Contra Zoom Pod
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Film based podcast Contra Zoom, hosted by Dakota Arsenault Vancouver/Toronto. Co-founder of @cascadiacritics https://linktr.ee/contrazoompod
New review! Dead Man’s Wire is a true story about how Tony Kiritsis took a mortgage manager hostage after he believed he was being scammed. Click to read Dakota Arsenault’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review.
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Reviews: Dead Man’s Wire - Contra Zoom Pod
Final Rating: 2.5/5 Ed. note: read our original review of Dead Man's Wire from TIFF. Starting on February 8th 1977 and lasting several days, Tony Kiritsis held his mortgage broker hostage, after belie...
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January 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
New review! Dead Man’s Wire is a true story about how Tony Kiritsis took a mortgage manager hostage after he believed he was being scammed. Click to read Dakota Arsenault’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review.
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To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom sent in their thoughts on the past and look forward as well. Next up is Brodie Cotnam who has his sights set on new career goals, filling in a couple major classic blind spots and much more!
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Blog: My 2025 Year In Review – Brodie Cotnam - Contra Zoom Pod
With 2025 now behind us, I asked the amazing contributors to the site to look back at their thoughts on the movie year that was and look forward to 2026. They were allowed to answer the questions any ...
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January 13, 2026 at 11:22 PM
To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom sent in their thoughts on the past and look forward as well. Next up is Brodie Cotnam who has his sights set on new career goals, filling in a couple major classic blind spots and much more!
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If you consider yourself a film nerd, you need to get your eyes on Bi Gan's #Resurrection ASAP.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:10 AM
If you consider yourself a film nerd, you need to get your eyes on Bi Gan's #Resurrection ASAP.
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New review! Resurrection is a new Chinese film from Bi Gan. The film follows someone who refuses to give up dreaming in a dystopian world and the people who hunt them down. Click to read @elysiacb.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review.
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Reviews: Resurrection - Contra Zoom Pod
Final Rating: 4.5/5 If you are excited by the idea of elevated Lynchian storytelling that is a love letter to the history of cinema as well as to the ugly heart of humanity, then allow me to recommend...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
New review! Resurrection is a new Chinese film from Bi Gan. The film follows someone who refuses to give up dreaming in a dystopian world and the people who hunt them down. Click to read @elysiacb.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review.
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To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom sent in their thoughts on the past and look forward as well. First up is Pedro Lima, who has a unique top 5 films of the year including Dry Leaf and Marty Supreme and a very ambitious goal for his career.
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Blog: My 2025 Year In Review – Pedro Lima - Contra Zoom Pod
With 2025 now behind us, I asked the amazing contributors to the site to look back at their thoughts on the movie year that was and look forward to 2026.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
To help wrap up 2025, contributors to Contra Zoom sent in their thoughts on the past and look forward as well. First up is Pedro Lima, who has a unique top 5 films of the year including Dry Leaf and Marty Supreme and a very ambitious goal for his career.
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New review! The Choral is a new drama about an outsider who takes over as choir director in a British church during WW1 starring Ralph Finnes. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: The Choral - Contra Zoom Pod
Final Rating: 3/5 When many of the young men in Yorkshire enlist to fight in World War I, it leaves a lot of vacancies in a choir known as The Choral. For years, they’ve dependably performed Bach’s St...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
New review! The Choral is a new drama about an outsider who takes over as choir director in a British church during WW1 starring Ralph Finnes. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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New reviews! Writer @elysiacb.bsky.social covered the Amsterdam genre fest known as Imagine Fantastic Film Festival and wrote about New Group, The Last Viking, Fucktoys and more! Click link in bio to read her round up.
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Reviews: Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Round Up - Contra Zoom Pod
Here is a round up of reviews from this year's Imagine Fantastic Film Festival, including The Last Viking, New Group, Dollhouse and more!
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January 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
New reviews! Writer @elysiacb.bsky.social covered the Amsterdam genre fest known as Imagine Fantastic Film Festival and wrote about New Group, The Last Viking, Fucktoys and more! Click link in bio to read her round up.
