Contra Zoom Pod

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.

Read Examining the Politics of Madonna's 'Truth or Dare,' 30 Years Later.

Follow Bil on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ and read his latest Criterion Shelf blog post covering movies directed by Seijun Suzuki.

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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.

Follow Daniel on Twitter and Spoiled Rotten on Twitter. Check out Daniel's site for all his work.

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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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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.

Follow Bil on Twitter and Instagram and read his latest Criterion Shelf blog post covering erotic thrillers.

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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!

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

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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.

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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.

Follow Courtney on Twitter and Spoutible and listen to his radio show Frameline wherever you listen to podcasts.

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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

Follow Rachel on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram, bookmark ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Asian Cut⁠⁠⁠⁠ and check out her ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more great reviews.

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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

Rachel's Top 5

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.

Follow Rachel on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, bookmark ⁠⁠⁠The Asian Cut⁠⁠⁠ and check out her ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ for more great reviews.

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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.

Follow Simon on Twitter.

Follow Rachel on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, bookmark ⁠⁠The Asian Cut⁠⁠ 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 a screenshot with your 5-star rating and review to [email protected] and we will send you free stickers!

Thank you to Eric and Kevin Smale for the original theme songs, Jimere for the interlude music and to Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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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

Rachel's Top 10

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

Follow Rachel on ⁠Twitter⁠, bookmark ⁠The Asian Cut⁠ and check out her ⁠website⁠ for more great reviews.

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Listen to Contra Zoom on ⁠Anchor⁠, ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, ⁠Spotify⁠, ⁠Google Play⁠, ⁠Overcast⁠,  ⁠RadioPublic⁠, ⁠Breaker⁠, Podcast Addict and more!

Please ⁠rate and review⁠ the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Send a screenshot with your 5-star rating and review to [email protected] and we will send you free stickers!

Thank you to Eric and Kevin Smale for the original theme songs, Jimere for the interlude music and to Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

Support the show on ⁠Ko-Fi⁠ by sending us a tip!

Follow the show on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠ and visit out ⁠official website⁠.