KCRW's The Treatment

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.

Danny Boyle

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:45:00 EST

Tension and home play a key part in the work of director Danny Boyle. From Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and 28 Days Later to his latest, Sunshine, he discusses the connections.

Jason Reitman

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:30:00 EST

What's easier, directing your own screen play or someone else's? After Juno, Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking) has returned to directing his own, the adaptation of Up in the Air. He discusses what's smoother sailing.

Viggo Mortensen

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:30:00 EST

He's a poet, a musician, a painter and a photographer. But we know Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, The Lord of The Rings) best as an actor. The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's book, The Road, is a long way from Lord of the Rings. Mortensen, a man who's moved between two worlds.

Wes Anderson

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:13:00 EST

Martin Scorsese once called Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) his logical heir. Is it the way Anderson creates tension in the room or did Scorsese one day imagine Anderson at work in stop-action animation? The director of Fantastic Mr. Fox joins Elvis Mitchell on The Treatment.

Werner Herzog

podmaster@kcrw.org (Elvis Mitchell) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:04:23 EST

From shorts to features, fiction films to documentaries, directing to acting, Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) has completely immersed himself in film. His newest is his take on Bad Lieutenant. He talks about his own approach to film and life.