The Treatment

Actor Paul Giamatti (Sideways, American Splendor) has had the most varied career of any actor of his generation. Comedy to drama, Howard Stern's boss to President John Adams. He discusses that and his new film, Barney's Version.

From Amores Perros to his newest film, Biutiful, director Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 Grams, Babel) finds something new and fresh with each film. He tells us how.

What do the films Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Short Bus and Rabbit Hole all have in common? Honest comedy that heightens the drama. They also share director John Cameron Mitchell.

Animator and director, Bill Plympton (Hair High, The Tune) , has gone his own way. His absurdist work has earned him Oscar nominations (The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger) and such fans as Matt Groenig and Kanye West. His new feature, Idiots and Angels, is both spiritual and silly.

Lee Unkrich (A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo) has been part of Toy Story from the very start. An editor of the first film, co-director on the second and director of the third, he shares what it's like to work on three classics.

The documentary Exit through the Gift Shop examines the street-art movement through one of its champions and an observer who fell in love with it. Producer Jaimie D'Cruz and editor Chris King discuss an unusual romance.

At a young age, writer-director-actor Lena Dunham has shown an exciting and subtle style in project after project. Her new film, Tiny Furniture, is the latest example. She explains her point of view.

Conan O’Brien or Jay Leno? New York Times television writer Bill Carter (The Late Shift, Desperate Networks) covers a different kind of war reporting, talk show wars. His new book, The War for Late Night, is news from the front.

The documentary Marwencol is about a man finding himself after a tragedy. The film was a similar journey for Jeff Malmberg. Elvis hosts director and editor Jeff Malmberg to talk about his award-winning documentary Marwencol, which tells the extraordinary story of Mark Hogencamp. Having survived a horrific beating by five men near his hometown of Kingston, New York in 2000, Hogencamp's long road to recuperation became focused on art, specifically building a fictional Belgian town (Marwencol) in his backyard and populating it with figures from World War II using military figures and Barbie dolls.

The Amish, blind mountain climbers, fighting for nuclear disarmament... Director Lucy Walker's (Countdown to Zero, Devil’s Playground, Blindsight) new film, Waste Land, is about waste becoming art. It's drama and non-fiction.