New review! Two Women tells the story of neighbours who bond over the frustrations with their marriages. Together they set out on a path of self redemption. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-two-...

New episode! We interview Amalie Atkins the director of the new documentary Agatha’s Almanac, which is about her grandmother who runs a 64 acre farm! Perfect listening for National Canadian Film Day! Click to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/1pNF...

Favourite film from the year I turned 18

New review! Hamlet is the latest adaptation of the story about a young prince who is trying to avenge his father’s death. Riz Ahmed stars as the titular prince, where the story now takes place in London’s South Asian community. Read Elysia Brenner’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-haml...

New review! For Worse is a film written, directed and starring Amy Landecker as a women in her 50s trying to navigate life post divorce which includes new friendships and potential new relationships. Click to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-for-...

New review! The Eyes of Ghana is a documentary looking at the history of the country through the lens of a cinematographer who documented many of the countries most pivotal moments. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-the-...

New review! Tea and Sympathy from 1956 was one of the first films to deal with homosexual subject matter as a teen attends a boarding school and doesn't quite fit in with his male classmates, directed by Vincente Minnelli. Read Matt Sheardown's ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review! contrazoompod.com/reviews-tea-...

Now that Oscar season has come and gone, it is finally time for @contrazoompod.bsky.social to put a bow on the films from 2025. We rank our top 10 films of the year. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New episode! It's finally that time of year as we share our top 10 films of 2025! @smatthew.bsky.social joins as we talk about Black Bag, Train Dreams, Sentimental Value and much more! Plus friends of the show chimed with their picks too! Click to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/191Q...

New review! Meteors is about two young French Canadian men who must confront their additions after getting caught stealing a prize cat as they struggle to get clean and obey their probations. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️. contrazoompod.com/reviews-mete...

New review! Mile End Kicks takes us back to the indie music heyday of 2011 where a music journalist in Montreal falls in love with two members of the same band. Click to read Brodie Cotnam's ⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-mile...

New review! Fantasy Life sees an out of work paralegal who ends up getting hired to be an au pair for a struggling actress and along the way he slowly comes out of his shell and grows as a person. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-fant...

The nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards⁠ have been released. @contrazoompod.bsky.social discusses the new rule changes, our favourite nominated films and more. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New review! My Salinger Year is an early film from Margaret Qualley where she is hired on as a litery agents assistant and one of her tasks is to handle fan mail for the reclusive JD Salinger. Click to read Brodie Cotnam's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-my-s...

New episode! The nominations for the 14th annual Canadian Screen awards are out and films such as 40 Acres, Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie and Mile End Kicks headline the nominees! @smatthew.bsky.social and Jeff Bulmer join. open.spotify.com/episode/1r0F...

New review! Montreal, Ma Belle is the story of a women who late in life understands her own queerness as she falls in love with a woman for the first time. Click to read Brodie Cotnam's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-mont...

Jeff Bulmer of @contrazoompod.bsky.social had the chance to interview Alireza Khatami the director of the new film ⁠The Things You Kill⁠. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New review! A Magnificent Life is an animated film that chronicles the life of legendary French director Marcel Pagnol and his love of cinema. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! contrazoompod.com/reviews-a-ma...

New review! 1000 Women In Horror is a new talking heads style documentary that highlights the immense contributions that women have provided to the horror genre, from writing, directing, starring and more. Click to read Rach Epstein's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-1000...

New episode! Jeff interviews Alireza Khatami, the director of the film The Things You Kill. They talk about changing the dialogue from Farsi to Turkish, the use of mirrors and the importance of translation. Click link in bio to watch! open.spotify.com/episode/1dP8...

New review! The Track is a documentary about the struggles of a group of young Bosnian lugers who are working to make it to the Olympics despite plenty of obstacles in their way. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. contrazoompod.com/reviews-the-...

New review! Jimpa is a coming of age story about a relatively new out man reconnecting with his daughter and non binary grandchild in Amsterdam starring John Lithgow and Olivia Colman. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-jimp...

New review! We Are Pat is a documentary that shows how the now infamous "It's Pat" sketch from Saturday Night Live has taken a life on its own being reclaimed as a trans icon. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-we-a...

New review! Et maintenant? is a new French Canadian film about a man who is raising money to pay for his father's long term care but he himself ends up getting cancer, which upends his life. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-et-m...

New review! Days and Nights in the Forest is a forgotten mid-career film from legendary Indian auteur Satyajit Ray about a group of four young men who go on a trip and reveal their ambitions and dreams to each other. Click to read Pedro Lima's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-days...

