Contra Zoom Pod

By Dakota Arsenault

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Episodes: 308

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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!

Episode Date
Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Matthew Simpson
Dec 09, 2024
291: Columbia Noirs
Nov 25, 2024
290: A24 Retrospective - The Souvenir
Nov 17, 2024
289: Giallo!
Oct 28, 2024
288: A24 Retrospective - Mojave
Oct 21, 2024
287: 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival
Oct 07, 2024
286: 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Sep 23, 2024
285: 2024 TIFF Preview
Aug 26, 2024
284: 2024 Fantasia Film Festival
Aug 19, 2024
283: A24 Retrospective - Mississippi Grind
Aug 12, 2024
282: Best Films By Genre Part 2
Jul 22, 2024
281: 2024 Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Jul 01, 2024
280: Canadian Screen Awards 2024
Jun 03, 2024
279: Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
May 27, 2024
278: 2024 SIFF Wrap Up
May 20, 2024
277: A24 Retrospective - Dark Places
May 13, 2024
276: Hot Docs 2024
May 06, 2024
275: Seven Samurai at 70 Years
Apr 29, 2024
274: A24 Retrospective - The End of the Tour
Apr 22, 2024
273: Best Films of 2023
Apr 02, 2024
272: 2024 Oscar Wrap Up
Mar 11, 2024
271: 2024 Oscar Predictions
Mar 04, 2024
270: 2024 Oscar Draft
Feb 26, 2024
269: Poor Lives and American Holdovers
Feb 19, 2024
268: Killers of the Barbie Maestro
Feb 12, 2024
267: Anatomy of an Oppenheimer Zone
Feb 05, 2024
Bonus Episode: AODR Festival Interview with Mike Donahue of Troy
Jan 29, 2024
266: 2024 Oscar Nomination Reactions
Jan 24, 2024
265: A24 Retrospective - Amy
Jan 15, 2024
264: James Bond Draft
Dec 18, 2023
263: Make/Remake The Wages of Fear and Sorcerer
Dec 11, 2023
262: A24 Retrospective - Barely Lethal
Dec 11, 2023
261: McCarthyism in Noir
Nov 27, 2023
260: The Red Shoes at 75 Years
Nov 20, 2023
259: 2023 ImagineNATIVE
Nov 13, 2023
258: Canadian Horror with Kyle Edward Ball
Oct 30, 2023
Bonus: 2023 New York Film Festival
Oct 26, 2023
257: Halloween at 45 Years
Oct 25, 2023
256: VIFF Interviews - Wild Goat Surf and I Used To Be Funny
Oct 16, 2023
255: 2023 VIFF Wrap Up
Oct 09, 2023
254: Celebrating Filipino Cinema
Oct 02, 2023
253: 2023 VIFF Preview
Sep 25, 2023
252: 2023 TIFF Wrap Up
Sep 18, 2023
Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Bil Antoniou
Sep 11, 2023
251: 2023 TIFF Preview
Sep 04, 2023
250: A24 Retrospective - Slow West
Aug 28, 2023
249: The Films of Elvis Presley
Aug 21, 2023
248: 2023 Fantasia Film Festival Wrap Up
Aug 14, 2023
247: Fantasia Fest Interviews - Satan Wants You and Where The Devil Roams Directors
Aug 07, 2023
246: A24 Retrospective - Ex Machina
Jul 31, 2023
245: Make/Remake The Day The Earth Stood Still
Jul 24, 2023
244: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians
Jul 17, 2023
243: Best Films By Language
Jul 10, 2023
242: 2023 Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Jul 03, 2023
Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Paulo Bautista
Jun 26, 2023
241: Best Movies of 2023... So Far
Jun 19, 2023
240: Good Gay Movies
Jun 12, 2023
239: A24 Retrospective - Cut Bank
Jun 05, 2023
238: Most Anticipated Movies of 2023
May 29, 2023
237: A24 Retrospective - While We're Young
May 22, 2023
236: Dr. No at 60 Years
May 15, 2023
235: Hot Docs 2023
