Contra Zoom

38: Manchester by the Lion

On this last episode of this year’s breakdown of the Best Picture nominated films Dakota Arsenault talks about Manchester By the Sea and Lion. On last week’s episode of Contra Zoom he discussed Hell or High Water, Fences and Moonlight. …

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Contra Zoom

37: Hell or High Fences in Moonlight

On this second episode of this year’s breakdown of the Best Picture nominated films Dakota Arsenault and Rachel Gordon talks about Moonlight, Fences and Hell or High Water. On last week’s episode of Contra Zoom he discussed Hidden Figures and La La Land….

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Contra Zoom

36: La La Figures

On this second episode of this year’s breakdown of the Best Picture nominated films Dakota Arsenault talks about Hidden Figures and La La Land. On last week’s episode of Contra Zoom he discussed Hacksaw Ridge…

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Theatre

Passing Strange at The Opera House

Premiering back in 2006, the musical Passing Strange finally had it’s premiere in Toronto after countless remounts including a successful Broadway run that resulted in seven Tony nominations and one win and even a film…

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Contra Zoom

35: The Arrival of Hacksaw Ridge

This is the first Oscar Primer podcast for Contra Zoom, continuing the series of Oscar Primer’s Dakota does every year, normally just as written articles. He is flying solo this episode as he talks about…

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Contra Zoom

34: Best Moments of 2016

Dakota Arsenault is proud to announce that Rachel Gordon will join Contra Zoom as the permanent co-host along with her new role as Associate Film Editor! – You can check out Andreas Babiolakis’ Top 25…

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Contra Zoom

33: Divine Brown and Passing Strange

On this mini-episode Dakota Arsenault talks to the lovely and talented Divine Brown, who is most well known for her music career but she is about to star in the musical Passing Strange.  Passing Strange…

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Contra Zoom

31: Wings To Birdman 1968-1977 Part 2

On this episode the guys start talk about the forth edition of their Best Picture Winners revisits. The years are 1968-1977 (the 40th-49th Oscar winners). In Part One the guys reveal their bottom five of the…

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