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.
Jean-Luc Godard once said all you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. In Inglourious Basterds , Quentin Tarantino ( Pulp Fiction; Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2' Reservoir Dogs ) adds Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler and a squad of Nazi-scalping GI's. (Rebroadcast from August 19.)
Elvis hosts writer-producer-director Judd Apatow ( Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin ) whose latest film is Funny People , starring Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler.
Writer Nancy Miller ( The Closer, CSI: Miami ) sets her shows outside the LA-New York universe and gives them a deeper view of character. Saving Grace , set in Oklahoma, is about a copy bedeviled by an angel.
Writer-director Lynn Shelton 's ( My Effortless Brilliance, We Go Way Back ) new film, Humpday , asks several questions...
Actor Isiah Whitlock, Jr. has worked with talents from David Mamet to Spike Lee to Dave Chappelle. On HBO's The Wire , his portrayal of Senator Clay Davis was a study in compromise. He now stars in Farragut North at the Geffen Playhouse.
From Anthrax to Poison, Guns and Roses to Metalica, these are just a few groups inspired by Anvil, the most influencial band you've never heard of. Its story's in Sacha Gervasi 's film, Anvil: The Story of Anvil.
As a musician, Youssou N'Dour has always been about faith. In the documentary I Bring What I Love , director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ( A Normal Life ) follows him on the journey committed to that goal.
From Utah farm boy, to pioneering film editor, to director of some of the 70's and 80's greatest films -- such as Shampoo and Being There , it's all part of Being Hal Ashby , the life chronicle by Nick Dawson .
After years as a choreographer, Anne Fletcher moved into directing with Step Up and 27 Dresses . Her newest, The Proposal , is a comedy about dancing around the truth.
Director Todd Phillips ( Starsky & Hutch, School for Scoundrels, All The King's Men ) has a gift for finding guys who have to show the worst side of themselves. He’s revealed them both in documentaries and fiction films, like his newest The Hangover .
For television fans, the phrase "not a routine expedition" ranks up there with "a three-hour tour." Director Brad Silberling ( Casper, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ) brings TV fans the classic Land of the Lost to the big screen -- with extra cheese.
Elvis hosts writer-director Pete Docter ( Monsters, Inc, Toy Story, Wall-e ) to talk about his latest film, Up , the first Pixar movie to be projected in 3-D as well as being the first ever animated feature film to be screened as the opening night film at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Troma Studios co-founder Lloyd Kaufman ( The Toxic Avenger , Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) has been about do-it-yourself. His new book, Direct Your Own Damn Movie , is the same thing.
Russell Brand ( Forgetting Sarah Marshall ) has established his own separate wing to the garden of earthly delights...
Elvis hosts writer-director Rian Johnson ( Brick ) whose new film is The Brothers Bloom , starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo.
After a tenure at Vanity Fair, Matt Tyrnauer has turned to making documentaries. The subject is the couturier, Valentino, at the end of his career but not his powers...
From the scripts for The Gambler and Bugsy to his own films as a director, James Toback has made intensely personal work. His documentary, Tyson , is his own take on the boxer...
The past twelve months have seen slew of films on perversions of justice. American Violet brings that material to a smaller, more intimate scale. Director Tim Disney ( Blessed Art Thou ) uses real life details to give his drama bite.
Turner Award-winner Steve McQueen’s directorial debut, "Hunger," is based on the 1981 IRA hunger strike in Northern Ireland's infamous Maze prison.
Comedy about shifting definitions of masculinity is where writer-director John Hamburg ( Zoolander, Safe Men, Meet the Fockers ) finds laughs. His newest film is I Love You, Man , starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.
A world where the protagonist and the viewer doesn't know where he stands. From the Bourne films, to Michael Clayton and the new film, Duplicity . It's what writer-director Tony Gilro y does. More duplicity from the horse's mouth.
Cinematographer turned filmmaker, Ellen Kuras ( Summer of Sam, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan ) dedicated years of her life to making the documentary, The Betrayal , a look at a family devastated by abandonment...
Elvis hosts writer-director Jody Hill ( The Foot Fist Way ) whose latest work is the HBO TV series Eastbound & Down .
From the blogosphere to an Oscar ( Juno ) to Showtime. It’s quite a career for screenwriter Diablo Cody . Her series, The United States of Tara , looks at multiple personalities. She just might know something about that.
Elvis hosts writer-director James Gray ( The Yards, We Own the Night, Little Odessa ) whose latest film is Two Lovers , starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow and Isabella Rossellini.
As America's only black-and-white comedy team, Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen wrote the book on comedy. Now they've written a book...
Medicine for Melancholy , the debut film from writer-director Barry Jenkins , takes a dreamy contemplative look at a young African American couple in San Francisco. It's a black art film when art films are in trouble.
Director Danny Boyle ( Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Millions ) has moved from suspense film to post-punk despair, to zombies, to the center of the sun. He combines all that for Slumdog Millionaire and adds a musical number to the mix. It's a Bollywood happy ending.
In just six films, director David Fincher ( Seven, Panic Room, Fight Club ) has established themes and textures. So much so that his latest, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , both conforms and contradicts that work. Note: This show first aired January 7 and is being repeated in recognition of it's having received thirteen Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Actress Sally Hawkins has had quite a year, stemming from her third collaboration with writer-director Mike Leigh. Happy-Go-Lucky is bright-eyed comedy-drama that's won her audiences and accolades.
