
What happens when two friends who worked in Hollywood leave the industry but never stop talking about movies? Cinema: A to B combines insider knowledge with genuine love of film. Hosts Alec Mallmann and Ben Starkey dissect recent releases and beloved classics—from racing thrillers to folk horror, 90s action to award-winners with the kind of technical analysis and storytelling insights you'd only get from people who've worked behind the curtain. Listener requests encouraged.
What happens when two friends who worked in Hollywood leave the industry but never stop talking about movies? Cinema: A to B combines insider knowledge with genuine love of film. Hosts Alec Mallmann and Ben Starkey dissect recent releases and beloved classics—from racing thrillers to folk horror, 90s action to award-winners with the kind of technical analysis and storytelling insights you'd only get from people who've worked behind the curtain. Listener requests encouraged.
Episodes

Monday Mar 02, 2026
Arrival (2016) revisited
Monday Mar 02, 2026
Monday Mar 02, 2026
A Season of Sci-Fi concludes with an analysis and discussion of Denis Villeneuve's 2016 film Arrival starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Alec discusses where he ranks the film among Villeneuve's filmography. Ben critiques the film's unique cinematography. The guys talk through how the script tricks viewers expecting a linear narrative.
Image by Zaimhel Syakir from Pixabay
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