The Treatment

<p>Peter Bogdanovich discusses the writing process for <em>She's Funny That Way</em> and how he assembled the cast for his latest release.</p>

<p>Jason Segel channels David Foster Wallace in his newest film <em>The End of the Tour</em>.</p>

<p><em>Power</em> creator Courtney Kemp Agboh discusses Shakespearean influences and her love of New York, making the city just one of the multi-dimensional characters in her Gatsbyesque crime drama.</p>

<p>Tackling comedy on a smaller scale, director Paul Weitz discusses his new indie film, <em>Grandma</em>.</p>

<p>Always keeping family as a source of inspiration, Vivica A. Fox shares her intentions in choosing film roles and what she learned while filming her newest release, <em>6 Ways to Die</em>.</p>

<p>Bringing competition to the big screen, director Peyton Reed discusses his start in filmmaking and his most recent challenges in properly representing the unlikely Marvel hero "Ant-Man."</p>

<p>After decades of Hollywood interest, director Kyle Patrick Alvarez discusses the process of finally acquiring, casting and completing his newest release, <em>The Stanford Prison Experiment. </em></p>

<p>The director of the film <em>54</em> discusses the re-release of the cult-classic, debuting the version we were meant to see originally -- the director's cut.</p>

<p>The director of the film <em>Fresh Dressed</em> discusses the sociological evolution of fashion though hip hop.</p>

<p>Co-creators Kim and Roberto Benabib talk about making global annihilation funny in their new series for HBO, <em>The Brink</em>.</p>

<p>Writer/director Rick Famuyiwa talks about breaking stereotypes with his Sundance hit, <em>Dope</em>. </p>

<p>After a stellar Season 2, the creators and stars of <em>Broad City </em>reflect on where it all began.</p>

<p>Dustin Hoffman, the ultimate Master of his craft, is now teaching a Master Class online.</p>

<p>Actor/humorist/author/woodworker Nick Offerman talks about his new book, <em>Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers.</em></p>

<p>Billy Crystal on a career full of chemistry, most recently with FX's <em>The Comedians</em>, joined by EP/showrunner Ben Wexler.</p>

<p>Filmmaker Dee Rees' new film,<em> Bessie,</em> explores the story of the legendary blues performer Bessie Smith. </p>

<p>Prolific writer/producer Greg Berlanti (<em>Arrow, The Flash</em>) on how being Catholic and gay influences his storytelling. </p>

<p>Helen Hunt learns to surf in her second feature, <em>Ride</em>, as writer, director and star.</p>

<p>Nick Kroll talks about growing up in his new film as actor/writer and first time feature producer, <em>Adult Beginners.</em> </p>

<p><em>Glee</em> actress Jane Lynch hits the road with her one-person cabaret show, <em>See Jane Sing</em>. </p>

<p>Kristen Stewart has been a muse to the Beat Generation, a Knight, and a vampire. Now she's an assistant, in Olivier Assayas' new film, <em>Clouds of Sils Maria</em>.</p>

<p>Comic book artist and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola talks about trusting his gut and creating a constant sense of play in his work.</p>

<p>Matthew Weiner reflects on <em>Mad Men</em> as its seventh and final season begins its final run. </p>

<p>Editor and writer Paul Seydor on his latest book about Sam Peckinpah's last Western, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.</p>

<p>Adam Carolla on taking a common sense approach to comedy in his co-directing debut, <em>Road Hard.</em> </p>

<p>Rose McGowan on starting fresh, with her directorial debut, <em>Dawn</em>.</p>

<p>Writer and illustrator Scott McCloud goes back to creating comics with his first graphic novel, <em>The Sculptor.</em></p>

<p>"I like the dichotomy of good people sometimes behaving badly," Nahnatchka Khan on her new series, <em>Fresh Off the Boat</em>.</p>

<p>Writer/director Damien Chazelle and star J.K. Simmons on turning <em>Whiplash</em> from a Sundance short into an Oscar-nominated feature.</p>

<p>Costume designer Arianne Phillips goes from working with Madonna to designing a Savile Row-inspired menswear line for Mr. Porter.</p>

<p><em>Birdman</em> writer/director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki talk to Elvis in front of a live audience.</p>

<p>Michael Keaton on how his intense degree of focus and concentration took him from unknown comedian to Oscar-nominated actor.</p>

<p><em>Selma</em> director Ava DuVernay on being a black woman storyteller, and the power of voice.</p>

<p>Live from Park City, Elvis chats with John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, and Trevor Groth, Director of Programming.</p>

<p>French-Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan talks about his fifth film, <em>Mommy</em>. <strong>Contains explicit language</strong>.</p>

<p>Magician, actor and writer Ricky Jay shares his love for language, from carny to slang, pig latin to poetry.</p>

<p><em>Unbroken</em> starJack O'Connell talks about his rise to fame and his complicated relationship with violence.</p>

<p>Writer/director J.C. Chandor and actor Oscar Isaac discuss their latest film, <em>A Most Violent Year,</em> in front of a live audience.</p>

<p>Meet the screenwriting team behind <em>The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ed Wood</em>, and now, Tim Burton's <em>Big Eyes</em>.</p>

<p>Lawrence Grobel writes about the role of a lifetime: playing Al Pacino's biographer, consultant, and sometimes alter-ego in <em>Salome</em>. </p>

<p>Writer/director Will Gluck talks about breathing new life into the beloved comic strip turned musical, Annie. </p>

<p>As Blue Note Records celebrates its 75th anniversary, label President Don Was reflects on his own 35 years in the music business.</p>

<p>"Movies are like people. You trust them, or you don't. And I hate it when a movie lies to me." Bennett Miller discusses his latest film, <em>Foxcatcher</em>. </p>

<p>Actress Patricia Arquette on her 12-year evolution as a mother, both on-screen and off, while shooting her latest film, <em>Boyhood</em>.</p>

<p>As an actor, Christoph Waltz says his most important job is to "get out of the way."</p>

<p>Writer/director of Beyond the Lights Gina Prince-Bytheywood on how being an athlete shaped her filmmaking, and on creating female characters who swagger.</p>

<p>Christopher Nolan discusses his latest film, <em>Interstellar</em>, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and John Lithgow. </p>

<p>Steely Dan's Donald Fagen talks about his favorite films and his book <i>Eminent Hipsters</i>. </p>

<p>With <i>Nightcrawler, </i>longtime screenwriter and first time director <strong>Dan Gilroy</strong> wrote a script that broke with all of the narrative tropes that studios suggest. </p>

<p>Sarah Treem on co-creating <em>The Affair</em>, and subverting female archetypes.</p>