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Contra Zoom Pod

By Dakota Arsenault

Contra Zoom is a film based podcast going in depth about varying movie related subjects. Dakota Arsenault, Rachel Ho 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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31: In Memory of Bill Marshall and Praise of TIFF

Contra Zoom PodMar 21, 2019

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272: 2024 Oscar Wrap Up

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.

Follow Todd on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠Letterboxd⁠.

Follow For Reel on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠.

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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.

Mar 11, 202401:01:02
271: 2024 Oscar Predictions

271: 2024 Oscar Predictions

We have come to the end of Oscar season, with our final episode before the Academy Awards on March 10th, 2024. We predict the winners for all 23 awards. Joining the show is Todd Pengelly, a writer from For Reel and a member of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

See below the picks for the Oscars:

  • Supporting Actress - Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Dakota and Todd)
  • Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr. (Dakota and Todd)
  • Actress - Lily Gladstone (Dakota and Todd)
  • Actor - Cillian Murphy (Dakota and Todd)
  • Original Score - Oppenheimer (Dakota and Todd)
  • Original Song - "How Was I Made" Barbie (Dakota and Todd)
  • Original Screenplay - Anatomy of a Fall (Dakota and Todd)
  • Adapted Screenplay - American Fiction (Dakota and Todd)
  • Cinematography - Oppenheimer (Dakota and Todd)
  • Sound - Oppenheimer (Dakota and Todd)
  • Costumes - Barbie (Dakota) and Poor Things (Todd)
  • Hair and Makeup - Maestro (Dakota) and Poor Things (Todd)
  • Live Action Short - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Dakota)
  • Animated Short - War Is Over! (Dakota)
  • Documentary Short - The ABC's of Book Banning (Dakota)
  • Animated Feature - The Boy and the Heron (Dakota and Todd)
  • Documentary - 20 Days in Mariupol (Dakota and Todd)
  • International Film - The Zone of Interest (Dakota and Todd)
  • Visual Effects - The Creator (Dakota) and Godzilla Minus One (Todd)
  • Production Design - Barbie (Dakota and Todd)
  • Film Editing - Oppenheimer (Dakota and Todd)
  • Director - Christopher Nolan (Dakota and Todd)
  • Picture - Oppenheimer (Dakota and Todd)

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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.

Mar 04, 202401:41:02
270: 2024 Oscar Draft

270: 2024 Oscar Draft

For the second year in a row, we are doing an 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 once again is Alex Watson and Brodie Cotnam, and filling in for Rachel this year is Thomas Stoneham-Judge the owner of For Reel.

Check out last year's draft.

Dakota's Team

  • Barbie
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Maestro
  • The Creator
  • The ABCs of Book Banning

Thomas' Team

  • Oppenheimer
  • Past Lives
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
  • Nyad

Alex's Team

  • Poor Things
  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • American Fiction
  • The Boy and the Heron
  • Napoleon

Brodie's Team

  • The Holdovers
  • The Zone of Interest
  • 20 Days in Mariupol
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
  • Letter To A Pig

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Follow Alex Watson on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠Letterboxd⁠.

Watch Brodie's short film ⁠⁠⁠The Gift⁠⁠⁠ that he wrote and follow him on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠.

Read Paulo Bautista's review of Dìdi.

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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.

Feb 26, 202440:51
269: Poor Lives and American Holdovers

269: Poor Lives and American Holdovers

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On the second episode of the series we talk about Poor Things, American Fiction, The Holdovers and Past Lives. We label each nomination as Frontrunner, Dark Horse, Longshot and Just Happy To Be There. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer and Pierre Frigon, the hosts of Classic Movies Live.

Listen to our last episode breaking down the Best Picture nominees, 268: Killers of the Barbie Maestro.

Want to track what nominated films you've seen? Use ⁠⁠⁠Death Race Tracking⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠Oscars Death Race⁠⁠⁠, two excellent sites.

Listen to Classic Movies Live review Poor Things and The Holdovers.

Read Jeff's review of Hundreds of Beavers.

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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.

Feb 19, 202401:32:19
268: Killers of the Barbie Maestro

268: Killers of the Barbie Maestro

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On the second episode of the series we talk about Killers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Maestro. We label each nomination as Frontrunner, Dark Horse, Longshot and Just Happy To Be There. Joining the show is Kyle Garzon who was last heard on 228: Oscars 2023 – The Way of WesTÁRn Sadness.

Listen to our last episode breaking down the Best Picture nominees, 267: Anatomy of an Oppenheimer Zone.

Want to track what nominated films you've seen? Use ⁠⁠Death Race Tracking⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Oscars Death Race⁠⁠, two excellent sites.

