

The Treatment
KCRW
The Treatment is a compelling listen to the vital conversations about the catalysts of creative inspiration. Following some of the most interesting, influential, and crossover creators in the world of entertainment, fashion, sports, and the arts, we hear from tastemakers who are the very fabric that forms popular culture.
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Dec 5, 2019 • 30min
Noah Baumbach: 'Marriage Story'
The title of writer/director Noah Baumbach’s new film, ‘Marriage Story’ both summarizes its intent and then goes beyond into a genre particular to its creator (who also made ‘The Squid and the Whale’ and then 'The Meyerowitz Stories’): an adult coming of age story, touching on marriage, parenthood and finally, their demands.

Nov 28, 2019 • 30min
Melina Matsoukas: 'Queen & Slim'
In her feature film debut, ‘Queen & Slim’, director Melina Matsoukas has made a road drama that examines African American stereotypes and flipped them on their heads. She folds questions about black culture into a new kind of storytelling.

Nov 21, 2019 • 30min
Todd Snyder
If you spliced the Rock Hudson and the James Dean of the movie 'Giant' together -- two different kinds of all American icons -- you'd get the sensibility that Todd Snyder brings to design, from fashion to watches to furniture to cars. He covers the world -- or will, one day soon.

Nov 14, 2019 • 30min
Scott Z. Burns: 'The Report'
In his feature film directorial debut 'The Report', Scott Z. Burns applies his unique approach to look at the truth behind the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" after 9/11.

Nov 7, 2019 • 30min
Edward Norton: 'Motherless Brooklyn'
Edward Norton, writer, director and star of 'Motherless Brooklyn', discusses the time-traveling and imperatives that attracted him to this private eye story.

Nov 1, 2019 • 30min
Jeff Stanzler: State Power
Jeff Stanzler uses virtual reality for good in his dramatic new project "State Power".

Oct 24, 2019 • 30min
Jeff Garlin: "Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago"
After a tumultuous year, Jeff Garlin is back with a brand new hour of comedy recorded in his hometown Chicago.

Oct 16, 2019 • 30min
Jim Moore
The best style is truly timeless. With his new coffee table book, “Hunks and Heroes: Four Decades of Fashion at GQ”, GQ creative director-at-large Jim Moore has edited together a selection of photos that illustrate the combination of taste, playful and sophistication that elevates Gentleman’s Quarterly above its imitators.

Oct 11, 2019 • 30min
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski: 'Dolemite Is My Name'
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski ('The People vs. Larry Flynt', 'Ed Wood') find another pack of outsiders and artists-manque for their new project, 'Dolemite Is My Name'. It's an inside look at how the legendary blaxploitation film 'Dolemite'-- and its creator, Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) came to be. The most unlikely origin story ever.

Sep 26, 2019 • 30min
Rupert Goold
Between his film and stage work, director Rupert Goold has often been attracted to material focusing on protagonists caught between the real world and a truth of their own making. This makes him the ideal candidate to bring the life of Judy Garland to the screen. His newest project, the biopic “Judy”, starring Renee Zellweger, artfully weaves between those two states.


