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

  • 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.
     
  • Ben Stiller
    Published: Aug 13, 08
    Ben Stiller (Zoolander, Meet the Fockers, The Cable Guy, Reality Bites) is a director, producer and writer. But he's firstand foremost an actor who's done comedy and drama on the stage and onthe screen.
     
  • Ben Stiller
    Published: Aug 13, 08
    Ben Stiller (Zoolander, Meet the Fockers, The Cable Guy, Reality Bites) is a director, producer and writer. But he's firstand foremost an actor who's done comedy and drama on the stage and onthe screen.
     
  • Courtney Hunt
    Published: Aug 6, 08
    Elvis Mitchell hosts writer-director Courtney Hunt whose debut feature film, Frozen River, won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
     
  • Jenji Kohan And Roberto Benabib
    Published: Jul 30, 08
    The suburban dealer-mom of the cable series Weeds has moved her act to the beach and Mexico. Weeds’ executive producerss Jenji Kohan and Roberto Benabib hit us with the ideas they use to keep this comedy-drama fresh – and seedless.
     
  • Christopher Nolan
    Published: Jul 23, 08
    In the ten years since he’s been making feature films, writer-director Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins)has been making films in which the protagonists' emotional chaos hasbeen mirrored in the physical world around them. His second Batman film, The Dark Knight, is said to the the pinnacle of that.
     
  • Jonathan Levine
    Published: Jul 16, 08
    What do you get when you bring Ben Kingsley, Method Man, Josh Peck and Mary-Kate Olsen together? Besides the dream episode of Access Hollywood, you get writer-director Jonathan Levine's first, film, The Wackness.
     
  • Alex Gibney
    Published: Jul 9, 08
    WEB EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Mitchell hosts writer-director-producer Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room, Taxi to the Dark Side) whose latest documentary is Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
     
  • David Hajdu
    Published: Jun 25, 08
    In the 1930's and 40's, comic books were as popular as movies -- and more influential. So much so that serious steps were taken to stop them. Writer David Hajdu (Lush Life, A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, Positively 4th Street) examines this controversy in his new book, The Ten-Cent Plague, and illustrates it. 
     
  • Walter Mirisch
    Published: Jun 18, 08
    Some Like It Hot, The Magnificent Seven, In the Heat of the Night, the original Pink Panther. If you're lucky, you've seen these films. Walter Mirisch produced them. I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History is his new book.
     
  • Jay Roach
    Published: Jun 4, 08
    What's crazier than Austin Powers or Meet the Fockers? The 2000 presidential vote count, perhaps. It's the subject of Jay Roach's new film, Recount. Count yourself in when Elvis Mitchell speaks with Roach. 
     
  • Henry Bean
    Published: May 28, 08
    As a writer, Henry Bean is responsible for films about self-destructive protagonists who skirt justice in Deep Cover Internal Affairs. With his directorial debut, The Believer, he took that character one step further. Now with his newest film, Noise, he moves into the realm of fable.  We discuss his holy war: the brain versus the heart.