that studios will only make English language films with Asian casts (like Mulan or Memoirs of a Geisha) if they are set in Asia.

Check out Rachel's film review site, including her terrific top ten films list of 2020.

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Normally we share our top films of the year after the Oscars, but with this year's ceremony being pushed back to April that doesn't make sense. Joining the show is Royce Benson as he and Dakota each share their top 10 films of 2020. A host of friends of the show also share their picks.

Dakota's Top 10

10. Promising Young Woman

9. The Assistant

8. I’m Thinking of Ending Things

7. Palm Springs

6. Another Round

5. Emma.

4. Nomadland

3. The Vast of Night

2. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

1. The Trial of the Chicago 7

Royce's Top 10

10. Possessor

9. Boys State

8. Palm Springs

7. I’m Thinking of Ending Things

6. Lovers Rock

5. Mangrove

4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

3. Sound of Metal

2. Soul

1. A Hidden Life

The following friends of the show also shared their favourite films of the past year. 

Stephanie Prior - The Vast of Night

Sam Blakeley and Hugh Dempsey of Please Watch This - Soul and Tenet

Calum McNabb of Scaretroducing - Saint Maud

Rachel Ho - Sound of Metal

Naomi Wada Platt - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Maria Escribano - The Father

John Brody - Wolfwalkers

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On this episode, Stephanie Prior joins the show as we talk about some classic New Year's movies including The Poseidon Adventure, When Harry Met Sally..., Four Rooms, Bridget Jones Diary and New Year's Eve. After we play some fun what if games with the situations that arose during the movies including what party we most want to be at and who we would want to be our midnight kiss. 

Contra Zoom Pod is taking a brief hiatus and will be back in a few weeks. 

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On this episode Sammy Feilchenfeld returns to discuss all the news from the December 10th Disney Investor Day announcements. We go over topics like Star being bundled with Disney+ (and the incoming price hike), the new movies and TV shows from Disney Animation, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, FX and much more.  

Listen to Sammy on episode 90: Disney+ as we go more in depth for a lot of the projects that are recapped on this show. 

List of full announcements and article about the price hikes and addition of Star.  

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