Check out season 2 of The Academy Museum Podcast which breaks down how casting works.

Read Kyle's review of the new Marvel show Echo.

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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.

Feb 12, 202401:34:44
267: Anatomy of an Oppenheimer Zone

267: Anatomy of an Oppenheimer Zone

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On the first episode of the series we talk about Oppenheimer, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest. We label each nomination as Frontrunner, Dark Horse, Longshot and Just Happy To Be There. Joining the show is Paulo Bautista host of the Oscars Death Race Podcast and John Richards the owner of ⁠Red Carpet Rosters⁠.

Read Paulo's reviews for Perfect Days and And So It Begins.

Want to track what nominated films you've seen? Use ⁠Death Race Tracking⁠ or ⁠Oscars Death Race⁠, two excellent sites.

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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.

Feb 05, 202401:43:30
Bonus Episode: AODR Festival Interview with Mike Donahue of Troy

Bonus Episode: AODR Festival Interview with Mike Donahue of Troy

On this bonus episode, I am sharing my interview with Mike Donahue, director of the new film Troy for the Academy of Death Racers Festival. Troy is a short film about a couple in NYC who hear their neighbour having loud sex nonstop, the noise consumes their lives until one day it stops and they try to learn what happened. I was asked to film a Q&A with Mike to appear alongside the film's screening.

Watch Troy for free on the New York Times website (U.S. residents only).

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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.

Jan 29, 202418:19
266: 2024 Oscar Nomination Reactions

266: 2024 Oscar Nomination Reactions

The 2024 Oscar nominations have now been announced with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Maestro leading the pack. We go over the big categories and discuss what we think of the crop of nominees including who our pleasant surprises were and biggest snubs. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the Awesome Friday podcast and co-founder of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

Check out the full list of nominees.

Listen to Dakota's appearance on the Oscars Death Race Podcast with Paulo Bautista as he attempted to predict who would be nominated.

Want to track what nominated films you've seen? Use Death Race Tracking or Oscars Death Race, two excellent sites.

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

Read Kyle Garzon's review of the Disney+ show Echo and Brodie Cotnam's review of The Teachers' Lounge on Contra Zoom.

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Jan 24, 202401:05:02
265: A24 Retrospective - Amy

265: A24 Retrospective - Amy

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Amy directed by Asif Kapadia. The film chronicles the life and career of the singer Amy Winehouse who tragically died at the age of 27 in 2011. The film only uses archival footage and home movies an adding in narration from friends, family and colleagues. Joining the show is Alex Watson who was last heard on Bonus Episode: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Draft.

Our double bill pairings include Moonage Daydream (Dakota) and Whitney (Alex). 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 262: A24 Retrospective - Barely Lethal.

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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.

Jan 15, 202401:01:15
264: James Bond Draft

264: James Bond Draft

To end 2023 we are having another game themed episode! Earlier this year we celebrated the birth of the James Bond film franchise on episode 236: Dr. No at 60 Years. After watching all 25 official Bond films in a calendar year, it was time to make our ultimate spy movie. 10 different categories were selected to create our own Fantasy Bond Film. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson and Simon Best, the hosts of the Awesome Friday Podcast.

Check out Dakota's Bond rankings on Letterboxd.

How to watch the Bond franchise in chronological time order.

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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.

Dec 18, 202353:44
263: Make/Remake The Wages of Fear and Sorcerer

263: Make/Remake The Wages of Fear and Sorcerer

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 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot film The Wages of Fear and the 1977 William Friedkin film Sorcerer. Check out our past Make/Remake‘s for more great comparison episodes and see the Letterboxd list.

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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.

Dec 11, 202301:10:09
262: A24 Retrospective - Barely Lethal

262: A24 Retrospective - Barely Lethal

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Barely Lethal directed by Kyle Newman. The film stars Hailee Steinfeld as a teenaged secret agent who runs away to be a regular high schooler but trouble pops up in the form of her rival in Sophie Turner. Joining the show is Jericho Tadeo, The Asian Cut's newest editor!

Our double bill pairings include Agent Cody Banks (Dakota), Harriet the Spy (Rachel) and The Edge of Seventeen (Jericho). 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 250: A24 Retrospective - Slow West.

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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.

Dec 11, 202301:07:21
261: McCarthyism in Noir

261: McCarthyism in Noir

It's Noir-vember, which means it's time for our 3rd annual noir themed episode! This year we are looking at McCarthyism in film noir with three films, On The Waterfront, Storm Center and Witch Hunt. Joining the show is Alisha Mughal, who was last heard on episode 216: Fox Film Noirs.

Watch Storm Center and Witch Hunt for free on YouTube.

