Hey everyone, this is the debut episode for our brand new film podcast Contra Zoom! Hosts Dakota Arsenault and Andreas Babiolakis take on a massive project of watching every Best Picture winner throughout the Academy’s history! They start with the first ten winners from 1927-1937. At the end of the rankings the guys give awards to the best of the best (so far!).  At the end of the episode Andreas teases us with what episode two will have in store for listeners. 
These are the rankings listed in the episode with Dakota’s ratings first and Andreas’ second.
10- Cimarron 2/10 and 3/10
9- The Broadway Melody 5/10 and 5/10
8- Cavalcade 6/10 and 6/10
7- Grand Hotel 6.5/10 and 7/10
6- The Great Ziegfeld 7/10 and 7/10
5- The Life of Emile Zola 8.5/10 and 7/10
4- Wings 8/10 and 8/10
3- Mutiny on the Bounty 7.8/10 and 9/10
2- All Quiet on the Western Front 7.5/10 and 10/10
1- It Happened One Night 9/10 and 10/10

Blyth Spirit played in Toronto until March 15th 2015
Music from this week’s episode comes courtesy from Mississauga hard rock band Starfall that Dakota mistakenly said is from Toronto. Please buy their music from their Bandcamp page and Like them on Facebook.
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Our theme song comes courtesy from The Chromatics and their song In Films

Original post date April 21, 2015

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