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S2026E18 Bonus. Chief of War: Hawaiian Spirituality
Kawika Allen and Leone Saaga joined Heather for a bonus discussion about Chief of War (2024) and Hawaiian spirituality. Chief of War is a limited series created by Jason Momoa for Apple TV that…
S2026E17 Rebecca: Twisted Fairy-Tale
Nina McConigley talks to Heather about her new novel How to Commit a Post-Colonial Murder (Pantheon, 2026) and how her feelings have changed about Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1941). Rebecca is an…
S2026 Bonus — Check Out These May/June Movies on BYUtv!
Heather chats about three films playing on BYUtv: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The King's Speech, and Young Victoria. Hear a few things to look for in each of them and a little behind…
S2026E16 Little Women: Mother Wisdom
Aubrey Chaves chats with Heather about how Little Women influenced her as a young woman and how the film reads today, especially the power and wisdom of Marmee. They chat about which sister they…
S2026E15 Night of the Hunter: Modern Parable
Abby Olcese talks to Heather about Night of the Hunter (Laughton, 1955): the director's motivation, the use of music, the film's massive influence, and why it's a Christmas movie. Abby Olcese is…
S2026E14 LOTR: Family Culture
Movies can become part of your family's identity in a profound way. Heather chatted with her friend Kathy about how Kathy instituted LOTR Day, first as a chance to recover from the intensity of the…
S2026E13 Charulata: Silence & Subtext
Oindrila Mukherjee talks to Heather about Charulata, directed by Satyajit Ray from 1964 and adapted from Rabindranath Tagore’s 1901 novel Nastanir or The Broken Nest. The main character Charu was…
S2026E12 Field of Dreams: Defining Heaven
It's spring! That means baseball is in season. Cleon Wall joins Heather to discuss Field of Dreams (1989) and how the film attempts to show us what forgiveness, faith, and heaven can be in our…
S2026E11 West Side Story: Perfect Tragedy
Elizabeth Hansen, founder and owner of Dramafy, joins Heather for a discussion of the Leonard Bernstein classic West Side Story (1961) that includes why musicals reach us so deeply and who the real…
S2026E10 Earth 1947: Unity is a Choice
Raj Mankad, Deputy Opinion Editor at the Houston Chronicle, talks to Heather about what Deepa Mehta's 1998 film Earth meant to him during America's Iraq & Afghanistan wars and what it means to…
S2026E9 Band of Brothers: Leadership, Sacrifice, & Care
Dr. Lee Harms, former Army Chaplain, talks to Heather about his connection to Band of Brothers (2001), a limited series created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The series is adapted from Stephen…
S2026E8 Hamnet: Expressing Grief
Liberty Barnes, sociologist and ethnographer, joins Heather to discuss Hamnet (Zhao, 2025) and how the film demonstrates the importance of expressing grief. Liberty is the author of the forthcoming…
S2026E6 Paddington II: Looking for the Good
Lex Rofeberg introduces Heather to Paddington II. They talk about how Paddington II is more than a delightful children's tale—it's a mirror reflecting our society's complexities. They analyze its…
S2026E7 Terms of Endearment: Real Life with Movie Stars
Hubbel Palmer joins Heather to discuss Terms of Endearment, a film that premiered the year his mother died of cancer. Hubbel and Heather discuss whether male writers can capture the honesty of…
S2026E5 Dads on Film
Heather reflects on how films have shaped her understanding of fatherhood, using five informal categories of movie dads: noble single fathers, absent dads, dead dads, and unprepared dads. Heather…
S2026E4 Knives Out: Searching for Truth
Adam Jortner joins Heather to discuss Knives Out and the search for truth in the movie mystery genre and our lives today. Adam Jortner is a history professor by day and in his off hours a film…
S2026E3 Rom Coms Ruined Me
Shane Seggar joins Heather to talk about feeling shut out from the rom com experience in the 1990s. Today they tackle Sleepless in Seattle, While You Were Sleeping, and Notting Hill, some of the…
S2026E2 Bonus — Testament of Ann Lee
The Testament of Ann Lee is up for discussion on our first episode of season 2. Directed by Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist), the movie tells the story of Ann Lee, the leader of a…
S2026E1 Extra — 2026 Movies
Here is what has caught Heather's eye, coming to a theater near you in 2026. Plus, movies turning 25 this year.
S2025E35 Extra — Movies are Better Than Books
Heather wades into the debate about whether movies are better than books. Check out our YouTube channel for the full video experience.
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Voiceover: Movies that Move Us has published 55 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Film Reviews, Religion & Spirituality.
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