Watch Orson Welles criticize Elia Kazan and read about Kazan receiving his honorary Oscar.

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Nov 27, 202301:06:00
260: The Red Shoes at 75 Years

260: The Red Shoes at 75 Years

Back in 1948, Powell and Pressburger made one of the definitive dance films with The Red Shoes starring Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring. The film tells the story of a young ballerina who gets caught up between dedicated herself completely to dance and falling in love. The film came out 75 years ago, so to celebrate the anniversary we review it and talk about the film's influence.

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Nov 20, 202301:15:36
259: 2023 ImagineNATIVE

259: 2023 ImagineNATIVE

ImagineNATIVE is the world's biggest Indigenous film and arts festival. This year the fest ran from October 17-22nd in Toronto and from October 23-29th online. We discuss I'm Just Here For The Riot, Fancy Dance, Hey Viktor!, Tautuktavuk: What We See, Red, White and Brass and Inky Pinky Ponky.

Listen to our review of I'm Just Here For The Riot back on episode 235: Hot Docs 2023.

Read Dakota's reviews of I'm Just Here For The Riot and Tautuktavuk: What We See.

Read Jeff's reviews of Fancy Dance and Hey Viktor!. Also check out Jeff's review of Late Night With The Devil from the Toronto After Dark festival.

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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.

Nov 13, 202301:01:12
258: Canadian Horror with Kyle Edward Ball

258: Canadian Horror with Kyle Edward Ball

To celebrate Halloween this year we have brought on Kyle Edward Ball, the writer and director behind the hit horror film Skinamarink. As both a Canadian and a horror filmmaker, who better to bring on! We asked Kyle about 3 classic films and he selected Black Christmas, Rituals and Scanners to discuss. We also chat about Skinamarink and how his life has changed since its release. Stay tuned to the end where Kyle talks about how his follow up project is going.

Read The Globe and Mail's 20 best Canadian horror movies ever made where Kyle helped contribute to the article.

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Also read Rachel's interview with Kyle Edward Ball from earlier this year.

Read Kyle Edward Ball's interview with Fangoria.

Listen to our review of Skinamarink on episode 204: Fantasia Festival 2022 Wrap Up.

Listen to episode 197: David Cronenberg and Body Horror where we review several Cronenberg films.

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Oct 30, 202301:03:45
Bonus: 2023 New York Film Festival

Bonus: 2023 New York Film Festival

We've got a bonus episode this week, Paulo Bautista host of the Oscars Death Race Podcast attended the New York Film Festival, which ran from September 29th-October 15th this year. Paulo recorded his immediate reactions.

Evil Does Not Exist: 03:15-09:00

The Zone of Interest: 09:00-15:45

The Taste of Things: 15:45-20:10

The Boy and the Heron: 20:10-26:40

Read Paulo's reviews for Evil Does Not Exist, The Zone of Interest, The Taste of Things and The Boy and the Heron.

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Check out Jeff Bulmer's review of Late Night With The Devil screened at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

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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.

Oct 26, 202330:31
257: Halloween at 45 Years

257: Halloween at 45 Years

Back in 1978 John Carpenter made his third feature film, Halloween for only $300,000. It went on to be a massive box office hit and spanned a franchise that has released 13 films. The film came out 45 years ago October 17th, 1978 so we celebrate the enduring legacy of the film. Joining is our resident Halloween super-fan Brodie Cotnam.

Check out this handy guide to understand how the Halloween franchise works.

Listen to Scaretroducing's podcasts on Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends.

Check out this ⁠Criterion Shelf ⁠ article on That Shelf featuring a contribution by Dakota on Dark Star, John Carpenter's first film.

Read Paulo Bautista's reviews from the New York Film Festival, including The Boy and the Heron, The Zone of Interest and more!

Read Dakota's Best of the Vancouver International Film Festival blog post.

Read Brodie's review of Joan Baez I Am Noise.

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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.

Oct 25, 202301:17:20
256: VIFF Interviews - Wild Goat Surf and I Used To Be Funny

256: VIFF Interviews - Wild Goat Surf and I Used To Be Funny

We wrap up our Vancouver International Film Festival coverage with two excellent interviews. First is Caitlyn Sponheimer, the writer, director and lead actor from Wild Goat Surf. We follow that up with Olga Petsa, an actor from I Used To Be Funny.

Check out our VIFF Wrap Up podcast.

Read our reviews of Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun and Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person.

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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.

Oct 16, 202343:35
255: 2023 VIFF Wrap Up

255: 2023 VIFF Wrap Up

The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival just concluded and we wrap up some of the films we saw. Joining the show again is Todd Pengelly who was last heard just two shows ago on 253: 2023 VIFF Preview. We talk about Anatomy of a Fall, The Promised Land, The Royal Hotel, The Teachers’ Lounge and The Zone of Interest.

