KCRW's The Treatment

Chai Vasarhelyi

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:00:17 EDT

As a musician, Youssou N'Dour has always been about faith. In the documentary I Bring What I Love, director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (A Normal Life) follows him on the journey committed to that goal.

Nick Dawson

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:04:58 EDT

From Utah farm boy, to pioneering film editor, to director of some of the 70's and 80's greatest films -- such as Shampoo and Being There, it's all part of Being Hal Ashby, the life chronicle by Nick Dawson.

Anne Fletcher

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:19:55 EDT

Elvis hosts choreographer-director Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, Step Up) whose latest film is The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.

Todd Phillips

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:22:12 EDT

Director Todd Phillips (Starsky & Hutch, School for Scoundrels, All The King's Men) has a gift for finding guys who have to show the worst side of themselves. Heâs revealed them both in documentaries and fiction films, like his newest The Hangover.

Brad Silberling

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:08:46 EDT

For television fans, the phrase "not a routine expedition" ranks up there with "a three-hour tour." Director Brad Silberling (Casper, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) brings TV fans the classic Land of the Lost to the big screen -- with extra cheese.

Pete Docter

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:16:17 EDT

Elvis hosts writer-director Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc, Toy Story, Wall-e) to talk about his latest film, Up, the first Pixar movie to be projected in 3-D as well as being the first ever animated feature film to be screened as the opening night film at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Lloyd Kaufman

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:40:13 EDT

Troma Studios co-founder Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) has been about do-it-yourself. His new book, Direct Your Own Damn Movie, is the same thing.

Russell Brand

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:40:47 EDT

Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) has established his own separate wing to the garden of earthly delights...

Rian Johnson

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:05:20 EDT

Elvis hosts writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick) whose new film is The Brothers Bloom, starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo.

Matt Tyrnauer

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:51:18 EDT

After a tenure at Vanity Fair, Matt Tyrnauer has turned to making documentaries. The subject is the couturier, Valentino, at the end of his career but not his powers...