The Treatment
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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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Jun 30, 2010 • 30min
Ralph Ziman
Director Ralph Ziman’s career has taken him from documentary (Hearts and Minds) to music videos (Faith No More) to feature film (The Zookeeper). His South African film noir, Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema, is the brave grim world his hero wants to create.
Jun 23, 2010 • 30min
Adam Scott
From indie film to Martin Scorsese, from Parks & Recreation on NBC to Party Down on Starz, Adam Scott The finale of Party Down is one more piece on his tray.
Jun 16, 2010 • 30min
Debra Granik
Sundance has been good for writer-director Debra Granik (Down to the Bone). She won all three time she competed. Her newest, Winter's Bone, got the Grand Jury Prize this year. It's the importance of film festivals.
Jun 9, 2010 • 30min
Rebecca Yeldham and David Ansen: Los Angeles Film Festival
From the obscure to the mainstream, forgotten masters to the next wave of directors, the Los Angeles Film Festival expands its reach with new directors Rebecca Yeldham and David Ansen.
Jun 2, 2010 • 30min
David Levien and Brian Koppelman
As screenwriters, you know David Levien and Brian Koppelman for Rounders and Oceans 13. Their second film as directors, Solitary Man, is a drama about a different kind of a gamble.
May 26, 2010 • 30min
Ken Loach
Organizing chaos and finding surprise in an enterprise that demands consistency are contradictions that attract director Ken Loach (Kes, Hidden Agenda, Cathy Come Home, My Name is Joe, The Wind That
Shakes the Barley, Sweet Sixteen, Bread and Roses) in his newest film, Looking for Eric.
May 19, 2010 • 30min
Nicole Holofcener
Lovely and Amazing, Friends with Money... Nicole Holofcener plays it close to the vest with her titles, like her newest, Please Give. She gives a little away when she joins Elvis.
May 12, 2010 • 30min
Michael Caine
It's the voice, not just his own speaking voice but the way a character sounds that matters to Michael Caine (Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Cider House Rules, Alfie, The Dark Knight, Zulu) . His new film is Harry
Brown, and he'll discusses sound.
May 5, 2010 • 30min
Sylvain White
Director Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Trois: The Escort)
has crossed genres, going from African American romantic thriller, to slasher film, to musical to action-adventure with his newest, The Losers....
Apr 21, 2010 • 30min
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn worked as Guy Ritchie's producer before turning to directing. His three movies as filmmaker -- Layer Cake, Stardust and his newest, Kick Ass -- are all adaptations. It's two-fisted inspiration from the printed page.