Check out the full list of Canadian award winners at VIFF.

Watch Thomas Stoneham-Judge's interview with the director of Asog.

Read Dakota's reviews for The Royal Hotel, Only The River Flows, Mr. Dress-Up The Magic of Make-Believe and Fitting In.

Stay tuned for VIFF interviews coming next week!

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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.

Oct 09, 202301:17:52
254: Celebrating Filipino Cinema

254: Celebrating Filipino Cinema

October is Filipino American Heritage Month and to celebrate we are looking at the contributions that The Philippines have made to cinema. We specifically are looking at three films Manilla in the Claws of Light, Ma' Rosa and Islands along with namedropping plenty of other titles. Joining the show to lead the discussion is Paulo Bautista host of the ⁠Oscars Death Race Podcast.

Check out Paulo's Letterboxd list with every movie mentioned on the show along with plenty more to expand your Filipino cinematic experience!

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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.

Oct 02, 202301:20:28
253: 2023 VIFF Preview

253: 2023 VIFF Preview

The 2023 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival runs from September 28-October 8th. We preview our most anticipated films that are playing. Joining the show is Todd Pengelly a critic from For Reel.

Dakota's picks include: I Used to Be Funny, Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe, Monster, Only the River Flows and The Teachers' Lounge.

Todd's picks include: Anatomy of a Fall, Goodbye Julia, On the Adamant, Priscilla and The Royal Hotel.

Stay tuned for more great VIFF content including reviews and a wrap up podcast following the festival.

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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.

Sep 25, 202353:06
252: 2023 TIFF Wrap Up

252: 2023 TIFF Wrap Up

We wrap up this year's Toronto International Film Festival by talking about the big hits and misses, our favourite films and the award winners. Joining the show to help us break it all down is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies. Jeff also contributed some festival movie reviews to Contra Zoom.

The films we review include: The Holdovers, Woman of the Hour, Dream Scenario, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Hit Man and Motherland.

See the full list of award winning films.

Read Jeff's reviews for Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and I Don't Know Who You Are.

Read Dakota's reviews for Working Class Goes To Hell, Tautuktavuk (What We See) and Seagrass.

Read Rachel's coverage for Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe, Aphasia, In Flames and much more!

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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.

Sep 18, 202301:12:24
Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Bil Antoniou

Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Bil Antoniou

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 Bil Antoniou, the host of the Bad Gay Movies Podcast and authoring of the monthly Criterion Shelf column (a column Dakota often contributes to as well). Dakota and Bil talk about the legacy of Yasujirō Ozu and Tokyo Story, whether or not to feel bad about having never seen Man With a Movie Camera and the greatness of Pedro Almodóvar.

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

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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.

Sep 11, 202351:03
251: 2023 TIFF Preview

251: 2023 TIFF Preview

The 2023 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will run from September 7-17th and we are here to preview our picks for the movies we are most excited about.

Dakota's Picks: Evil Does Not Exist, Hit Man, Poolman, Woman of the Hour and Zone of Interest.

Rachel's Picks: The Boy and the Heron, The Critic, Dumb Money, Knox Goes Away and The Pigeon Tunnel.

It was announced a few weeks before the festival that Bell will not return as the title sponsor next year.

Stay tuned for a lot more TIFF coverage with reviews and more podcasts to come!

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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.

Sep 04, 202348:55
250: A24 Retrospective - Slow West

250: A24 Retrospective - Slow West

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Slow West directed by John Maclean. The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as Jay a teenager from Scotland who comes to the wild west in search of the young girl he's in love with. Michael Fassbender plays Silas, a mysterious man who agrees to help guide Jay across the plains with questionable motivations. Joining the show is Jericho Tadeo, The Asian Cut's Critic at Large.

Our double bill pairings include The Sisters Brothers (Dakota), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Rachel) and Snowpiercer (Jericho). 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 246: A24 Retrospective - Ex Machina.

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Aug 28, 202301:30:05
249: The Films of Elvis Presley

249: The Films of Elvis Presley

On August 16th 1977 Elvis Presley died, marking the 46th anniversary of his untimely passing. Currently The Criterion Channel has a 6 movie collection available to stream. We discuss three of the films, King Creole, Wild in the Country and Viva Las Vegas. We talk about Elvis' acting abilities, how his music is incorporated and whether or not his movies deserve a reevaluation from the film community.

