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Contra Zoom Pod

Dakota Arsenault

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 352

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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#48
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmReviews
29/09/2025
#88

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292: A24 Retrospective - The Witch

Season 10 · Episode 17

Monday, December 23, 2024 • Duration 01:16:14

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of ⁠⁠A24's films⁠⁠. On this episode we are looking at 2015's The Witch directed by Robert Eggers. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy, as the eldest child of a New England family who moves out of their plantation home to live near woods where witches may habitate. Joining the show is Ethan Simmie, the host of The Movie Draft Podcast and 24 Minutes of A24.

Our double bill pairings include Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (Dakota's pick) and The First Omen (Ethan's pick). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Check out more of Ethan's work by subscribing to his YouTube channel Movies Are So Back and read his writing at Agents of Fandom. Follow Ethan on Letterboxd, Twitter and TikTok.

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Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Matthew Simpson

Season 10 · Episode 16

Monday, December 9, 2024 • Duration 01:00:39

In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you the ninth in our series of bonus episodes, ⁠⁠Better Know a Contributor⁠⁠, where we ask frequent guests of the show 10 Contra Zoom Pod movie questions so you can learn more about your favourite voices. On this show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the Awesome Friday podcast. Dakota and Matthew discuss how to market a film podcast, how you can still discover Airplane! jokes even after dozens of viewings, what makes Sam Raimi so special and more!

Check out previous Better Know a Contributor shows focusing on ⁠⁠⁠Dakota⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Rachel⁠⁠⁠ and Bil to learn more about the extended CZP family.

Check out the nominees for Best Cascadian Film from the CFTCA critics group that Matthew and Dakota co-founded.

For more of Matthew's work check out his ⁠⁠⁠⁠personal portfolio⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Awesome Friday on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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283: A24 Retrospective - Mississippi Grind

Season 10 · Episode 7

Monday, August 12, 2024 • Duration 01:03:49

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Mississippi Grind directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The film stars Ben Mendelsohn as Gerry a down and out gambling addict who befriends Ryan Reynolds Curtis, a man who he believes is his good luck charm. Joining the show is Eric Zhu, who publishes his work on Substack called The Insert.

Our double bill pairings include Hard Eight (Dakota's pick) and The Adults (Eric's pick). 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 277: A24 Retrospective - Dark Places.

For more of Eric's work check out his reviews on La Práctica and Notes on Films by Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler on The Insert.

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200: Movies That Made Us

Season 8 · Episode 12

Monday, July 11, 2022 • Duration 01:12:26

For our special 200th episode Dakota and Rachel decided to look back at films that made them the movie watchers they are today. From fond early moviegoing memories to the first time they were challenged to what made them want to be a critic. They picked five films each and got some voicemails from friends of the show who wanted to share their picks!

Dakota's picks: The Birds/North By Northwest, The Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men, Pan’s Labyrinth and The Great Beauty.

Rachel's picks: The Lion King, The Skulls, Superbad, Soul and The Sound of Music.

How many picks have you seen? Check out our Letterboxd list!

To learn the full history of Contra Zoom, listen to Better Know a Contributor - Dakota Arsenault.

Read Dakota's inspiring review of The Great Beauty.

Watch The Inevitable Downfall of the Judd Apatow Comedy.

Special thanks to Brodie Cotnam (Halloween), Matthew Simpson from Awesome Friday (Jurassic Park), Alex Watson (Black Narcissus), Calum MacNab from Scaretroducing (Flight of the Navigator) and Thomas Stoneham-Judge from For Reel (Cloverfield) for sending in voicemail clips of movies that made them!

Follow Rachel on Twitter and check out her website for more great reviews.

199: Best Films by Genre

Season 8 · Episode 11

Monday, July 4, 2022 • Duration 01:47:38

For the last two year's for my birthday I've dedicated the podcast to celebrating some of my all time favourite movies! In 2020 there was 114: 30 Films in 30 Years and in 2021 it was 157: Best Films Through the Decades. Returning after being on last year's birthday special is Bil Antoniou, last heard on episode 189: 2022 Oscar Recap. We go through ten different film genres and name our favourite films from each of them! See our picks below (Dakota's first, then Bil's)!

