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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Nov 19, 2014 • 30min
Gina Prince-Bythewood: Beyond the Lights
Writer/director of Beyond the Lights Gina Prince-Bytheywood on how being an athlete shaped her filmmaking, and on creating female characters who swagger.
Nov 12, 2014 • 30min
Christopher Nolan: Interstellar
Christopher Nolan discusses his latest film, Interstellar, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and John Lithgow.
Nov 5, 2014 • 30min
Donald Fagen: Eminent Hipsters
Steely Dan's Donald Fagen talks about his favorite films and his book Eminent Hipsters.
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.