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Aug 21, 202301:30:30
248: 2023 Fantasia Film Festival Wrap Up

248: 2023 Fantasia Film Festival Wrap Up

For the third year in a row we are covering Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival, which celebrates the best in horror and genre cinema with an emphasis on international movies. We review A Disturbance in the Force: How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened, Talk To Me, river, With Love and a Major Organ and Sometimes I Think About Dying. We also have some honourable mentions including Where The Devil Roams, Baby Assassins 2 Babies and It Lives Inside.

Watch Dakota's interview with the filmmakers behind Satan Wants You and Where the Devil Roams.

Read Rachel's interview with Danny and Michael Philippou, the directors of Talk To Me.

Read Dakota's reviews of Satan Wants You⁠ from Hot Docs earlier this year, and ⁠Where The Devil Roams⁠, river⁠, ⁠A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened⁠ and ⁠Baby Assassins 2 Babies⁠.

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Listen to Awesome Friday's recap of Fantasia Festival.

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Aug 14, 202301:04:00
247: Fantasia Fest Interviews - Satan Wants You and Where The Devil Roams Directors

247: Fantasia Fest Interviews - Satan Wants You and Where The Devil Roams Directors

Fantasia Festival is still going on, but we had the chance to interview two sets of directors who had their films screening at this years fest! First up is Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor, the directors of Satan Wants You a documentary about the start of the Satanic Panic. Second is Toby Poser, John, Zelda and Lulu Adams the team behind Where the Devil Roams, about a murderous carnie family during the Depression Era.

Read Dakota's review of Satan Wants You from Hot Docs earlier this year, and his review of Where The Devil Roams.

Dakota has also reviewed river, A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened and Baby Assassins 2 Babies.

For more information on Satan Wants You, follow Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor on Twitter and Instagram.

For more information on Where The Devil Roams, follow them on Twitter and Instagram.

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Aug 07, 202342:39
246: A24 Retrospective - Ex Machina

246: A24 Retrospective - Ex Machina

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Ex Machina directed by Alex Garland. The film follows Oscar Issac as a billionaire tech CEO who invites his employee, Domhnall Gleeson, to administer a Turing Test. The subject is Ava, played by Alicia Vikander, a robot that may or may not have human consciousness. We have Canadian writer and director Jeremy LaLonde, best known for films such as Ashgrove and James vs His Future Self come on to discuss the film. If you listen to the podcast on either Spotify or YouTube, we have included the video version of the show too!

Our double bill pairings include Ashgrove (Dakota), Minority Report (Rachel) and Her (Jeremy). 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 239: A24 Retrospective - Cut Bank.

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Jul 31, 202301:11:02
245: Make/Remake The Day The Earth Stood Still

245: Make/Remake The Day The Earth Stood Still

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 1951 film The Day The Earth Stood Still directed by Robert Wise and the 2008 remake also called The Day The Earth Stood Still directed by Scott Derickson. Check out our past ⁠Make/Remake⁠'s for more great comparison episodes and see the ⁠Letterboxd⁠ list.

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Jul 24, 202301:20:51
244: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians

244: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians

A few weeks ago CBC released a poll conducted by them where industry professionals and critics voted to help make a list of The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians. Both Dakota and Rachel voted on the list, with Rachel even writing in praise of the #6 movie Crash. Joining the show to talk about the list and who they also voted for is Matthew Simpson and Taylor Beaumont.

Listen to episode 45: Canadian Filmmakers where we discuss a similar subject.

Check out Taylor's massive list of great Canadian films on Letterboxd.

Read the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time as named by TIFF back in 2015.

Listen to ⁠⁠Awesome Friday⁠⁠ and follow them on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ as well as Matthew's personal ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ account and his new ⁠website⁠.

Read Taylor's work at For Reel and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

Read Rachel's article Tom Cruise's 5 Best 'Mission: Impossible' Stunts on Exclaim! Follow Rachel on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, bookmark ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Asian Cut⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and check out her ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more great reviews.

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Jul 17, 202301:24:32
243: Best Films By Language

243: Best Films By Language

It is Dakota's birthday week, and we continue the trend of picking a category and choosing our favourites from it. In 2020 there was 114: 30 Films in 30 Years, in 2021 it was 157: Best Films Through the Decades and in 2022 it was 199: Best Films by Genre. This year we are naming our 10 favourite films by language. We cover four specific languages, one country, two regions and three wildcards! We name both our picks and runners-up.

See our picks below (Dakota’s first, then Rachel’s)!

French: Incendies and Polytechnique

Spanish: Pan's Labyrinth

Italian: Bicycle Thieves and La Dolce Vita

Cantonese or Mandarin: In the Mood for Love and Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

Middle East Region: Capernaum and Subtraction

Nordic Region: The Worst Person in the World and Speak No Evil

African Wildcard: Timbuktu and Saloum

Asian Wildcard: Pather Panchali and Old Boy

European Wildcard: Nosferatu the Vampyre and M

Check out our Letterboxd list to see our full list including our runner up's.

