Contra Zoom Pod

On this episode Rachel Ho, who previously appeared on episode 129: Make/Remake Rebecca, comes on to celebrate Asian American cinema. We talk about some of the bigger classic films like The Joy Luck Club and Better Luck Tomorrow up to more recent films like The Farewell and Crazy Rich Asians. We even spend some time discussing film tourism with the idea that studios will only make English language films with Asian casts (like Mulan or Memoirs of a Geisha) if they are set in Asia.

Check out Rachel's film review site, including her terrific top ten films list of 2020.

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Normally we share our top films of the year after the Oscars, but with this year's ceremony being pushed back to April that doesn't make sense. Joining the show is Royce Benson as he and Dakota each share their top 10 films of 2020. A host of friends of the show also share their picks.

Dakota's Top 10

10. Promising Young Woman

9. The Assistant

8. I’m Thinking of Ending Things

7. Palm Springs

6. Another Round

5. Emma.

4. Nomadland

3. The Vast of Night

2. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

1. The Trial of the Chicago 7

Royce's Top 10

10. Possessor

9. Boys State

8. Palm Springs

7. I’m Thinking of Ending Things

6. Lovers Rock

5. Mangrove

4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

3. Sound of Metal

2. Soul

1. A Hidden Life

The following friends of the show also shared their favourite films of the past year. 

Stephanie Prior - The Vast of Night

Sam Blakeley and Hugh Dempsey of Please Watch This - Soul and Tenet

Calum McNabb of Scaretroducing - Saint Maud

Rachel Ho - Sound of Metal

Naomi Wada Platt - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Maria Escribano - The Father

John Brody - Wolfwalkers

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Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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On this episode, Stephanie Prior joins the show as we talk about some classic New Year's movies including The Poseidon Adventure, When Harry Met Sally..., Four Rooms, Bridget Jones Diary and New Year's Eve. After we play some fun what if games with the situations that arose during the movies including what party we most want to be at and who we would want to be our midnight kiss. 

Contra Zoom Pod is taking a brief hiatus and will be back in a few weeks. 

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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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Contra Zoom is proudly presented by Aesthetic Magazine.

On this episode Sammy Feilchenfeld returns to discuss all the news from the December 10th Disney Investor Day announcements. We go over topics like Star being bundled with Disney+ (and the incoming price hike), the new movies and TV shows from Disney Animation, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, FX and much more.  

Listen to Sammy on episode 90: Disney+ as we go more in depth for a lot of the projects that are recapped on this show. 

List of full announcements and article about the price hikes and addition of Star.  

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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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Contra Zoom is proudly presented by Aesthetic Magazine.

Normally 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. But this time we are looking at the 1941 classic Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles, and the recent David Fincher release Mank, that looks at the writing of the movie. Joining the show is Sam Blakeley and Hugh Dempsey, hosts of Please Watch This.

No Film School chronicles the controversy of Pauline Kael's original Raising Kane essay and tries to find the truth about who wrote Citizen Kane. 

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If you haven't checked out the last episode, listen to us ranking David Fincher's filmography! 

Dakota also recently appeared episode 70 of Please Watch This as he joined hosts Sam and Hugh to talk about Before Sunrise.

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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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On this episode we rank the ten theatrically released films directed by David Fincher in preparation of the just released Mank. Joe Aragon of House of Cinema joins the show as we talk all things Fincher and give out our own awards afterwards.

Rankings

10. Alien 3

9. Panic Room

8. The Game

7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

6. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

T-4. Zodiac

T-4. Se7en

3. Gone Girl

2. Fight Club

1. The Social Network

Best Picture- The Social Network (both D+J)

Best Actor- Jake Gyllenhaal for Zodiac (D), Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (J)

Best Actress- Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (D), Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl (J)

Best Supporting Actor- Armie Hammer (D) and Andrew Garfield (J) for The Social Network

Best Supporting Actress- Deborah Kara Unger for The Game (D), Helena Bonham Carter for Fight Club (J)

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If you haven't listened to our Christopher Nolan Ranked episode, do so!

Dakota also recently appeared episode 70 of Please Watch This as he joined hosts Sam and Hugh to talk about Before Sunrise.

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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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Contra Zoom is proudly presented by Aesthetic Magazine.

On this episode we continue our look into NEON as we rank our ten favourite films released by them. Joining the show is Royce Benson, who previously appeared on our Top Ten A24 Films and Life During Quarantine. We also reveal the poll results of listeners favourite NEON films. If you haven't checked out part one where the history of NEON is chronicled make sure you listen to that first. 

Dakota's Top 5

5. Three Identical Strangers

4. Wild Rose

3. I, Tonya

2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

1. Apollo 11

Royce's Top 5

5. Assassination Nation

4. Monos

3. Palm Springs

2. Possessor

1. Parasite

Dakota also recently appeared episode 70 of Please Watch This as he joined hosts Sam and Hugh to talk about Before Sunrise.

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Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Send us a screenshot of your 5 star rating and review to [email protected] and we will send you free swag!

Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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Contra Zoom is proudly presented by Aesthetic Magazine.

In our third "A History Of..." series after the success charting the rise of A24 Films and The Criterion Collection we are looking at NEON, a distributor who in just three short years managed to win a Best Picture Oscar for Parasite.  They got their start in 2017 and have put out films like I, Tonya, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Palm Springs, Apollo 11 and Honeyland. We trace their roots of the two founders and how they managed to be so successful. 

What "A History Of..." would you like us to cover next? Email us at [email protected].

Check out Hawkeyes episode 51 to hear me talk about Cymbeline as mentioned on this episode.

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Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

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Contra Zoom is proudly presented by Aesthetic Magazine.

In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you the first 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. We talk favourite movies, favourite guest appearances (115: Christopher Nolan Ranked), last movie turned off and more! 

Go to contrazoompod.com for all things CZP including past shows, guest appearances, blog posts and much more. Bookmark the page as we will be updating it frequently!

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 wherever you listen. Send us a screenshot of your 5 star rating and review to [email protected] and we will send you free swag!

Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

Follow the show on Twitter,Instagram and Facebook.

Contra Zoom is proudly presented by Aesthetic Magazine.

On this episode Jesse Harley, co-host of Canadian Politics is Boring and filmmaker joins the show to discuss two Canadian movies that cover our countries involvement in foreign conflicts. We look at Passchendaele and Hyena Road with World War One and Afghanistan conflicts.

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Go to contrazoompod.com for all things CZP including past shows, guest appearances, blog posts and much more. Bookmark the page as we will be updating it frequently!

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 wherever you listen. Send us a screenshot of your 5 star rating and review to [email protected] and we will send you free swag!

Thank you Eric and Kevin Smale for creating the awesome theme music and Stephanie Prior for designing the logo.

Follow the show on Twitter,Instagram and Facebook.

Contra Zoom is proudly presented by Aesthetic Magazine.