Kcrw's The Treatment

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A "treatment," in Hollywood parlance, is a concise overview of a screenplay. On The Treatment, film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the "treatment" to some of the most influential and innovative forces creating movies and popular art and entertainment.Each week, Elvis speaks with an amazing array of guests, discussing everything from their inner conflicts to their interior design. With a straightforward style that understates his vast knowledge, Elvis is able to extract insights (Author: Elvis Mitchell)
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Recent episodes from Kcrw's The Treatment

  • Rupert Isaacson
    Published: Nov 11, 09
    The lives of families with autistic children are exhausting, harrowing and, finally, maybe even hopeful. The family of Rupert Isaacson is featured in the new documentary, The Horse Boy. Isaacson, a journalist, also wrote a book by the same name.
     
  • Matthew Weiner
    Published: Nov 4, 09
    Wen it started three seasons ago, Mad Men was a show not good enough for HBO. Now the rest of TV struggles to keep up with it.  Creator Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos, Becker) discusses keeping the show ahead of the curves.
     
  • Jason Schwartzman
    Published: Oct 28, 09
    He's worked with Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola and Judd Apatow on the big screen. Now Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Funny People, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr.Fox) comes to the small screen as a big-hearted, broken hearted private eye. The show is Bored to Death ? but you won't be!
     
  • Chris Rock
    Published: Oct 21, 09
    Chris Rock is known for his potent and direct stand-up comedy. As a filmmaker he?sturned that same unblinking eye on himself and black culture. His newest film, the documentary Good Hair, examines the profitable and self-denying world of black-hair culture. 
     
  • Nicolas Winding Refn
    Published: Oct 14, 09
    Elvis hosts Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher, Fear X) to talk about his new film, Bronson. The film is loosely based on the life of Charles Bronson, considered to be Britain's most violent criminal.
     
  • Scott Hicks
    Published: Oct 7, 09
    Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars, No Reservations? Director Scott Hicks is attracted to source material. His newest, The Boys Are Back, is another film of a book, bringing emotional honesty to the truth.
     
  • Joe Berlinger
    Published: Sep 30, 09
    From Brother's Keeper to Some Kind of Monster, director Joe Berlinger has made documentaries on communities in crisis. He goes to the Ecuadorian Amazon for his latest, Crude.
     
  • Laura Jacobs
    Published: Sep 23, 09
    Laura Jacobs has a luminous eye for detail, social and physical.It can be glimpsed in her writings on fashion and culture or in hernovels, such as her newest, The Bird Catcher.
     
  • Jane Campion
    Published: Sep 16, 09
    Writer-director Jane Campion (In the Cut, Holy Smoke) has felt the passion and complications left in its wake, from The Piano to her newest, Bright Star. She talks to Elvis about the fight between heart and head. 
     
  • Armando Iannucci
    Published: Sep 9, 09
    A war in the Middle East may break out. What's more important than saving lives? Saving face, as seen in director Armando Iannucci's briliant satire, In the Loop, which derives from his BBC series, The Thick of It. 
     
  • Alan Ball
    Published: Sep 10, 08
    Six Feet Under and his Oscar-winning screenplay for American Beauty established Alan Ball's interest in the underside of American life. His feature directorial debut, Towelhead, and the HBO series True Blood furthered his interest in the outsiders under the same roof. 
     
  • Edgar Wright
    Published: Sep 3, 08
    You know director Edgar Wright from his films Hot Fuzz and Shawn of the Dead, but his partnership with actor Simon Pegg precedes them. They also worked together on the smart, action-packed and emotional British comedy series, Spaced...
     
  • Edgar Wright
    Published: Sep 3, 08
    You know director Edgar Wright from his films Hot Fuzz and Shawn of the Dead, but his partnership with actor Simon Pegg precedes them. They also worked together on the smart, action-packed and emotional British comedy series, Spaced...
     
  • Don Cheadle
    Published: Aug 27, 08
    Elvis Mitchell hosts actor Don Cheadle (Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve, Oceans Thirteen, Crash, Hotel Rwanda) whose latest starring role is in the film Traitor.
     
  • Susanna White
    Published: Aug 20, 08
    Paranoia, hostility and patience -- not exactly the stuff of war dramas. The seven-part mini-series, Generation Kill, focuses on just that. Susanna White (Bleak House, Jane Eyre)  directed four of seven episodes and talks about getting her "ground attack" together.
     
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