Listen to episodes mentioned on the podcast 69: Make/Remake Terminal Station and Indiscretion of an American Wife, 214: A Trilogy of Nosferatu’s.

Watch Kogonada's video essay What Is Neorealism? to see his breakdown of the differences between Terminal Station and Indiscretion of and American Wife.

Why Iran creates some of the world’s best films.

Read Rachel's interview with Adele Lim the director of Joy Ride on The Asian Cut. Follow Rachel on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, bookmark ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Asian Cut⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and check out her ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more great reviews.

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Jul 10, 202301:46:09
242: 2023 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

242: 2023 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

For the 3rd year in a row we cover the Toronto Japanese Film Festival and talk about movies we saw. They include Plan 75, BL Metamorphosis, Roleless, and Father of the Milky Way Railroad.

Read Jericho Tadeo's original review of Plan 75 when it was screened at TIFF last year on The Asian Cut.

Both Dakota and Rachel participated in CBC's The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians and Rachel wrote in support of the #6 film, Crash.

Check out past episodes covering TJFF including 201: 2022 Toronto Japanese Film Festival and 155: Toronto Japanese Film Festival.

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Jul 03, 202301:10:03
Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Paulo Bautista

Bonus: Better Know a Contributor - Paulo Bautista

In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you the eighth 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 Paulo Bautista, a man who wears many hats but some of the podcasts he hosts include the Oscars Death Race Podcast, Box Office Watch, Filmography in Focus, Yet Another Anime Podcast and Into the Aether Vortex. Dakota and Paulo talk about how Satoshi Kon is Paulo's favourite director, the mountain of "important" movies he hasn't seen yet, how Titanic and Forest Gump are his least favourite Best Picture winners and how The Tale of Princess Kaguya is not only an underrated movie but possible the best one produced by Studio Ghibli.

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

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Jun 26, 202350:39
241: Best Movies of 2023... So Far

241: Best Movies of 2023... So Far

We're a little over halfway through 2023, so we decide to look at the best films of the year so far! Our titles are listed alphabetically, so they are not in order of our rankings. We also share our honourable mentions that just missed the cut!

Dakota's Top 5

Rachel's Top 5

Listen to Classic Movies Live review BlackBerry.

Listen to past episodes 238: Most Anticipated Movies of 2023 (previous discussion on Past Lives), 235: Hot Docs 2023 (with full review of Satan Wants You), 214: A Trilogy of Nosferatu’s and 49: History of the Dracul (previous shows reviewing iteration's of Dracula).

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Jun 19, 202301:21:41
240: Good Gay Movies

240: Good Gay Movies

It's June, which means it is Pride Month! Bad Gay Movies is one of my favourite podcasts and love hearing Bil Antoniou talk about gay themed movies, but I wanted to hear his thoughts on movies that are actually good. We decided to focus on movies that were influential to Bil as he was coming of age. We discuss Madonna: Truth or Dare, Jeffrey and Clueless.

Listen to our last Pride themed episode 112: Celebrating Queer Cinema.

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Jun 12, 202301:10:59
239: A24 Retrospective - Cut Bank

239: A24 Retrospective - Cut Bank

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Cut Bank directed by Matt Shakman. The film stars Liam Hemsworth and Teresa Palmer as a couple who accidentally film the murder of their small town mailman. Once John Malkovich, the towns sheriff, starts to investigate the crime, things suddenly start not appearing as they seem. Joining the show is Daniel Grant, one half of the Spoiled Rotten podcast a fellow That Shelf show.

Our double bill pairings include Office Space (Dakota), Zodiac (Rachel) and A Simple Plan (Daniel). 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 237: A24 Retrospective - While We're Young.

Check out Rachel's recent appearance on Spoiled Rotten where she discusses Batman Forever. Stay tuned for Dakota's appearance to talk about The Punisher later this summer.

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Jun 05, 202301:16:10
238: Most Anticipated Movies of 2023

238: Most Anticipated Movies of 2023

Now that all the limited releases of 2022 have come out and we are past the winter studio dumping grounds, it is time to look at what movies are coming out the rest of this year. Both Dakota and Rachel pick 6 movies each that have confirmed release dates and discuss why they are so excited for them.

Dakota's picks: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Asteroid City, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Barbie, Next Goal Wins and Kraven the Hunter.

Rachel's picks: Past Lives, Elemental, Joy Ride, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon and Dune: Part Two.

