KCRW's The Treatment

Avatar's James Cameron at the NRDC Event

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST

Join Elvis Mitchell and Avatar director James Cameron for a special online edition of The Treatment, recorded live at a benefit for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

WARNING: Explicit language

Eddie Izzard

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:13:48 EST

You know Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Twelve, The Secret Agent, Trumbo, Lennie) as an actor in film. You may know his stand-up as well. This year he hosts the Independent Spirit Awards.

Jeff Bridges

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:55:47 EST

Jeff Bridges (The Last Picture Show, Texasville, Tron, The Big Lebowski) is a lucky break for first-time writer-directors. Thirty-five years ago he got his first Oscar nomination in Michael Cimino's debut, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. This year, he scored his fifth nomination with Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart.

Geoffrey Fletcher

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:25:53 EST

The novel that gave us the film Precious has been pursued by producers since it's publication. First-time screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher is the man who wrestled it to the big screen -- and got an Oscar nomination in the process...

Scott Schuman

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:26:26 EST

In 2005, Scott Schuman began blogging. His site, proof-positive that pictures tell the story, is now a book...

Colin Firth

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST

Oscar nominated-actor Colin Firth's film career is like a walk through the library. He's been in adaptations from A Christmas Carol, to Nostromo to Pride and Prejudice, with Bridget Jones thrown in. He currently stars in the adaptation of A Single Man.

Guy Ritchie

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:40:30 EST

In Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, director Guy Ritchie (Revolver, RocknRolla) brought high-voltage filmmaking to modern London. He creates a venerable legend of an earlier time with Sherlock Holmes.

John Cooper

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:49:56 EST

For John Cooper, new director of the Sundance Film Festival, it's all about moving into the future and maintaining tradition. Something old, something new... We hear about how films are selected, get a preview of this year's fest, learn about the new ?Next' category and what it's like to work with Robert Redford...

Oren Moverman

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:27:35 EST

"Intimate" and "confessional" are not adjectives you'd expect to hear in a film about the Iraq war. Director Oren Moverman's The Messenger looks at the collateral damage on the home front...

Tom Ford

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:46:54 EST

Elvis speaks with fashion designer, writer-director-producer Tom Ford about his feature film debut, A Single Man, an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's novel of the same name. The film has received rave reviews and recently garnered several Independent Spirit and Golden Globe nominations, two of those for lead actor Colin Firth.