May 08, 2023
234: Best Films of 2014
May 01, 2023
233: Canadian Screen Awards 2023
Apr 24, 2023
232: A24 Retrospective - Son of a Gun
Apr 17, 2023
231: Best Films of 2022
Mar 27, 2023
230: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Recap Extravaganza
Mar 13, 2023
Bonus Episode: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Draft
Mar 09, 2023
229: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Predictions
Mar 06, 2023
228: Oscars 2023 - The Way of WesTÁRn Sadness
Feb 27, 2023
227: Oscars 2023 - Everything Everywhere All Elvis Talking
Feb 20, 2023
226: Make/Remake Ikiru and Living
Feb 13, 2023
225: Oscars 2023 - Top Fabelmans of Inisherin
Feb 06, 2023
224: A24 Retrospective - A Most Violent Year
Jan 30, 2023
223: 2023 Oscar Nomination Reactions
Jan 25, 2023
Bonus Episode: AODR Festival Interview with Benjamin Belloir of Beautiful Stranger
Jan 16, 2023
222: Top Stories From 2022
Jan 09, 2023
221: The Letterboxd Game
Dec 20, 2022
220: Contra Zoom Pod's Greatest Films of all Time
Dec 12, 2022
219: A24 Retrospective - The Captive
Dec 05, 2022
218: 80 Years of Casablanca
Nov 28, 2022
217: A24 Retrospective - Revenge of the Green Dragons
Nov 14, 2022
216: Fox Film Noirs
Nov 07, 2022
215: A24 Retrospective - Laggies
Oct 31, 2022
214: A Trilogy of Nosferatu's
Oct 24, 2022
213: A24 Retrospective - Tusk
Oct 17, 2022
212: 2022 VIFF Wrap Up
Oct 11, 2022
Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Pierre Frigon
Oct 03, 2022
211: A24 Retrospective - The Rover
Sep 26, 2022
210: 2022 TIFF Wrap Up
Sep 19, 2022
209: TIFF Interviews - Riceboy Sleeps and The Umbrella Men Directors
Sep 13, 2022
208: Interview with John Daschbach of Come Back Anytime
Sep 05, 2022
207: TIFF 2022 Preview
Aug 29, 2022
206: MCU Multiverse Saga Updates
Aug 22, 2022
205: A24 Retrospective - Obvious Child
Aug 15, 2022
204: Fantasia Festival 2022 Wrap Up
Aug 08, 2022
203: Fantasia Fest Interviews - Polaris and Dark Nature Directors
Aug 01, 2022
202: Best Films of 2022 So Far
Jul 25, 2022
201: 2022 Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Jul 18, 2022
200: Movies That Made Us
Jul 11, 2022
199: Best Films by Genre
Jul 04, 2022
198: A History of Laika
Jun 27, 2022
Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Jeff Bulmer
Jun 20, 2022
197: David Cronenberg and Body Horror
Jun 13, 2022
196: A24 Retrospective - Locke
Jun 06, 2022
195: Make/Remake Cape Fear
May 30, 2022
194: A24 Retrospective - Under the Skin
May 23, 2022
193: Hot Docs 2022
May 16, 2022
192: 2022 Movie Preview
May 02, 2022
191: Turning Red and Toronto Set Movies
Apr 25, 2022
Bonus Episode: Better Know a Contributor - Dakota Arsenault
Apr 19, 2022
190: Top Ten Films of 2021
Apr 11, 2022
189: 2022 Oscars Recap
Mar 28, 2022
188: 2022 Oscar Predictions
Mar 21, 2022
187: 2022 Oscars: Don't Drive My Dog
Mar 14, 2022
186: 2022 Oscars: CODA Pizza of West Side Belfast
Mar 07, 2022
185: 2022 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations
Feb 28, 2022
184: 2022 Oscars: The Nightmare of King Dune
Feb 21, 2022
183: Make/Remake Throne of Blood and The Tragedy of Macbeth
Feb 14, 2022
182: 2022 Oscar Nomination Reactions
Feb 09, 2022
181: A24 Retrospective - Life After Beth
Jan 31, 2022
180: A24 Retrospective - Enemy
Jan 24, 2022
179: Top Stories From 2021
Jan 17, 2022
Bonus Episode: AODR Festival Interview with Louise Lathey of Who Am I Now?
