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Oscar season is officially over after Anora won Best Picture and four other trophies at the 97th Academy Awards. We recap the ceremony, give our thoughts on the biggest winners and losers and judge the production of the show itself. Joining the show is critic Alex Southey, who was last heard on episode 295: 2025 Oscar Nomination Reactions.
We look at who won the the contest back on episode 299: 2025 Oscar Draft, with Alex Watson winning with 7 points, followed by Dakota and Thomas Stoneham-Judge with 5 points each and Brodie Cotnam finishing in last with 3 points.
Check out the collection of Oscar nominated reviews, blogs and podcasts all in one convenient post.
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We are less than a week away from the Oscars, so we put our reputations on the line to predict who will win at the 97th Academy Awards. Joining the show is Elizabeth Mulloy a Washington based critic.
Below are our picks of who we think will win:
Best Picture - The Brutalist (D), Anora (E)Best Director - Sean Baker (D+E)Best Actor - Adrian Brody (D+E)Best Actress - Demi Moore (D+E)Best Supporting Actor - Kieran Culkin (D+E)Best Supporting Actress - Zoe Saldaña (D+E)Best Adapted Screenplay - Conclave (D+E)Best Original Screenplay - Anora (D+E)Best Cinematography - The Brutalist (D), Nosferatu (E)Best Documentary - No Other Land (D+E)Best Original Song - El Mal (D+E)Best Original Score - The Brutalist (D+E)Best Sound - Wicked (D+E)Best Costume Design - Wicked (D+E)Best Makeup and Hairstyling - The Substance (D+E)Best Production Design - Dune: Part Two (D), Wicked (E)Best Animated Feature - The Wild Robot (D), Flow (E)Best Visual Effects - Dune: Part Two (D+E)Best Film Editing - Anora (D), Conclave (E)Best International Film - I'm Still Here (D), Emilia Pérez (E)Best Live Action Short - A Lien (D+E)Best Documentary Short - I Am Ready, Warden (D+E)Best Animated Short - Wander to Wonder (D), Beautiful Men (E)Follow Elizabeth on Threads, Instagram and Letterboxd.
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We are back with our third annual Oscar Draft. It is very simple, each person selects 5 movies that are nominated at this year’s Oscars and whoever gets the most awards, wins! Joining Dakota is Thomas Stoneham-Judge, Brodie Cotnam and Alex Watson.
Stay tuned to the Oscar Wrap Up podcast to see who the winner was!
Check out 2024's Oscar Draft and the 2023 Draft too.
Dakota's team - The Brutalist, A Real Pain, The Wild Robot, No Other Land, A Lien
Alex's team - Anora, Conclave, Nosferatu, Flow and Sing Sing
Brodie's team - The Substance, Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown, Wander to Wonder and The Man Who Would Not Remain Silent
Thomas' team - Emilia Pérez, Wicked, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys and Black Box Diaries
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We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On this final episode of the series we talk aboutWicked,Conclave,I'm Still Here andNickel Boys. We label each nomination as Frontrunner, Dark Horse, Longshot and Just Happy To Be There. Joining the show is Paulo Bautista host of theOscars Death Race Podcast.
Check out ourOscar Primer blog entries where we look at other films nominated at the Oscars. The most recent entry covers Nosferatu, The Six Triple Eight and Black Box Diaries.
This Oscar season I will be highlighting different organizations that are helping victims of the Palisades fire. This episode consider donating to theAltadena Girls Fire Recovery or theLA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund.
Check out Jeff Bulmer's review of I'm Still Here and thank you to Sony Pictures Classic and StarPR for the screener.
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We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On this episode of the series we talk about Emilia Pérez, Dune: Part Two and The Substance. We label each nomination as Frontrunner, Dark Horse, Longshot and Just Happy To Be There. Joining the show is Ethan Simmie, the host of The Movie Draft Podcast and 24 Minutes of A24.
Check out our Oscar Primer blog entries where we look at other films nominated at the Oscars. The most recent entry covers A Real Pain, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Memoir of a Snail and Gladiator II.
This Oscar season I will be highlighting different organizations that are helping victims of the Palisades fire. This episode consider donating to the World Central Kitchen or the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.
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We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On the first episode of the series we talk about The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown and Anora. We label each nomination as Frontrunner, Dark Horse, Longshot and Just Happy To Be There. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies Live podcast and frequent contributor to ContraZoomPod.com.
Check out our nomination reactions podcast where we looked at the biggest winners, surprises and snubs.
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This Oscar season I will be highlighting different organizations that are helping victims of the Palisades fire. This episode consider donating to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank or the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation.
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The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced and we react to the big winners, surprises and snubs for this years show. Joining the show is Alex Southey, who runs the Play With Rabbit Ears blog.
This Oscar season I will be highlighting different organizations that are helping victims of the Palisades fire. This episode consider donating to the California Fire Foundation and the California Community Foundation.
Listen to Dakota's predictions on who would get nominated on the Oscars Death Race Podcast (surprise he got a 75% accuracy rate).
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The first half of the decade is now behind us, so let's look back at the best films that came out from 2020-2024. We sent out a poll to critics and made a list of the 50 best films of the decade so far. Last week on Part 1, we revealed picks 50-26. Now here is Part 2 where we count down picks 25 through number 1!
Huge thank you to the following people for sending in voicemails on behalf of films that made the list: Calum Macnab, Bryan Loomis, Brodie Cotnam, Daniel Grant, Matthew Simpson, Alex Watson, Martyn Strange, Matt Schmidt, Aria, Nathan Sizemore, Todd Pengelly, John Richards, Sean Wilson, Bil Antoniou, Jeff Bulmer, Harper Thompson, Rachel Ho and Nate Storring.