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May 29, 202301:36:02
237: A24 Retrospective - While We're Young

237: A24 Retrospective - While We're Young

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's While We're Young directed by Noah Baumbach. The film stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as a couple who hit their mid-life crisis and meet young hipsters played by Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried who re-energize them. Joining the show is Bil Antoniou host of the Bad Gay Movies podcast.

Our double bill pairings include The Darjeeling Limited (Dakota) and Being Julia (Bil). 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 232: A24 Retrospective - Son of a Gun.

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May 22, 202301:12:51
236: Dr. No at 60 Years

236: Dr. No at 60 Years

The first James Bond film Dr. No was first seen outside the United Kingdom in May of 1963. We celebrate the 60th anniversary of the film franchise by revisiting the seminal action movie directed by Terrence Yonge and starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress and Joseph Wiseman. After we discuss the movie we look back at the franchise as a whole including our favourite Bond actors, best theme songs and overall best movies. We then look ahead to who we want to play James Bond now that Daniel Craig is retired from the part. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the Awesome Friday Podcast.

Read Matthew's Bond franchise recaps.

Check out the comprehensive list of potential Bond actors post Craig.

There would have been a link here for an old episode referenced about the Bond franchise, but that episode seems to be lost to the sands of time!

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May 15, 202301:27:07
235: Hot Docs 2023

235: Hot Docs 2023

The 30th edition of the Hot Docs festival that celebrates the best new documentaries just concluded in Toronto. We discuss the films Satan Wants You, July Talk: Love Lives Here, I’m Just Here For The Riot, A Still Small Voice, Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun and The Mountains. Joining the show is Courtney Small a critic who runs the publication Cinema Axis and who's work can also be read at That Shelf and POV Magazine among others.

Read Dakota's reviews of Satan Wants You, July Talk: Love Lives Here, I’m Just Here For The Riot and Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun.

Read Courtney's reviews of The Mountains and July Talk: Love Lives Here.

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May 08, 202301:19:01
234: Best Films of 2014

234: Best Films of 2014

It is Contra Zoom Pod's 8th anniversary! To celebrate we decided to do a best of the year episode, from before CZP started! Our first best of the year show was 2015 (20: Top 10 Films of 2015) so we are going back in time to 2014. This show was inspired by Dakota's blog post ⁠Best of 2014⁠.

Listen to Better Know a Contributor - Dakota Arsenault to learn more about the history of the podcast.

Dakota's Top 10

10. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

9. Edge of Tomorrow

8. Wild

7. Whiplash

6. The Grand Budapest Hotel

5. Interstellar

4. Mr. Turner

3. Selma

2. Nightcrawler

1. Boyhood

Rachel's Top 10

10. The Imitation Game

9. The Grand Budapest Hotel

8. Whiplash

7. Edge of Tomorrow

6. Under the Skin

5. Locke

4. Coherence

3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2. Nightcrawler

1. Enemy

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May 01, 202301:17:27
233: Canadian Screen Awards 2023

233: Canadian Screen Awards 2023

The Canadian Screen Awards just handed out awards for the best in film, television and web content. We look at the big winners in the film portion which included Brother dominating with 12 wins, Crimes of the Future with 2 wins and Alice, Darling, Viking, I Like Movies, Riceboy Sleeps and Falcon Lake each winning 1 award. We also named our top five Canadian films from last year!

Dakota's Top 5

  1. Brother
  2. Ashgrove
  3. Crimes of the Future
  4. Viking
  5. Riceboy Sleeps

Rachel's Top 5

  1. Riceboy Sleeps
  2. Brother
  3. Skinamirink
  4. Slash/Back
  5. Alice, Darling

Listen to episodes 209: TIFF Interviews – Riceboy Sleeps and The Umbrella Men Directors and 197: David Cronenberg and Body Horror.

Read Rachel's Meet the Canadian Filmmakers Making Waves with Breakthrough Films on Exclaim!.

Read interviews with Asian-Canadian filmmakers on The Asian Cut with Michael Fukushima, Faran Moradi, Bilal Baig and more!

Do you want to watch these Canadian films? Matthew Simpson has you covered, he lists where you can find every CSA nominated movie.

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Apr 24, 202301:11:54
232: A24 Retrospective - Son of a Gun

232: A24 Retrospective - Son of a Gun

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's Son of a Gun directed by Julius Avery. The film stars Ewan McGregor as a bank robbery who takes a young man under his wing while in prison. Once on the outside the young man decides to join McGregor's crew as they attempt to rob a gold factory in Australia. Joining the show is Simon Best, one half of the Awesome Friday podcast.

Our double bill pairings include Heat (Dakota), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Rachel) and ambuLAnce (Simon). 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 ⁠219: A24 Retrospective - The Captive⁠.