Comedy: What We Do in the Shadows and Auntie Mame

Crime: Hell or High Water and L.A. Confidential

Musical: Amadeus and Topsy-Turvy

Documentary: O.J.: Made in America and Hearts and Minds

Animated: Fantastic Mr. Fox and Fantasia

SciFi: Ex Machina and 2001: A Space Odyssey

Horror: Rosemary's Baby and Halloween

Romance: Portrait of a Lady on Fire and All The Heaven Allows

Action: Seven Samurai and Goldfinger

Biopic: Love & Mercy and Out of Africa

How many of our picks have you seen? Compare on our Letterboxd list.

Read Bil's That Criterion Shelf article about Judy Garland and , that Bil contributed to. Visit and follow Bil on , and . Check out on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

198: A History of Laika

Season 8 · Episode 10

Monday, June 27, 2022 • Duration 58:07

In our third "A History Of..." series after the success charting the rise of NEON, A24 Films and The Criterion Collection we are looking at Laika Studios, a film studio that has revitalized the art of stop motion animation. The studio put out its first film in 2009 with Coraline and since then have released five Oscar nominated movies including Kubo & the Two Strings and ParaNorman. We trace their roots of the studio and how they grow out of another groundbreaking studio.

Watch the Will Vinton Oscar winning short Closed Mondays, Laika's first short film Moongirl and the original animatic for Kubo & The Two Strings.

Check out episode 171: The Unholy Trinity of Folk Horror as mentioned during the show.

What "A History Of..." would you like us to cover next?

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Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Jeff Bulmer

Season 8 · Episode 9

Monday, June 20, 2022 • Duration 01:21:42

In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you the sixth in our series of bonus episodes, Better Know a Contributor, where we ask frequent guests of the show 10 Contra Zoom Pod movie questions so you can learn more about your favourite voices. On this show is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies Live podcast. We talk what made how Spanglish kept Jeff in check, his favourite movies (Requiem for a Dream, Spider-Man 2 and Redline), last movie turned off (Deep Water) and more!

Listen to Jeff's infamous Best Original Song rant from episode 147: Judas and the Mank.

Check out and subscribe to Classic Movies Live on Spotify and follow them on Twitter. Read Jeff's movie reviews on his personal site.

Check out previous Better Know a Contributor shows focusing on Dakota, Rachel, Sammy, Stephanie and Calum to learn more about the extended CZP family.

197: David Cronenberg and Body Horror

Season 8 · Episode 8

Monday, June 13, 2022 • Duration 01:40:09

With the recent release of Crimes of the Future, the newest film directed by David Cronenberg and his first in almost a decade, we are celebrating the auteur's proper return to the body horror in quite a long time. We look at how body horror helps move the story along and what it has to offer in helping to better understand his films themes. We are focusing on The Fly, Videodrome and Naked Lunch and how they influenced Crimes of the Future. Joining the show for the first film is film critic Alisha Mughal.

Read Alisha's review of Crimes of the Future and Rachel's David Cronenberg's 10 Greatest Body Horror Moments Ranked.

Follow Alisha on Twitter.

Follow Rachel on Twitter and check out her website for more great reviews.

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196: A24 Retrospective - Locke

Season 8 · Episode 7

Monday, June 6, 2022 • Duration 01:29:45

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2014's Locke directed by Steven Knight. The film stars Tom Hardy as a man driving to a hospital as a woman prepares to give birth to his child. On this drive he has to fight potential consequences for making this decision, including telling his wife he cheated on her and his work that on the eve of a massive project he can not be there to oversee it. Joining the show is Thomas Stoneham-Judge is a film critic for the site For Reel.

Our double bill pairings include All is Lost (Dakota), Tape (Rachel) and Phone Booth (Thomas).

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 194: A24 Retrospective - Under the Skin. Check out all previous Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.

Follow Thomas on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Follow Rachel on Twitter and check out her website for more great reviews.

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195: Make/Remake Cape Fear

Season 8 · Episode 6

Monday, May 30, 2022 • Duration 01:10:42

Make/Remake examines how two films that share the same story. Not to say what film was better or worse, but how they are similar and different while following the same arcs. This time we are looking at the 1962 J. Lee Thompson version of Cape Fear (a film celebrating its 60th anniversary this year) and the 1991 Martin Scorsese remake also called Cape Fear. Check out our past Make/Remake's for more great comparison episodes and see the Letterboxd list.

Follow Rachel on Twitter and check out her website for more great reviews.

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Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Send us a screenshot of your 5 star rating and review to contrazoompod@gmail.com and we will send you free stickers!

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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