KCRW's The Treatment

Matthew Weiner

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:20:37 EST

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

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:10:00 EST

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

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EST

Chris Rock is known for his potent and direct stand-up comedy. As a filmmaker he?s turned 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

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:54:31 EST

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

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EST

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

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:45:48 EST

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

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:40:03 EST

Laura Jacobs has a luminous eye for detail, social and physical. It can be glimpsed in her writings on fashion and culture or in her novels, such as her newest, The Bird Catcher.

Jane Campion

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:38:44 EST

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

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EST

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.

Geoffrey Smith

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:39:45 EST

The moving and crafty documentary, The English Surgeon, deals with the life and works of Dr. Henry Marsh. Its director, Geoffrey Smith (The Children of Helen House, Your Life in Their Hands), talks about his unique approach and his subject.