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.
Episodes
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Oct 29, 2014 • 30min
Dan Gilroy: Nightcrawler
With Nightcrawler, longtime screenwriter and first time director Dan Gilroy wrote a script that broke with all of the narrative tropes that studios suggest.
Oct 22, 2014 • 30min
Sarah Treem: The Affair
Sarah Treem on co-creating The Affair, and subverting female archetypes.
Oct 22, 2014 • 36min
Laura Poitras: Citizenfour
Pulitzer winner and MacArthur Fellow Laura Poitras talks to Elvis Mitchell about her new documentary on Edward Snowden, Citizenfour.
Oct 16, 2014 • 33min
Robert Duvall, David Dobkin, and Robert Downey, Jr.: The Judge
Director David Dobkin and stars Robert Duvall and Robert Downey, Jr. discuss their new film, The Judge. CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE.
Oct 15, 2014 • 30min
Ed Brubaker: The Fade Out
Graphic novelist and comics writer Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) on his latest series, The Fade Out, a meta-noir set in seedy 1948 Hollywood.
Oct 8, 2014 • 30min
Charles M. Blow: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow talks about coming of age in constant crisis in his first memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones.
Oct 1, 2014 • 30min
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino takes over as head programmer at LA's New Beverly cinema, using many of the film prints from his own personal collection.
Sep 30, 2014 • 30min
Scott Frank: A Walk Among the Tombstones
Filmmaker Scott Frank on adapting Lawrence Block's popular novels to the big screen in A Walk Among the Tombstones.
Sep 24, 2014 • 30min
Shawn Levy: This Is Where I Leave You
Date Night director Shawn Levy adds feeling and honesty to a big studio project with the dysfunctional family comedy This Is Where I Leave You.
Sep 22, 2014 • 31min
Craig Johnson, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig: The Skeleton Twins
Writer/director Craig Johnson and stars Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig talk about their new film, The Skeleton Twins. Contains adult language.