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Apr 17, 202301:15:12
231: Best Films of 2022

231: Best Films of 2022

Now that the Oscars are done, we can officially flip the calendar on the 2022 movie year. Dakota and Rachel each name their ten favourite films from last year and get some help with some voicemails from friends of the show!

Special thanks to Calum MacNab from Scaretroducing (Nope), Paulo Bautista from the Oscars Death Race Podcast (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Jeff Bulmer from Classic Movies Live (Babylon) and Bil Antoniou from Bad Gay Movies (TÁR) for sending in voicemails.

Dakota's Top 10

  1. Brother
  2. TÁR
  3. The Good Nurse
  4. Top Gun: Maverick
  5. Confess, Fletch
  6. Babylon
  7. The Wonder
  8. All Quiet on the Western Front
  9. The Batman
  10. Broker

Rachel's Top 10

  1. All Quiet on the Western Front
  2. After Yang
  3. Apples
  4. The Banshees of Inisherin
  5. Brother
  6. Everything Everywhere All At Once
  7. Close
  8. Apollo 10 1/2
  9. The Menu
  10. Entergalatic

Read the latest blog posts including Dakota naming his best films of 2013 and Dakota and Rachel teaming up to become Oscar voters.

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Mar 27, 202302:04:01
230: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Recap Extravaganza

230: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Recap Extravaganza

After dedicating much of the last two+ months to the Academy Awards, we finally have reached our finish line. The 95th Oscars awarded Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Picture an 6 other awards. All Quiet on the Western Front was the other big winner of the night as well. Joining Dakota and Rachel to recap the winners, review Jimmy Kimmel and discuss everything that happened during the show is Todd Pengelly critic at For Reel and last heard on episode 224: A24 Retrospective – A Most Violent Year.

For an update on episode 229: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Predictions, Dakota went 18/23 and Rachel went 12/20, and our Bonus Episode: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Draft Brodie got 9 points, Alex got 5 points, Dakota got 4 points and Rachel got 2 points.

If you're not bored of Oscar coverage yet, read our blog of if Dakota and Rachel were Oscar voters and could pick any movies they wanted, who would they award?

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Mar 13, 202301:01:17
Bonus Episode: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Draft

Bonus Episode: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Draft

We have another fun bonus episode and if you are either a Spotify or YouTube subscriber you'll also get the video for this show. Brodie Cotnam and Alex Watson join Rachel and Dakota as they have an Oscar Draft. Now you're probably wondering what an Oscar draft is, an idea inspired by the now defunct excellent show First Round Flick, basically you pick a movie nominated at the Oscars and for every award it gets that gets the picker one point. Whoever has the most points, wins!

Dakota's Team

  • Babylon
  • The Whale
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • RRR
  • All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

Rachel's Team

  • Elvis
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  • TÁR
  • Navalny
  • Argentina, 1985

Brodie's Team

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Fire of Love
  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Alex's Team

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • The Fabelmans
  • Women Talking
  • Triangle of Sadness

Tune in after the Oscars to see who won!

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Mar 09, 202329:13
229: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Predictions

229: Oscars 2023 - Oscar Predictions

We finished going through all the Best Picture nominees over the last month and it's time to put our money where our mouths are. Dakota and Rachel run through all the categories and pick who they want to win and who they think will win. This isn't all the great Oscar coverage as in a few days a bonus video podcast will go up where we do an Oscar draft, and there will also be another If We Were Oscar Voters blog post where we share our snubs. 

Listen to 225: Oscars 2023 – Top Fabelmans of Inisherin, 227: Oscars 2023 – Everything Everywhere All Elvis Talking and 228: Oscars 2023 – The Way of WesTÁRn Sadness

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Mar 06, 202301:46:23
228: Oscars 2023 - The Way of WesTÁRn Sadness

228: Oscars 2023 - The Way of WesTÁRn Sadness

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On this show we discuss All Quiet on the Western Front, TÁR, Avatar: The Way of Water and Triangle of Sadness. We label each nomination as Frontrunner, Dark Horse, Longshot and Just Happy To Be There. Joining the show is Kyle Garzon, hosts of the podcast Once Upon a Time at the Oscars a show where every week he review's a different Best Picture nominated film. Stay subscribed in order to see the rest of our Oscar content this season.

Listen to our last episode in the series where we talk about Everything Everywhere All At Once, Elvis and Women Talking.

Check out and subscribe to Once Upon a Time at the Oscars on Spotify and follow them on Twitter and Instagram. The podcast is currently on a hiatus, but we'll be sure to announce to everyone when it is back up and running.

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Feb 27, 202301:27:10