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 28, 2009 • 30min
Jason Schwartzman
He's worked with Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola and Judd Apatow on the big screen. Now Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Funny People, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr.Fox) comes to the small screen as a big-hearted, broken hearted private eye. The show is Bored to Death – but you won't be!
Oct 21, 2009 • 30min
Chris Rock
Chris Rock is known for his potent and direct stand-up comedy. As a filmmaker he’s
turned that same unblinking eye on himself and black culture. His newest film, the documentary Good Hair, examines the profitable and self-denying world of black-hair culture.
Oct 14, 2009 • 29min
Nicolas Winding Refn
Elvis hosts Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher, Fear X) to talk about his new film, Bronson. The film is loosely based on the life of Charles Bronson, considered to be Britain's most violent criminal.
Oct 7, 2009 • 30min
Scott Hicks
Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars, No Reservations… Director Scott Hicks is attracted to source material. His newest, The Boys Are Back, is another film of a book, bringing emotional honesty to the truth.
Sep 30, 2009 • 30min
Joe Berlinger
From Brother's Keeper to Some Kind of Monster, director Joe Berlinger has made documentaries on communities in crisis. He goes to the Ecuadorian Amazon for his latest, Crude.
Sep 23, 2009 • 29min
Laura Jacobs
Laura Jacobs has a luminous eye for detail, social and physical.
It can be glimpsed in her writings on fashion and culture or in her
novels, such as her newest, The Bird Catcher.
Sep 16, 2009 • 29min
Jane Campion
Writer-director Jane Campion (In the Cut, Holy Smoke) has felt the passion and complications left in its wake, from The Piano to her newest, Bright Star. She talks to Elvis about the fight between heart and head.
Sep 9, 2009 • 29min
Armando Iannucci
A war in the Middle East may break out. What's more important than saving lives? Saving face, as seen in director Armando Iannucci's briliant satire, In the Loop, which derives from his BBC series, The Thick of It.
Sep 2, 2009 • 30min
Geoffrey Smith
The moving and crafty documentary, The English Surgeon, deals with the
life and works of Dr. Henry Marsh. Its director, Geoffrey Smith (The Children of Helen House, Your Life in Their Hands), talks
about his unique approach and his subject.
Aug 26, 2009 • 30min
Bobcat Goldthwait: World's Greatest Dad
You know Bobcat Goldthwait as the assaultively loud comic not concerned with fire safety. As a writer-director (Windy City Heat, Sleeping Dogs Lie) , he's focused on films dealing with discomfort, like his newest, World's Greatest Dad.