See every film mentioned on ballots on the complete Letterboxd list.
A very special thank you to Cristel Tapia for designing the custom artwork for this series.
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The first half of the decade is now behind us, so let's look back at the best films that came out from 2020-2024. We sent out a poll to critics and made a list of the 50 best films of the decade so far. On Part 1, we reveal picks 50-26, with the rest being named on Part 2 next week.
Huge thank you to the following people for sending in voicemails on behalf of films that made the list: Bryan Loomis, Stephanie Prior, Ethan Simmie, Calum Macnab, Ricky Valero, Darren Zakus, Mike Noyes, Adam Schoales, Simon Best, Eric Zhu, Katey Yost, Raf Stitt, Alex Kokke, Mark Hofmeyer, Brett Schutt and Lori Alex.
A very special thank you to Cristel Tapia for designing the custom artwork for this series.
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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 The Witch directed by Robert Eggers. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy, as the eldest child of a New England family who moves out of their plantation home to live near woods where witches may habitate. Joining the show is Ethan Simmie, the host of The Movie Draft Podcast and 24 Minutes of A24.
Our double bill pairings include Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (Dakota's pick) and The First Omen (Ethan's pick). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.
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In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you the ninth 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. On this show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the Awesome Friday podcast. Dakota and Matthew discuss how to market a film podcast, how you can still discover Airplane! jokes even after dozens of viewings, what makes Sam Raimi so special and more!
Check out previous Better Know a Contributor shows focusing on Dakota, Rachel and Bil to learn more about the extended CZP family.
Check out the nominees for Best Cascadian Film from the CFTCA critics group that Matthew and Dakota co-founded.
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It's November, which means it is time for our annual Noir-vember themed episode! To celebrate Columbia Pictures 100th anniversary, The Criterion Channel put together a pack of some of their noir hits. We discuss Gilda, The Crimson Kimono and Experiment in Terror. Joining the show is Alisha Mughal, editor at The Asian Cut.
Alisha previously joined the show for 261: McCarthyism in Noir and 216: Fox Film Noirs.
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We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2019 and 2021's The Souvenir and The Souvenir: Part II, written and directed by Joanna Hogg. The films are autobiographical stories of Hogg's own life with Honor Swinton Byrne portraying her during a bad relationship and the reverberating effects it has on her life. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer and Pierre Frigon, hosts of the Classic Movies Live podcast.
Our double bill pairings for Part I include Barry Lyndon (Dakota's pick) and La La Land (Pierre's pick) and for Part II include The Wonder (Dakota's pick), Cold War (Jeff's pick) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Pierre's pick). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.
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For our Halloween special this year we decided to fill in some horror blind spots and check out the Giallo collection that is available to stream on the Criterion Channel. We review Blood and Black Lace, Don't Torture a Duckling and Deep Red. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the Awesome Friday podcast.
Check out the full list of movies in the Criterion Channel collection on Letterboxd.
Check out Filmsplaining with Martyn Strange episode 206: Giallo that was used as research for this episode.
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We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2016's Mojave, directed by William Monahan. The film stars Garrett Hedlund as Tom, a depressed director who goes into the desert and ends up coming across Oscar Issac’s drifter Jack where they have a confrontation that continues back in LA. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the Awesome Friday podcast.
Our double bill pairings include The Gift (Dakota's pick) and The Hateful Eight (Matthew's pick). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on Letterboxd.
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The 2024 edition of VIFF just wrapped its 43rd year. We discuss our thoughts on the festival and review some of the films watched. Joining the show is Todd Pengelly, Marta Djordjevic and Christopher Cross.
We review Anora, Universal Language, All We Imagine As Light, Conclave, A Different Man, The Girl With a Needle, No Other Land and Rumours.
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With TIFF now behind us, it is time to discuss some of our favourite films that played, the award winners and what comes next for the People's Choice selection. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer from Classic Movies Live, Thomas Stoneham-Judge from For Reel and Darren Zakus from Movie Scene Canada.
We review The Life of Chuck, The Substance, Queer, Eden, The Shrouds, SATURDAY NIGHT, The Assessment and Heretic.
Read Dakota's reviews of SATURDAY NIGHT and The Last Showgirl.
Read Jeff's reviews of The Substance, Vice is Broke, The Return, Julie Keeps Quiet, Universal Language, Young Werther, Paying For It and Seeds.
Read Brodie Cotnam's review of The Life of Chuck.
Read Darren's reviews of Eden, Babygirl and The Life of Chuck.
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The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5-15th and we will be in town covering the fest. Here we preview our most anticipated films playing! Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies Live podcast.
Dakota's picks: Oh, Canada, SATURDAY NIGHT, The Shrouds, The Last Showgirl, Anora and Relay.
Jeff's pick: Ick, Universal Language, The Life of Chuck, Cloud, The Return and Piece by Piece.
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The 2024 edition of the Fantasia Film Festival just concluded and we discuss some of the films we watched, including Cuckoo, The Silent Planet, The Tenants, Electrophilia, Darkest Miriam, Hollywood 90028 and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies Live podcast.
Read Dakota's reviews of The Silent Planet and Electrophilia.
Read Jeff's reviews of Cuckoo, Infinite Summer, Kizumonogatari - Koyomi Vamp and Darkest Miriam.
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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 Mississippi Grind directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The film stars Ben Mendelsohn as Gerry a down and out gambling addict who befriends Ryan Reynolds Curtis, a man who he believes is his good luck charm. Joining the show is Eric Zhu, who publishes his work on Substack called The Insert.
Our double bill pairings include Hard Eight (Dakota's pick) and The Adults (Eric's pick). 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 277: A24 Retrospective - Dark Places.
For more of Eric's work check out his reviews on La Práctica and Notes on Films by Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler on The Insert.
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