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New review! Kokuho is a grand epic telling the story of two male kobuki performers who make a living protesting female characters on stage. It is Japan's high grossing live action film ever and their selection for the Oscars this year. Read our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review!
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Reviews: Kokuho from TIFF 2025 - Contra Zoom Pod
Final Rating: 4.5/5 In Japanese Kabuki theatre, women are traditionally forbidden from performing. In their place are “onnagata,” men who specialize in playing female roles. Kokuho, from director Lee ...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
New review! Kokuho is a grand epic telling the story of two male kobuki performers who make a living protesting female characters on stage. It is Japan's high grossing live action film ever and their selection for the Oscars this year. Read our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review!
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New review! The Voice of Hind Rajab is a hybrid docu-drama recreating the 911 call of a Palestinian girl whose entire family dies in a bombing while driving in their car. The film follows the first responders trying to cut through bureaucracy to save her life.
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Reviews: The Voice of Hind Rajab - Contra Zoom Pod
On January 29, 2024, Hind Rami Iyad Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl, called the Palestinian Red Crescent. Rajab was fleeing Gaza City with her aunt, uncle, and four cousins when their car was sho...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
New review! The Voice of Hind Rajab is a hybrid docu-drama recreating the 911 call of a Palestinian girl whose entire family dies in a bombing while driving in their car. The film follows the first responders trying to cut through bureaucracy to save her life.
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New episode! We continue our A24 Retrospective series with 2015’s Green Room directed by Jeremy Saulnier starring Anton Yelchin and Patrick Stewart. We discuss the film make a double bill pairing with special guest Riley Orr. Click to listen.
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320: A24 Retrospective - Green Room
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December 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New episode! We continue our A24 Retrospective series with 2015’s Green Room directed by Jeremy Saulnier starring Anton Yelchin and Patrick Stewart. We discuss the film make a double bill pairing with special guest Riley Orr. Click to listen.
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KPop Demon Hunters premiered on Netflix and was a massive hit. @contrazoompod.bsky.social talk about it, along with its Oscar chances and more.
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 319: KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters premiered on Netflix and was a massive hit. Contra Zoom Pod talks about it, its Oscar chances, and more.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
KPop Demon Hunters premiered on Netflix and was a massive hit. @contrazoompod.bsky.social talk about it, along with its Oscar chances and more.
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New review! Reedland is the Netherlands entry for the Oscars this year and it is about a reed farmer who discovers the dead body of a woman on his property as he tries to solve who killed her. Click to read @elysiacb.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: Reedland (Rietland) - Contra Zoom Pod
Reedland is a slow burn Dutch thriller about a reed farmer who finds the body of a young woman dead in his fields, setting him off to find the culprit.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New review! Reedland is the Netherlands entry for the Oscars this year and it is about a reed farmer who discovers the dead body of a woman on his property as he tries to solve who killed her. Click to read @elysiacb.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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New episode! Dakota and Jeff break down the global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunter, the oddsit has at the Oscars and the state of animation in 2025. Click to listen!
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319: KPop Demon Hunters
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New episode! Dakota and Jeff break down the global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunter, the oddsit has at the Oscars and the state of animation in 2025. Click to listen!
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New review! Influencers is the sequel to the 2022 horror film Influencer. This time CW and her new girlfriend have a weekend getaway in France where things for the social media star quickly turn deadly. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: Influencers - Contra Zoom Pod
Influencers, is a the sequel to the 2022 Shudder film Influencer about a young woman who tries to escape her past trauma but can't.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
New review! Influencers is the sequel to the 2022 horror film Influencer. This time CW and her new girlfriend have a weekend getaway in France where things for the social media star quickly turn deadly. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: Influencers - Contra Zoom Pod
Influencers, is a the sequel to the 2022 Shudder film Influencer about a young woman who tries to escape her past trauma but can't.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
New review! Influencers is the sequel to the 2022 horror film Influencer. This time CW and her new girlfriend have a weekend getaway in France where things for the social media star quickly turn deadly. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️ review.
