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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!
Dakota Arsenault hosts Contra Zoom Pod, a tv show with 357 episodes published.
The 2026 edition of the Fantasia Festival, which was held from July 16th-August 2nd in Montreal and celebrates the best in horror and genre cinema. We look at six films that played and give our thoughts on them. Joining
Aruku is a new documentary about the pilgrimage Japanese Buddhists make where they travel to Shikoku Island and visit 88 temples along their journey. The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto Japanese Film
It is a yearly tradition for host Dakota to celebrate his birthday by making a fun list. Back on episode 309: Best Films By City he picked 10 North American cities to name the best film from. He continues the theme this
Our first director ranked episode since episode 175: Wes Anderson Ranked we look at the films by Paul Thomas Anderson in celebration of his 10th film being released and him winning Best Picture and Best Director at the O
The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards concluded their week long celebration. The big film winners were 40 Acres, Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie and Honey Bunch. Matthew Simpson joins the show as we discuss the big winners
MySpace is a new documentary about the rise and fall of the once all encompassing social media site MySpace and the effect it had on the world. Jeff Bulmer had the chance to talk with the director of the film Tommy Avall
The 2026 Hot Docs film festival, celebrating the best in documentary cinema from around the world has come to a close. We discuss eight films that played including The Seoul Guardians , My Foreign Land , Replica , Gimme
Jeff Bulmer had the chance to interview Amalie Atkins, the director of the new documentary Agatha's Almanac , which stars her aunt who runs a 64 acre farm in rural Manitoba. They discuss the importance of 16mm film, how
Now that Oscar season has come and gone, it is finally time to put a bow on the films from 2025. We rank our top 10 films of the year. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson . We also feature voicemails from friends of the
The nominations for the 14th annual Canadian Screen Awards have been released. 40 Acres, Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie and Blue Heron are some of the heavy hitters this year. We discuss the new rule changes impleme
Jeff Bulmer had the chance to interview Alireza Khatami the director of the new film The Things You Kill , which was submitted by Canada to be their entrant to the Best International Film at this year's Oscars. They talk
The 98th Academy Awards are now behind us! One Battle After Another was the big winner with 6 prizes, we had a tie for the first time since 2012 and Conan O'Brien dressed like Aunt Gladys! Alex Southey joins the show to
The Oscar's are a week away, so it is time to put our reputation's on the line and predict who will come away with all the awards at this year's ceremony on March 15th 2026. Joining Dakota in getting bold is Thomas Stone
Jeff Bulmer interviews Alison McAlpine, the director of the Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Short, Perfectly a Strangeness . They chat about blending narrative and fiction, working with donkeys and being able to think
We are back with our fourth annual Oscar Draft. It is very simple, each person selects 5 movies that are nominated at this year’s Oscars and whoever gets the most awards, wins! Joining Dakota is Thomas Stoneham-Judge ,
We finish our yearly journey looking at all the Best Picture nominated films and the odds they have to win each of their awards. On this second episode of 2026, we look at Frankenstein , Marty Supreme , The Secret Agent
We continue our yearly journey looking at all the Best Picture nominated films and the odds they have to win each of their awards. On this second episode of 2026, we look at One Battle After Another , Sentimental Value a
We begin our yearly journey looking at all the Best Picture nominated films and the odds they have to win each of their awards. On this first episode of 2026, we look at Sinners , Hamnet and F1 . Joining the show is expe
We have a special video episode where Jeff Bulmer takes the reigns to interview Paying For It writer and director Sook-Yin Lee. They talk about adapting Chester Brown's graphic novel, casting actors to play real people i
Dakota and Jeff talk about the just announced 98th Academy Award nominations. We discuss Sinners setting a new record with 16 nods, wonder if One Battle After Another is still the front runner, the strong Best Internatio
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Contra Zoom Pod is hosted by Dakota Arsenault. The show is categorised under tv (film) and has published 357 episodes.
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