Contra Zoom

Your hosts Dakota Arsenault and Andreas Babiolakis were lucky to enough to see a screening of Rebecca hosted by the legendary film director Guillermo del Toro while he was in town to host a lecture series based on Gothic Horror films. 

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Continuing on from our Best Picture Winner decade-by-decade breakdown from last week’s part 1 Dakota Arsenault and Andreas Babiolakis count down the top five films of 1938-1947. 

– Dakota recommends that you read the bio and trivia on actor John Garfield

Here is a link to our bottom five in this decade’s Best Picture Winner’s

Dakota’s ratings come first followed by Andreas’

5. Gentleman’s Agreement 7.5/10 8/10

4. You Can’t Take It With You 8.3/10 8/10

3. The Lost Weekend 8.7/10 9/10

2. Rebecca 8.5/10 10/10

1. Casablanca 9/10 10/10

Best Picture- Casablanca for both Dakota and Andreas 

Best Actor- Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend) for both Dakota and Andreas 

Best Actress- Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver) for both Dakota and Andreas 

Best Supporting Actor- Lionel Barrymore (You Can’t Take It With You) is Dakota’s pick

John Garfield (Gentleman’s Agreement) is Andreas’ pick

Best Supporting Actress- Teresa Wright (Mrs. Miniver and The Best Year’s Of Our Lives) is Dakota’s pick

Judith Anderson (Rebecca) is Andreas’ pick

Songs from this episode are from The OBGM’s

– Pill

– House

Make sure you check the band out at the year’s Riot Festival http://riotfest.org/toronto/ on Saturday September 19th and buy a digital copy of their newest album, which is self titled from their Bandcamp.

Follow us on twitter @contrazoompod along with the host’s Dakota @dgapa and Andreas @andreasbabs.

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This week we started a new feature where Live in Limbo’s mastermind Sean Chin joined us to talk about his three favourite movies.

– Shawshank Redemption

– 2001: A Space Odyssey

– A.I. Artificial Intelligence

The bottom five of our countdown is the following. Dakota’s ratings come first followed by Andreas’

10. How Green Was My Valley 2.5/10 5/10

9. Going My Way 4/10 6/10

8. Mrs. Miniver 7/10 7/10

7. Gone With the Wind 7.3/10 7/10

6. The Best Year’s of Our Lives 8/10 7/10

Next week we reveal our top 5 of the decade! 

Songs from this episode are from The OBGM’s

– “Torpedo”

– “Ijuswannaluvuallthetime”

Make sure you check the band out at the year’s Riot Fest on Saturday September 19th and buy a digital copy of their newest album, which is self titled from their Bandcamp page.  

Follow us on twitter @contrazoompod along with the host’s Dakota @dgapa and Andreas @andreasbabs

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For this week’s episode Dakota and Andreas discuss the finale for Mad Men and what the series as a whole meant to them and the landscape of television. The landmark show just finished its seven-season run back in May and the guys have had some time to digest what happens. They talk about their favourite characters and some of the best moments on the show. As always we would love to hear your thoughts on the show by tweeting at us @contrazoompod! 

Music this week is from Catl. a Toronto dance rock band. You can buy their music both digitally and on records directly from their site.

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In this episode Dakota and Andreas review the new Marvel movie Avengers: Age of Ultron and then rank all 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films from worst to best. The discussions touch upon casting, scripts, direction, themes and execution. 

Here is the list of films ranked in order of when they came out (you will have to listen to the show to find out where they placed!)

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This week Dakota Arsenault and Andreas Babiolakis turn the tables a bit regarding subject matter and discuss a play called Mr. Burns a Post Electric Play (you’ve probably seen the posters all around subway stations). Instead of just talking about the play the guys discuss methods of telling stories and how telling tales is a human ritual. Dakota also interviews co-director Mitchell Cushman and actor Sebastien Heins and plays a bit of trivia with them.

– Mr. Burns a Post Electric play is running until June 7th and tickets can be purchased here

http://www.ticketfly.com/venue/15345-aztec-theatre/

– Dakota’s review of Mr. Burns

http://www.liveinlimbo.com/2015/05/18/film/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play.html

– Outside the March has a history of site-specific shows and you should learn more about the group 

http://www.outsidethemarch.ca/about.php

– Sebastien Heins’ Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/WhatsUpSebastien?_rdr

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This week Dakota Arsenault and Andreas Babiolakis talk about the Toronto Screenwriter’s Conference, a yearly get together where the greatest script writers, show runners, executives and others talk on a professional level to attendees who are writers themselves. We also have two great interviews with David S Goyer and Mara Brock Akil.

– This is the 6th TSC annual conference held at Daniels Spectrum in Toronto

– The conference is put on by the literary agency Meridian Artists

– Andreas got to interview David S Goyer, writer of The Dark Knight trilogy, Man of Steel, Blade and more.

– Speaking of movies Goyer has worked on, he wrote a little film called Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. I don’t think you’ve heard of it though.

– Andreas also got the chance to interview Mara Brock Akil, creator of Being Mary Jane, The Game and writer on Girlfriends and Moesha. 

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Hey everyone, this is the debut episode for our brand new film podcast Contra Zoom! Hosts Dakota Arsenault and Andreas Babiolakis take on a massive project of watching every Best Picture winner throughout the Academy’s history! They start with the first ten winners from 1927-1937. At the end of the rankings the guys give awards to the best of the best (so far!).  At the end of the episode Andreas teases us with what episode two will have in store for listeners. 

These are the rankings listed in the episode with Dakota’s ratings first and Andreas’ second.

10- Cimarron 2/10 and 3/10

9- The Broadway Melody 5/10 and 5/10

8- Cavalcade 6/10 and 6/10

7- Grand Hotel 6.5/10 and 7/10

6- The Great Ziegfeld 7/10 and 7/10

5- The Life of Emile Zola 8.5/10 and 7/10

4- Wings 8/10 and 8/10

3- Mutiny on the Bounty 7.8/10 and 9/10

2- All Quiet on the Western Front 7.5/10 and 10/10

1- It Happened One Night 9/10 and 10/10

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