Jan 17, 2022
178: A24 Retrospective - Red Rocket
Dec 20, 2021
177: This or That
Dec 13, 2021
176: A24 Retrospective - The Spectacular Now
Dec 06, 2021
175: Wes Anderson Ranked
Nov 29, 2021
174: Make/Remake Dune
Nov 22, 2021
Bonus Episode: Better Know a Contributor - Calum Macnab
Nov 15, 2021
173: Noir-vember
Nov 08, 2021
172: A24 Retrospective - The Bling Ring
Nov 01, 2021
171: The Unholy Trinity of Folk Horror
Oct 25, 2021
170: VIFF 2021 Wrap Up
Oct 18, 2021
169: A24 Retrospective - Spring Breakers
Oct 11, 2021
168: Cinefest Sudbury 2021 Wrap Up
Oct 04, 2021
167: Vancouver International Film Festival Preview 2021
Sep 27, 2021
166: TIFF 2021 Wrap Up
Sep 21, 2021
165: Fantasia Fest Interviews - The Righteous and Indemnity Directors
Sep 14, 2021
164: TIFF 2021 Preview
Sep 06, 2021
163: Fantasia Festival 2021
Aug 31, 2021
162: Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2021
Aug 23, 2021
161: Fantasia Fest Interviews - Glasshouse and Alien on Stage Directors
Aug 16, 2021
160: Best and Worst of 2021... So Far
Aug 09, 2021
159: A24 Retrospective - The Green Knight
Aug 03, 2021
Bonus Episode: Better Know a Contributor - Rachel Ho
Jul 26, 2021
158: A24 Retrospective - Ginger & Rosa
Jul 19, 2021
157: Best Films Through the Decades
Jul 12, 2021
156: A24 Retrospective - A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III
Jul 05, 2021
155: Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Jun 28, 2021
154: Pandemic Set Films
Jun 14, 2021
153: Make/Remake Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars
May 31, 2021
152: Cultural Sports Movie Exchange
May 24, 2021
Bonus Episode: Better Know a Contributor - Sammy Feilchenfeld
May 17, 2021
151: Hot Docs 2021
May 10, 2021
150: 2021 Oscar Wrap Up with Thom Ernst
Apr 26, 2021
149: Oscar Predictions 2021
Apr 19, 2021
148: The Trial of the Promising Young Father
Apr 12, 2021
147: Judas and the Mank
Apr 05, 2021
146: Sound of Minari Nomadland
Mar 29, 2021
145: SXSW Film Festival 2021
Mar 22, 2021
144: Oscar Nomination Reactions 2021
Mar 16, 2021
143: Celebrating Japanese Cinema - Animation
Mar 08, 2021
142: Most Anticipated Films of 2021
Mar 01, 2021
141: Celebrating Japanese Cinema - Live Action
Feb 22, 2021
140: SXSW Festival Preview
Feb 15, 2021
139: Celebrating Asian American Cinema
Feb 08, 2021
138: Best Films of 2020
Feb 01, 2021
137: Happy New Year's
Dec 28, 2020
136: Disney Investor Day
Dec 21, 2020
135: Make/Remake Citizen Kane and Mank
Dec 14, 2020
134: David Fincher Ranked
Dec 07, 2020
133: Top Ten NEON Films
Nov 30, 2020
132: A History of NEON
Nov 23, 2020
Bonus Episode: Better Know a Contributor - Stephanie Prior
Nov 17, 2020
131: Canada at War
Nov 11, 2020
130: imagineNATIVE
Nov 02, 2020
129: Make/Remake Rebecca
Oct 26, 2020
128: Fright Flicks
Oct 19, 2020
127: Interview with Joshua Demers of Québexit
Oct 12, 2020
126: Best of the Best Pictures
Oct 05, 2020
125: Cinefest Sudbury 2020
Sep 28, 2020
124: TIFF 2020 Wrapup
Sep 21, 2020
123: From Wings to Parasite 2008-2017 Part 2
Sep 12, 2020
