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- 325: Marty Frankenstein The Train Agent
We finish our yearly journey looking at all the Best Picture nominated films and the odds they have to win each of their awards. On this second episode of 2026, we look at Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent and Train Dreams. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer co-host of Classic Movies Live.
Listen to episode 323: Sinner's Hamnet of F1 and 324: One Sentimental Bugonia After Another our previous Best Picture episodes.
Check out Classic Movies Live episodes on Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Train Dreams.
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2 hr 23 min - 324: One Sentimental Bugonia After Another
We continue our yearly journey looking at all the Best Picture nominated films and the odds they have to win each of their awards. On this second episode of 2026, we look at One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value and Bugonia. Joining the show is Elysia Brenner, host of The Lorehounds podcast.
Listen to episode 323: Sinner's Hamnet of F1, our first Best Picture podcast.
Check out Elysia's review of Resurrection and round up of the Imagine Fantastic Film Festival.
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1 hr 41 min - 323: Sinner's Hamnet of F1
We begin our yearly journey looking at all the Best Picture nominated films and the odds they have to win each of their awards. On this first episode of 2026, we look at Sinners, Hamnet and F1. Joining the show is expert Paulo Bautista host of the Oscars Death Race Podcast.
Check out Paulo's written review of Cutting Through Rocks, the Oscar nominated documentary.
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1 hr 36 min - 322: Paying For It Interview with Sook-Yin Lee
We have a special video episode where Jeff Bulmer takes the reigns to interview Paying For It writer and director Sook-Yin Lee. They talk about adapting Chester Brown's graphic novel, casting actors to play real people in her life and creating fully formed sex worker characters.
Read Jeff's review from TIFF 2024.
Read Pierre Frigon's review from VIFF 2024.
Catch Paying For It in US theatres starting January 30th, 2026.
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39 min - 321: 2026 Oscar Nomination Reactions
Dakota and Jeff talk about the just announced 98th Academy Award nominations. We discuss Sinners setting a new record with 16 nods, wonder if One Battle After Another is still the front runner, the strong Best International Film category and much more. We also name our favourite nominations and biggest snubs.
Check out Mark Morgan's Diane Warren: Relentless review.
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49 min - 320: A24 Retrospective - Green Room
We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode Dakota is looking at 2015's Green Room directed by Jeremy Saulnier and starring Anton Yelchin and Alia Shawkat as members of a punk band who get trapped in a neo-nazi club after witnessing a murder. Joining the show is actor Riley Orr who can be seen on season 2 of Watson and the upcoming Amazon show Off Campus.
Our double bill pairings include Rebel Ridge (Dakota's pick) and Frank (Riley's pick). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.
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1 hr 1 min - 319: KPop Demon Hunters
2025 was the year that HuntR/X and The Saja Boys took over the world. The phenomenon that was the film KPop Demon Hunters premiered on Netflix and was a massive hit. We talk about this movie, along with it's Oscar chances and the state of animation currently.
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1 hr 10 min - 318: A24 Retrospective - Room
We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode Dakota and Matthew are looking at 2015's Room directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay as a woman and her son who escape their kidnapping and try to adjust to the real world. Joining the show is Alex Southey.
Our double bill pairings include Kramer vs. Kramer (Dakota's pick), Prisoners (Matthew's pick) and The Lovely Bones (Alex's pick). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.
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1 hr 21 min - 317: 2025 New York Film Festival Diaries
Frequent CZP guest Paulo Bautista, host of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, had the pleasure of attending the 63rd edition of the New York Film Festival. He reports back with audio diaries on films he saw.
Paulo reviews Scarlet, Sound of Falling, Resurrection (with guest appearance from Kyle Flynn), Sentimental Value, No Other Choice and Magellan.
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Check out Kyle Flynn's work at From The Fourth Row and The Awards Addicts.
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48 min - 316: Old, Young and New Frankenstein
With the latest version of the classic Mary Shelly story Frankenstein coming out from director Guillermo del Toro, we look back at the history of this monster movie. Pairing the latest version with 1931's Frankenstein directed by James Whale and 1974's Young Frankenstein directed by Mel Brooks. Dakota, Jeff and Matthew discuss adapting the book to screen and how the versions work telling the same story in different manners.
Check out this Letterboxd list of different Frankenstein adaptations.
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About Contra Zoom Pod
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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!
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