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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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.
Aug 19, 2009 • 30min
Quentin Tarantino
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.)
Aug 12, 2009 • 30min
Judd Apatow
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.
Aug 5, 2009 • 30min
Nancy Miller
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.
Jul 29, 2009 • 29min
Lynn Shelton
Writer-director Lynn Shelton's (My Effortless Brilliance, We Go Way Back) new film, Humpday, asks several questions...
Jul 22, 2009 • 29min
Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
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.
Jul 15, 2009 • 30min
Sacha Gervasi
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.
Jul 8, 2009 • 30min
Chai Vasarhelyi
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.
Jul 1, 2009 • 30min
Nick Dawson
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.