122: From Wings to Parasite 2008-2017 Part 1
Sep 07, 2020
121: TIFF 2020 Preview
Aug 31, 2020
120: DC Fandome
Aug 24, 2020
119: Interview with Martyn Zub of Beastie Boys Story
Aug 17, 2020
Housekeeping Update
Aug 10, 2020
118: Comic Con at Home
Aug 03, 2020
117: A History of the Criterion Collection
Jul 27, 2020
116: Interview With Kelvin Harrison Jr. of The High Note
Jul 20, 2020
115: Christopher Nolan Ranked
Jul 13, 2020
114: 30 Films in 30 Years
Jul 06, 2020
113: Life During Quarantine
Jun 29, 2020
112: Celebrating Queer Cinema
Jun 22, 2020
111: Da 5 Bloods and Celebrating Black Cinema
Jun 15, 2020
110: Hot Docs at Home
Jun 08, 2020
109: Top Ten A24 Films
Jun 01, 2020
108: A History of A24 Films
May 25, 2020
107: Interview with Bruce Franks Jr. of St. Louis Superman
May 17, 2020
106: From Wings to Parasite 1998-2007 Part 2
May 11, 2020
105: From Wings to Parasite 1998-2007 Part 1
Apr 27, 2020
104: Make/Remake The Invisible Man
Apr 13, 2020
103: COVID-19 and the Film Industry
Mar 30, 2020
102: Most Anticipated Films of 2020
Mar 16, 2020
101: Best Films of 2019
Mar 02, 2020
100: Oscars Death Race Interview + 100th Episode Thank You
Feb 17, 2020
99: 2020 Oscar Wrapup with Thom Ernst
Feb 11, 2020
98: Oscar Predictions 2020
Feb 06, 2020
97: Once Upon a Parasite Story v 1917
Jan 28, 2020
96: The Little Irish Jojo Joker
Jan 20, 2020
95: Oscar Nomination Reactions 2020
Jan 14, 2020
94: Best Films of the Decade Part 2
Dec 30, 2019
93: Best Films of the Decade Part 1
Dec 17, 2019
92: Early Oscar Predictions and Game Time Interview
Dec 03, 2019
91: Make/Remake Wicker Park
Nov 19, 2019
90: Disney+
Nov 05, 2019
89: Spooky Season Flicks
Oct 22, 2019
88: TIFF Interviews - The Report, Just Mercy and The Goldfinch Composers
Oct 08, 2019
87: TIFF 2019 Wrapup
Sep 24, 2019
86: TIFF Interviews: Short Film Director and Heartland Film President
Sep 10, 2019
85: All Things MCU
Sep 02, 2019
84: From Wings to Green Book 1988-1997
Aug 20, 2019
83: Make/Remake Oldboy
Aug 05, 2019
82: A Trip To The Moon
Jul 22, 2019
81: Video Game Films- Past, Present and Future
Jul 09, 2019
80: Interview with the Directors of Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
Jun 25, 2019
79: Interview with Benjamin Charles Watson of TNT's Snowpiercer
Jun 04, 2019
78: 2019 Summer Movie Preview
May 21, 2019
Contra Zoom Special Announcement
May 19, 2019
77: Top Films of 2018
Mar 29, 2019
76: 2019 Post Oscars Analysis
Mar 29, 2019
75: 2019 Oscar Predictions
Mar 29, 2019
74: Roma’s Favourite
Mar 29, 2019
73: A Star is Bohemian Panther
Mar 29, 2019
72: Green and Black Vice
Mar 29, 2019
71: Reactions to Oscar Nominations 2019
Mar 29, 2019
70: TIFF 2018 Wrap Up
Mar 29, 2019
69: Make/Remake Terminal Station and Indiscretion of an American Wife
Mar 29, 2019
68: TIFF 2018 Preview
Mar 29, 2019
67: New Oscar Rules
Mar 29, 2019
66: Contra Zoom Presents… Hitchcock
Mar 29, 2019
65: Intro to Film 101: Part 2
Mar 29, 2019
64: Intro to Film 101: Part 1
Mar 29, 2019
63: A Revisit of 12 Angry Men
Mar 29, 2019
62: Make/Remake 1984