The 98th Oscars are now behind us! @contrazoompod.bsky.social discuss the big moments, winners and losers from Hollywood's biggest night. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New episode! The 98th Academy Awards are now behind us. We take about the big winners, losers and stories from the ceremony. Alex Southey joins the show. Click to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/11qM...

Final predictions for the Oscsrs! I am not feeling confident about Actor, Supp Actor or International!

New review! Trio was the second film from now legendary Korean director Park Chan-wook. The film is about three disparate people who team up up to find the missing child of one of them. Click to read Pedro Lima's ⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-trio...

Elysia and Dakota nerd out on all the Tech Awards – Cinematography, VFX, Editing, and Sound – looking at which noms were most deserved (and why), which will probably win, and the snubs they miss here most. @elysiacb.bsky.social @contrazoompod.bsky.social thelorehounds.com/podcast/the-...

New episode! The Oscars are this weekend so we predict who should and will win for each category! Who has better picks, Dakota or guest @beingtsj.bsky.social? Click link to listen! open.spotify.com/episode/2vtM...

New reviews! Earlier this year was the Sundance Film Festival and @plexsty.bsky.social covers more than a dozen shorts that screening, from big name filmmakers to directorial debuts. Click to read all about them! contrazoompod.com/reviews-sund...

New review! In André is an Idiot we follow the journey of André who discovers too late that he has stage 4 colon cancer. We see the pains the disease brings him and the moments of joy he tries to leave behind. Click to read @brodiecotnam.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-andr...

On @contrazoompod.bsky.social they are back with their fourth annual Oscar Draft. Each player selects 5 films nominated at this year's Oscars ceremony! thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New episode! We return with a video podcast to do our yearly Oscar draft where we pick what movies will win the most awards! What team will come out on top, Dakota, @beingtsj.bsky.social, @darrenmoviereviews.bsky.social or Todd? open.spotify.com/episode/5HcA...

On the latest @contrazoompod.bsky.social, they look at the odds that Frankenstein⁠, ⁠Marty Supreme⁠, ⁠The Secret Agent⁠ and ⁠Train Dreams⁠ have to win at the Oscars. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New review! Papaya is an animated Brazilian film about a young papaya seed who wants to explore the world around them instead of just conforming to planting its roots and staying put for its entire life. Click to read @elysiacb.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-papa...

New episode! We finish our Best Picture nominee deep dives with a discussion on Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent and Train Dreams. Click link in bio to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3EpG...

New review! With the physical release of Song Sung Blue we review both the film and the features. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star as a married couple that perform a Neil Diamond tribute act. Click to read Dakota Arsenault’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-song...

New review! Somersault was the debut film from Aussie director Cate Shortland starring Abbie Cornish and Sam Worthington about a young woman who leaves home and struggles to get past trauma and find herself. Click to read Pedro Lima’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-some...

New episode! We continue our Best Picture breakdown by discussing the chances that One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value and Bugonia have to win their nominations. @elysiacb.bsky.social joins the show. Click to listen! open.spotify.com/episode/5YRH...

On the latest @contrazoompod.bsky.social, they look at the Best Picture nominated films OBAA, Sentimental Value and Bugonia. @elysiacb.bsky.social joins the show. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New review! Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is the latest Gore Verbinski film starring Sam Rockwell as a time traveller who has found the exact group of people he needs to help save the world. Click to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-good...

[email protected] begin looking at all the Best Picture-nominated films and the odds they have to win. For this first episode of 2026, they look at ⁠Sinners⁠, ⁠Hamnet⁠ & ⁠F1⁠. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

We have a special video @contrazoompod.bsky.social episode where Jeff Bulmer takes the reins to interview ⁠Paying For It⁠ writer and director Sook-Yin Lee. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New episode! We begin our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees with Sinners, Hamnet and F1 and the chances they have to win each of their categories! Paulo Bautista joins the show the week. open.spotify.com/episode/7wtR...

New review! Nadja is a 1994 dramatic horror film from director Michael Almereyda about a vampire who must protect her family from the dangers of Dr. Van Helsing starring Elina Löwensohn and Peter Fonda. Click to read Pedro Lima’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-nadj...

New review! Scarlet is a reimagining of the classic Shakespeare play Hamlet, where a warrior named Princess Scarlet teams up with an EMT from today to seek revenge on her uncle who murdered her father. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-scar...

New review! Cosmic Princess Kaguya is a new take on the classic The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, but this time it’s an anime version where the titular princess is vying to be the biggest live streamer in Japan! Click to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-cosm...

New episode! Jeff Bulmer does a video interview with the great Sook-Yin Lee, the director of Paying For It! They talk about adapting Chester Brown’s graphic novel, casting people to play real figures in her life and more! Watch on Spotify or YouTube! open.spotify.com/episode/72kC...