The Treatment

On Michael Jackson, is a loaded phrase and, in Margo Jefferson's hands, a book as provocative as its title. The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times book critic examines the ever-changing king of pop in her book-length essay.

Screen writer Wesley Strick's output (Arachnophobia, The Tie That Binds) includes having put an updated spin on an old case with the remake of Cape Fear, that he wrote for Martin Scorsese. With his first novel, Out There in the Dark, he once again borrows something old to make something new, folding film history and politics into a behind-the-scene tale.

Elvis Mitchell hosts writer Hazel Rowley ( Richard Wright: The Life and Times and Christina Stead: A Biography) whose new book is T--te----T--te: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.

From The Usual Suspects to The X-Men, Bryan Singer is fascinated with secrets, which makes his just the right director for Superman Returns.

After a significant career of acting in films (The Woodsman, Mystic River, Apollo 13), Kevin Bacon is returning to the other side of the camera as director of Loverboy, his second film in that role.

Walter Hill redefined the action though a group of films -- The Warriors, 48 Hours, Hard Times, Southern Comfort -- that have become iconic. His newest project is a western miniseries, Broken Trail, for AMC. He'll discuss action and character.

The acrid poetic rage of House, MD has made star Hugh Laurie known for being more than Stuart Little-s dad. The Emmy-nominated doctor stops by for a house call.

After using film noir to tell the intimate stories in Memento and Insomnia, Christopher Nolan applies noir and intimacy to a film with a much bigger set of expectations.

Elvis Mitchell hosts director Chris Nolan whose films include Following and his new film, Memento.