Mar 29, 2019
61: Top 10 Films of 2017
Mar 29, 2019
60: 2018 Oscars Recap
Mar 28, 2019
59: Oscar Predictions 2018 Part 2
Mar 28, 2019
58: Oscar Predictions 2018 Part 1
Mar 28, 2019
57: Interview with Mitchell Cushman Director of Jerusalem
Mar 28, 2019
56: Get Out From Dunkirk and Call Me By the Post
Mar 28, 2019
55: Lady Bird Hour Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mar 28, 2019
54: 2017 Wrap Up
Mar 28, 2019
53: Wings to Moonlight 1978-1987 Part 2
Mar 28, 2019
52: From Wings to Moonlight 1978-1987 Part 1
Mar 28, 2019
51: State of the Cinematic Universe
Mar 28, 2019
50: Bladerunner 2049
Mar 23, 2019
49: History of the Dracul
Mar 22, 2019
48: TIFF 2017 Wrap Up
Mar 22, 2019
47: Summer Movie Season Post Mortem
Mar 22, 2019
46: Make/Remake Dawn of the Dead
Mar 22, 2019
45: Canadian Filmmakers
Mar 22, 2019
44: Wonder Woman and an Appreciation of Female Directors
Mar 22, 2019
43: Make/Remake: Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven
Mar 22, 2019
42: Toronto Screenwriting Conference 2017
Mar 22, 2019
41: Top 10 Films of 2016
Mar 22, 2019
40: Post Oscars Recap 2017
Mar 21, 2019
39: Oscar Predictions 2017 Part 2
Mar 21, 2019
38: Oscar Predictions 2017 Part 1
Mar 21, 2019
37: Manchester by the Lion
Mar 21, 2019
36: Hell or High Fences in Moonlight
Mar 21, 2019
35: La La Figures
Mar 21, 2019
34: The Arrival of Hacksaw Ridge
Mar 21, 2019
33: Best Moments of 2016
Mar 21, 2019
32: Divine Brown and Passing Strange
Mar 21, 2019
31: In Memory of Bill Marshall and Praise of TIFF
Mar 21, 2019
30: Wings To Birdman 1968-1977 Part 2
Mar 21, 2019
29: Halloween Movie Suggestions
Mar 21, 2019
28: TIFF 2016 Wrap-up
Mar 21, 2019
27: From Wings to Birdman 1968-1977 Part 1
Mar 21, 2019
26: Gene Wilder Tribute
Mar 21, 2019
25: Carolina Bartczak from X-Men: Apocalypse
Mar 20, 2019
24: TORONTO SCREENWRITING CONFERENCE WITH Emily Andras and Moira Walley-Beckett
Mar 20, 2019
23: Toronto Screenwriting Conference with Glen Mazzara and Stephen Falk
Mar 20, 2019
22: Summer Movie Preview
Mar 20, 2019
21: From Wings To Birdman 1958-1967 Part 1
Mar 20, 2019
20: Top 10 Films of 2015
Mar 20, 2019
19: Post Oscars Recap
Mar 20, 2019
18: OSCAR EXTRAVAGANZA 2016 PART 2
Mar 20, 2019
17: Oscar Extravaganza 2016 Part 1
Mar 20, 2019
16: Spotlight on Bear Attacks
Mar 05, 2019
15: The Big Fury Road
Mar 05, 2019
14: Star Wars Prequels, Originals and Sequels
Mar 05, 2019
13: Bridge of Martians
Mar 05, 2019
12: Oscar Nomination Reactions
Mar 05, 2019
11: FROM WINGS TO BIRDMAN 1947-1958 PART 2
Mar 01, 2019
10: FROM WINGS TO BIRDMAN 1947-1958 PART 1
Mar 01, 2019
9: TIFF and Early Oscar Predictions
Mar 01, 2019
8: Guillermo del Toro, Rebecca and Alfred Hitchcock
Mar 01, 2019
7: From Wings to Birdman 1938-1947 Part 2
Mar 01, 2019
6: From Wings to Birdman 1938-1947 Part 1
Mar 01, 2019
5: Mad Men
Feb 28, 2019
4: Marvel
Feb 28, 2019
3: Mr. Burns a Post Electric Play
Feb 28, 2019
2: TSC with David S Goyer & Mara Brock Akil
Feb 28, 2019
1: From Wings to Birdman the First 10 Years of the Oscars
Feb 28, 2019