The Letter
January 22, 2026
We unpack The Letter in our Bette Davis series: moonlit shadows, Hays Code pressure, colonial privilege, and a letter that turns into leverage.
With over 25 years of experience in film, television, and commercial production, Andy has cultivated an enduring passion for storytelling in all its forms. His enthusiasm for the craft began in his youth when he and his friends started making their own movies in grade school. After studying film at the University of Colorado Boulder, Andy wrote, directed, and produced several short films while also producing indie features like Netherbeast Incorporated and Ambush at Dark Canyon.
Andy has been on the production team for award-winning documentaries such as The Imposter and The Joe Show, as well as TV shows like Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Dentists and Nat Geo’s Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers. Over a decade ago, he started podcasting with Pete and immediately embraced the medium. Now, as a partner at TruStory FM, Andy looks forward to more storytelling through their wide variety of shows.
Throughout his career, Andy has passed on his knowledge by teaching young minds the crafts of screenwriting, producing, editing, and podcasting.
Outside of work, Andy is a family man who enjoys a good martini, a cold beer, a nice cup o’ joe. And always, of course, a great movie.
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Andy has hosted as well as been a panelist on a number of episodes.
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We unpack The Letter in our Bette Davis series: moonlit shadows, Hays Code pressure, colonial privilege, and a letter that turns into leverage.
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From lawyer to Magnolia Pictures co-founder to documentary director—Bill Banowsky discusses the Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? and his new film A Savage Art.
We continue our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Carney’s first experience working with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors, specifically Kiera Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Tune in to hear us chat about Begin Again!
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We kick off a new series looking at three musicals about musicians in John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series. First up, his independent breakout success, Once, starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.
It’s time for our December member bonus episode and this month, the members voted to add a holiday film to our film noir series, landing on the Repeat Performance, where a woman is given the chance to relive a year and see if she can fix the mistakes she made.
We return to our Film Noir series with Jules Dassin’s Night and the City, following Richard Widmark’s desperate American hustler as he schemes and double-crosses his way through London’s seedy wrestling underworld.
We wrap up our journey through the last 100 years of film and our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with Charlie Chaplin’s fun film The Gold Rush.
We are joined by cinematographer Mattias Nyberg to talk about both his work as a cinematographer—particularly his latest project “The Girlfriend” with Robin Wright—and one of his favorite films, David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.”