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KCRW's The Treatment

  • Dime Davis: ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’

    17 AUG 2020 · Dime Davis: ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’
    29m 6s
  • Oliver Stone: ‘Chasing the Light’

    11 AUG 2020 · This week on The Treatment, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Oliver Stone sits down with host Elvis Mitchell to discuss his new memoir, ‘Chasing the Light,’ which covers the first 40 years of his life and career as a filmmaker. Stone won...
    28m 31s
  • Katori Hall: ‘P Valley’

    4 AUG 2020 · Playwright and showrunner Katori Hall joins Elvis Mitchell this week on ‘The Treatment.’ Hall’s plays include ‘The Mountaintop’ and ‘Hurt Village,’ and her most recent project is the Starz series ‘P Valley,’ which is about people...
    28m 31s
  • Stephen Root: ‘Perry Mason’

    28 JUL 2020 · Stephen Root: ‘Perry Mason’
    29m 1s
  • Barry Avrich: 'David Foster: Off the Record'

    21 JUL 2020 · What do Earth, Wind & Fire and Michael Bublé have in common? Mega music producer David Foster. Before he became famous for his presence on reality TV, Foster brought his soaring sensibilities and steely concentration to artists like Barbara...
    29m
  • Sam Wasson: 'The Big Goodbye'

    14 JUL 2020 · In author and cultural historian Sam Wasson's new book, 'The Big Goodbye', he tells us that the 1970s ended in Hollywood in 1974, with the release of the epochal film 'Chinatown'. He takes us inside the chaotic and creative environment that brought...
    28m 32s
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood: "The Old Guard"

    7 JUL 2020 · Director Gina Prince-Bythewood found a project that fit into many of the themes she's explored in her films going back to her debut, 2000's "Love & Basketball" in, of all places, the pages of an action-adventure graphic novel. She talks about how...
    29m 5s
  • Judd Apatow: 'The King of Staten Island'

    23 JUN 2020 · Writer/Director Judd Apatow has focused his career on making comedy – and drama – people who, when forced to make a choice between adulthood and remaining a kid, put it off. And the emotional wreckage that indecision leaves. For Pete Davidson's...
    29m
  • Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle: 'Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular'

    16 JUN 2020 · The IFC comedy series 'Sherman's Showcase' uses a parody of 'Soul Train' as its launch point, because 'Soul Train' packed so much under its tent. Most importantly, the songs exist for them as music pieces first and foremost -- and then, as comedy....
    28m 31s
  • Holland Taylor: 'Hollywood'

    9 JUN 2020 · The best actors can make words dance, and we take pleasure in their pleasure. Holland Taylor is just such an actress and in the Netflix series, 'Hollywood,' Ryan Murphy created the space for her to do her magic, which she talks about on this episode...
    28m 31s

A treatment in Hollywood parlance is a concise overview of a screenplay. On 'The Treatment,' film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the treatment to some of the...

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A treatment in Hollywood parlance is a concise overview of a screenplay. On 'The Treatment,' film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the treatment to some of the most influential and innovative forces creating movies and popular art and entertainment. Each week Elvis speaks with an amazing array of guests discussing everything from their inner conflicts to their interior design. With a straightforward style that understates his vast knowledge Elvis is able to extract insights issues and inspirations from even the most introverted guests. Conversations on 'The Treatment' are mostly comfortable, sometimes contentious, but always fascinating.
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