Most film podcasts tell you what to watch. Cinema: A to B is more interested in why a film works or why it doesn't.
Alec Mallmann and Ben Starkey have spent years making, studying, and obsessing over movies from the edges of the film industry. They bring that perspective to conversations about what happens on screen and behind it: the writing, cinematography, editing, performance, production, and all the choices that can make a movie soar or crash and burn.
No film degree required. Minimal jargon. No scores out of ten. Just two people who love movies trying to figure out what makes them work.
New releases and revisited classics, covered biweekly. Expect spoilers.
Listener requests encouraged.
Episodes
Mar 12, 2023
Mar 12, 2023
33 min
2023 Oscars Bonus Episode. A spoiler heavy discussion of the 2022 WWI film All Quiet on the Western Front. Alec and Ben have a conversation on this 9 time Oscar nominated Netflix war film based on the 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Alec discusses the film's length and emotional impact. Ben talks about the overall look of the film. The conversation shifts to a larger discussion of the war film genre including war films over the last 25 years (1917, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line). This bonus podcast episode closes with more conversation surrounding the Academy Awards both past and present.
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