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Contra Zoom Pod Dakota Arsenault
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Contra Zoom is a film based podcast going in depth about varying movie related subjects. Dakota Arsenault and guests go over both academic and the fun aspects of enjoying the film medium. Episodes feature lists, interviews and comparisons. Visit contrazoompod.com for more details!
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277: A24 Retrospective - Dark Places
We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Dark Places directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film stars Charlize Theron as Libby Day a woman who witnessed her older brother murder her entire family in a satanic ritual as a child, only to now be forced to questioned if that's what really happened. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the Awesome Friday Podcast.
Our double bill pairings include Satan Wants You (Dakota) and Gone Girl (Matthew). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.
Check out Dakota's interview with Steve J. Adams and Sean Horler, the directors of Satan Wants You.
If you haven't heard our deep dive into the origins of A24, listen to episode 108: A History of A24 Films and our last episode in this series episode 274: A24 Retrospective - The End of the Tour.
Read Contra Zoom's reviews from Hot Docs including Fire Tower, Secret Mall Apartment, The Click Trap and more.
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276: Hot Docs 2024
For the fifth year in a row we are covering the Hot Docs Film Festival, which celebrates the best in documentary films. We discuss 6 films watched during this year's fest. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies Live podcast.
The films covered are Secret Mall Apartment, American Cats, Red Fever, Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, Agent of Happiness and Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself.
Read Jeff's reviews for Whatever It Takes and Agent of Happiness, with more to come!
Read Dakota's reviews for Red Fever and Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself with more to come!
To learn more about the state of Hot Docs read Pat Mullen's in depth reporting over at POV Magazine on the subject HERE, HERE and HERE.
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275: Seven Samurai at 70 Years
Back in 1954, Akira Kurosawa made the seminal samurai epic Seven Samurai starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. The film tells the story of a group of ronin who band up together to save a farmers village from a group of bandits. The film came out 70 years ago, so to celebrate the anniversary we review it and talk about the film’s influence. Joining the show is Bryan Loomis host of the What a Picture Podcast.
Check out Matthew Simpson's Letterboxd list Movies that are just The Seven Samurai Again.
Listen to What a Picture 42. Seven Samurai (1954) - Akira Kurosawa (with Bill Graham).
Listen to 43: Make/Remake: Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.
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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for the original theme songs, Jimere for the interlude music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.
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274: A24 Retrospective - The End of the Tour
We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's The End of the Tour, directed by James Ponsoldt. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg as David Lipsky a Rolling Stone journalist who spends five days interviewing breakout author David Foster Wallace, played by Jason Segal. Joining the show for the first time is critic Nick Tiffany.
Our double bill pairings include Almost Famous (Dakota) and Birdman (Nick). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.
If you haven't heard our deep dive into the origins of A24, listen to episode 108: A History of A24 Films and our last episode in this series episode 265: A24 Retrospective - Amy.
Read Dakota's review of Red Rooms and Jay Stryker's review of BlackBerry.
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273: Best Films of 2023
Now that the Oscars are behind us, it is time to put a cap on the movie year that was 2023. There were a ton of incredible films so buckle in as Dakota and Rachel name their ten favourite films from last year. Along the way they get plenty of help from friends of the show who sent in voicemails of their pick for their number one movie too!
Dakota's Top 10
Monster
The Teachers' Lounge
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
BlackBerry
The Zone of Interest
Oppenheimer
The Iron Claw
The Killer
Evil Does Not Exist
The Royal Hotel
Rachel's Top Ten
All of Us Strangers
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Dream Scenario
American Fiction
Fallen Leaves
The Holdovers
BlackBerry
Creed III
Check out our blog post If We Were Oscar Voters as mentioned on the show.
Special thanks to all the friends of the show who sent in clips of their top film: Michael Clawson and Eric Zhu (May December), Jeff Bulmer (BlackBerry), Nick Tiffany (Godzilla Minus One), Ethan Simmie (Oppenheimer), Jericho Tadeo (Freemont), Rose Ho (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), Darren Zakus (Oppenheimer) and Marta Djordjevic (Perfect Days).
Read Brodie Cotnam's reviews of Chuck Chuck Baby and Loch Ness: They Created a Monster from the International Film Festival of Ottawa.
Read Paulo Bautsita's review of The Peasants.
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272: 2024 Oscar Wrap Up
The 96th Academy Awards are officially behind us! We look at the big winners, best dressed, best performances and hosting! Joining the show once again is Todd Pengelly, a writer from For Reel who was last heard on episode 271: 2024 Oscar Predictions.
Before we dive into the show we look at the crop of this year's Canadian Screen Awards nominees. Check out this helpful Letterboxd list made by Jeff Bulmer.
In response to the episode 270: 2024 Oscar Draft, Thomas Stoneham-Judge and Alex Watson both got 7 points, while Brodie Cotnam got 4 points and Dakota only got 1 point.
On the last episode both Dakota and Todd listed their predictions, with Dakota going 16/23 and Todd went 17/20.
Check out Daniel Joyaux solutions to fix the Oscars Ceremony on The Ringer.
Check out all the reviews for Oscar Nominated Films and read the blog post on if Dakota and Rachel were Oscar Voters on Contra Zoom.
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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for the original theme songs, Jimere for the interlude music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.
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