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New review! With the physical release of HIM, Jeff Bulmer reviews both this occult football themed horror movie starring Marlon Wayans and the Collector’s Edition home release. Click to read his ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: HIM – Physical Release - Contra Zoom Pod
HIM, directed by Justin Tipping, is a occult football film where a rookie quarterback must learn more than just the playbook from the veteran GOAT.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New review! With the physical release of HIM, Jeff Bulmer reviews both this occult football themed horror movie starring Marlon Wayans and the Collector’s Edition home release. Click to read his ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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New review! Meadowlarks tells the story of four adult indigenous siblings who meet for the first time after all being victims of the 60’s scoop. What starts out as a group of strangers eventually becomes something special. Read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: Meadowlarks - Contra Zoom Pod
In Meadowlarks, four adult indigenous siblings meet for the first time after being victims of the 60's Scoop in Canada.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New review! Meadowlarks tells the story of four adult indigenous siblings who meet for the first time after all being victims of the 60’s scoop. What starts out as a group of strangers eventually becomes something special. Read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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Have you checked out the latest podcast? Here are our double bill pairings we would make with Room. Kramer vs Kramer (Dakota’s pick), Prisoners (Matthew’s pick) and The Lovely Bones (Alex’s pick). What would you make as a double bill pairings?
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November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Have you checked out the latest podcast? Here are our double bill pairings we would make with Room. Kramer vs Kramer (Dakota’s pick), Prisoners (Matthew’s pick) and The Lovely Bones (Alex’s pick). What would you make as a double bill pairings?
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New review! Heaven is a re-release of Diane Keaton’s 1987 debut film as a director where she made a documentary about interviewing people about their thoughts on heaven and the afterlife. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review.
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Reviews: Heaven - Contra Zoom Pod
Heaven, the directorial debut of Diane Keaton, is a documentary asking everyday people their thoughts on the afterlife that originally came out in 1987.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New review! Heaven is a re-release of Diane Keaton’s 1987 debut film as a director where she made a documentary about interviewing people about their thoughts on heaven and the afterlife. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review.
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New episode! We continue our A24 Retrospective series with 2015’s Room directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. Guest Alex Southey joins the show to discuss it. Click link in bio to listen!
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318: A24 Retrospective - Room
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November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New episode! We continue our A24 Retrospective series with 2015’s Room directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. Guest Alex Southey joins the show to discuss it. Click link in bio to listen!
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In honour of the great Martin Scorsese’s birthday, here is my ranking of the 17 films I’ve seen of his. What’s your favourite?
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In honour of the great Martin Scorsese’s birthday, here is my ranking of the 17 films I’ve seen of his. What’s your favourite?
New review! Tatsumi follows a low level Yakuza cleaner who accidentally gets embroiled in a conflict when he tries to help out a young woman. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: Tatsumi - Contra Zoom Pod
Final Rating: 3/5 Tatsumi, a gritty crime drama from Japanese director Hiroshi Shôji, stars Yûya Endô as the titular Tatsumi, a man caught up in the world of low level Yakuza gangsters. He spends his ...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New review! Tatsumi follows a low level Yakuza cleaner who accidentally gets embroiled in a conflict when he tries to help out a young woman. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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New reviews! The Leiden International Film Festival in the Netherlands just wrapped up and @elysiacb.bsky.social was there to write about Sentimental Value, Arco, Eternity, Rental Family and more! Click link to read!
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Reviews: 2025 Leiden International Film Festival Round Up - Contra Zoom Pod
The Leiden International Film Festival, the Netherlands’ premiere festival for international narrative film just finished and we have reviews from the fest.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New reviews! The Leiden International Film Festival in the Netherlands just wrapped up and @elysiacb.bsky.social was there to write about Sentimental Value, Arco, Eternity, Rental Family and more! Click link to read!
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New review! Nuremberg tells the story of the famous Nazi trials after the war. Hermann Göring Was the highest ranked official tried and here we see what went into prosecuting him. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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Reviews: Nuremberg - Contra Zoom Pod
James Vanderbilt's Nuremberg recreates the famous trials of high ranking Nazi official Hermann Göring and the men who tried him.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New review! Nuremberg tells the story of the famous Nazi trials after the war. Hermann Göring Was the highest ranked official tried and here we see what went into prosecuting him. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review.
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