Episodes 55
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 4.9 (17)
Since May 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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What movies taught you about life? Showed you truths you didn’t know you needed to hear? Join Heather Bigley, a former academic and film teacher, and the host of Voiceover: Movies that Move Us—the podcast where films have an impact. Each episode, our guests share the cinematic moments that changed their lives. We want to learn from those silver screen experiences, and so we share those moments with you, looking at the films from a whole new perspective. With a Doctorate in Film Studies and a passion for storytelling, Heather brings a little history, a little philosophy, some behind-the-scenes know-how, and her whole life to the movies she watches. From Wild Strawberries to The Wiz, Terminator 2 to Tree of Life, we’re finding the films that moved us when we least expected it—golden age classics, recent blockbusters, and even the tiny indie film that barely anyone noticed. While Cosmo Brown might just want to Make ‘em Laugh, we’re interested in the films that make you cry, too. Movies that revealed something about ourselves. Mentored us when we needed mentorship. Maybe even illuminated the Divine. Join us for Voiceover: Movies that Move Us for cinematic epiphanies, reel recommends, and maybe some self-revelations. Don’t miss a moment. Subscribe to us now on BYUradio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Recent Episodes

S2026E18 Bonus. Chief of War: Hawaiian Spirituality

May 25, 2026 33m

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

May 18, 2026 32m

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!

May 14, 2026 4m Bonus

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

May 11, 2026 30m

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

May 04, 2026 31m

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

Apr 27, 2026 15m

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

Apr 20, 2026 29m

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

Apr 13, 2026 29m

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

Apr 06, 2026 31m

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

Mar 30, 2026 30m

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

Mar 23, 2026 31m

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

Mar 16, 2026 28m

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

Mar 09, 2026 31m

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

Mar 02, 2026 32m

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

Feb 23, 2026 21m

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

Feb 16, 2026 28m

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

Feb 09, 2026 30m

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

Feb 02, 2026 34m

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

Jan 16, 2026 9m

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

Jan 06, 2026 7m

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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