Interview With "Omaha" Director Cole Webley & Screenwriter Robert Machoian

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

"Omaha" is a 2025 American drama film directed by Cole Webley (making his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Robert Machoian ("The Killing Of Two Lovers" and "The Integrity Of Joseph Chambers"). The film stars John Magaro as a father who takes his two children on a cross-country trip after a family tragedy. It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival as an entry in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category, where it received positive reviews for Webley's direction and Magaro's lead performance. Webley and Machoian were both kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in NY, will open in LA on May 1st, and expand nationwide on May 8th from Greenwich Entertainment. You can also check out our in-depth interview with John Magaro here. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.1	VisitMedexpress.co.com.uk slash podcast to get started today. You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is my interview of the director for Omaha, Cole Webley, and the screenwriter. Robert Machon. Come on. I need you wake up now. Time is it? I know it's early, sweetheart, but we gotta go. We're gonna go on a trip.
0:39.3	Rags!
0:40.3	Come here, boy.
0:41.3	Where are going?
0:43.3	Pretend that there is a fire in the house and we have to get out as quick as we could.
0:48.3	What would you take with you?
0:50.3	The picture of Mom.
0:56.1	Did Dad say where we're going?
0:58.1	I think we're going to Disneyland.
1:00.2	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the next best picture podcast,
1:03.4	where I am being joined right now by the director for Omaha,
1:07.1	Cole Webley, and the writer, Robert Moyhan.
1:29.3	Gentlemen, thank you both so much for joining me here today. I really appreciate your time. Yeah, thanks, man. Yeah, man. Good to be talking, Matt. It's about time. I saw this movie eons ago. It feels like at Sundance last year. And I'm glad that it's just finally being released and the world is getting a chance to see it. I'm happy for you, especially, Cole. This is your feature directorial debut, man.
1:33.3	Yeah, I was going to say that makes three of us.
1:36.3	The movie, you know, it was acquired out of Sundance and we've had a long kind of runway to get it out there into the theaters.
1:46.1	We were going to go last year, but there was some scheduling difficulties and stuff with the cast.
1:51.8	So I've been very patient, but yeah, we had a great festival run.
1:56.5	We're excited to kind of like get it to go beyond that.
2:00.5	Now, how do you two know each other?
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