All Those Moments

Director Cole Webley joins All Those Moments to discuss his devastating and deeply human film, Omaha, starring John Magaro. Benji talks to Cole about growing up in Central Washington, making movies while raising a family, depicting scarcity on screen, and the emotional ending of Omaha. They also discuss working with child actors and how this movie explores humbling experiences of parenting while q...

In this episode of the show, we dive into Mother Mary, David Lowery's allegorical character study about creativity, betrayal, and the ghosts we carry with us. We discuss Lowery’s maximalist approach, the central relationship between Mother Mary and Sam, and why this director's ninth feature film plays more like a black box love story than a horror film. Along the way, we explore the meanin...

Project Hail Mary is part sci-fi blockbuster and part screwball comedy that still observes the hard science source material from Andy Weir. In this episode of All Those Moments, we talk about why this movie is an antidote to our cynicism, how its dual-timeline structure keeps the story moving, and why the relationship between Grace and Rocky becomes the emotional and intellectual core of the film....

In this episode of All Those Moments, we dive into the bloody waters of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man including its themes, performances, and whether we think it lives up to the legacy of the series. We also explore how this changes the trajectory of Tommy Shelby’s story (especially when compared to how the show concluded), the historical and political backdrop shaping the narrative, and whethe...

The story of Hind Rajab can never be ignored and it should never be forgotten. Kaouther Ben Hania's film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, is an imperfect but essential document that turns the details of what has happened to more than 20,000 children in Gaza since the end of 2023 into an intimate rendering of human anguish. Benji and Luke watched this movie during the week that Neil Patrick Harris tal...

Benji and Luke start the show with describing their expectations for the movie No Other Choice based on their familiarity with Park Chan-wook's previous work. They then begin the spoiler-filled section of their conversation with audience responses to the movie and an introduction of the themes of No Other Choice, including its critique of neoliberalism, large language models, and the role of t...

Benji and Luke start season two of the podcast by catching up on news from the movie industry, including the announcement of Jess Walter's bestselling novel So Far Gone coming soon to Netflix. They also discuss an essay from A.S. Hamrah in the New York Review of Books on the state of contemporary film criticism. Then, they look back at the nine movies they've covered on the podcast in 2025...

Benji is joined by cinematographer Adolpho Veloso to discuss his work on Train Dreams (2025) and Jockey (2021). The conversation starts with Veloso describing life growing up in São Paulo and his love of cinema. Benji then asks Veloso about the filmmakers who inspired him, including César Charlone and Rodrigo Prieto. They then discuss Veloso’s first collaboration with director Clint Bentley and ac...

Benji and Luke are joined by award-winning novelist Jess Walter. Born and raised in Spokane, Jess has written several novels set in the Inland Northwest, including The Cold Millions. They begin the episode with an exploration of Jess's background, including his relationship with Denis Johnson, the author of the novella Train Dreams. Jess offers insights and perspectives about the practice of his w...

Benji and Luke start their conversation about The Mastermind by describing their familiarity with director Kelly Reichardt's films and her history as a hero of American slow cinema. They then provide background and details about Reichardt's creative collaborators and the logline for The Mastermind before diving deep into the moments from the movie including themes, ideas, and thoughts from the aud...

Benji and Luke begin the show by presenting context for Kathryn Bigelow’s career to date and their expectations for her first film since 2017 and her first since 2002 without long-time screenwriter, Mark Boal. They then provide an assessment of the cultural relevance of A House of Dynamite along with a spoiler free plot summary of the movie. They follow with a breakdown of themes and key moments f...

3D artist and filmmaker Julian Glander joins Benji and Luke for a conversation about Julian's background, influences, and the origin of why he wanted to make the animated film, Boys Go to Jupiter. He also shares stories about spending his teenage years in Florida and how those experiences shaped his perception of American life for millennials. Then, Benji and Luke play audio clips of audience feed...

Hosts Benji Wade and Luke Baumgarten are joined by filmmaker Carson Lund, writer and director of Eephus. After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival Director’s Fortnight in 2024 and releasing in theaters in 2025, Eephus has become one of the year’s most acclaimed films, ranking near the top of the year's best list on Rotten Tomatoes among critics. This is not a typical interview. It’s a wide-rang...

In Spike Lee’s fifth collaboration with Denzel Washington, Highest 2 Lowest, A$AP Rocky delivers a memorable performance in a forgettable movie. In this episode, Benji and Luke are joined by friend and scholar Inga Laurent to describe why Highest 2 Lowest is a disappointing “reimagining” of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece, High and Low, despite a promising premise and a few great performances. W...

Several generations throughout the world have responded to Amy Berg’s movie by affirming the accuracy of its title: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley. This is a stunningly beautiful portrait of Buckley as an artist and human being and that’s true whether you learned about Buckley through his cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah or, like David Bowie, think Grace is “the best album ever made.” In this ep...

From his thesis film at AFI in 2010 through his fourth movie under the A24 banner in 2025, filmmaker Ari Aster likes to show audiences what happens when our attentions are overtaken by disruptive or disturbing phenomena and what that does to relationships. The moment was when we learned Ari Aster is just as worried about data centers as we are. The movie is Eddington (2025) and the story is presen...

The moment: our middle aged friends of the South Hill Turkeys expressed interest in watching a movie about middle aged dudes playing their last baseball game in a movie produced by the founders of one of our favorite podcasts. The movie is Eephus (2024), which premiered at Cannes and has earned every single plaudit thrown its way. The story is about letting go of something meaningful being taken a...

The moment was when two professional soccer teams were started in Spokane, a midsize working class city in the Pacific Northwest. The movie is The Damned United (2009), an insanely entertaining portrait of legendary English manager Brian Clough. The story includes a wild decade of Clough’s career, including his time winning a championship with Derby County FC, a midsize working class city in the m...