The Treatment

<p>Pulitzer winner and MacArthur Fellow Laura Poitras talks to Elvis Mitchell about her new documentary on Edward Snowden, <em>Citizenfour</em>.</p>

<p>Director David Dobkin and stars Robert Duvall and Robert Downey, Jr. discuss their new film, <em>The Judge</em>. CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE.</p>

<p>Graphic novelist and comics writer Ed Brubaker (<em>Captain America: The Winter Soldier</em>) on his latest series, <em>The Fade Out</em>, a meta-noir set in seedy 1948 Hollywood.</p>

<p><em>New York Times</em> columnist Charles M. Blow talks about coming of age in constant crisis in his first memoir, <em>Fire Shut Up in My Bones</em>.</p>

<p>Quentin Tarantino takes over as head programmer at LA's New Beverly cinema, using many of the film prints from his own personal collection.</p>

<p>Filmmaker Scott Frank on adapting Lawrence Block's popular novels to the big screen in <em>A Walk Among the Tombstones</em>.</p>

<p><em>Date Night</em> director Shawn Levy adds feeling and honesty to a big studio project with the dysfunctional family comedy <em>This Is Where I Leave You</em>.</p>

<p>Writer/director Craig Johnson and stars Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig talk about their new film, <em>The Skeleton Twins</em>. Contains adult language.</p>

<p><em>The Boondocks</em> creator Aaron McGruder talks about making the switch to live action with his new show <em>Black Jesus</em>.</p>

<p>Daniel Schechter loved Elmore Leonard's book <em>The Switch</em> so much, he wrote a script for it on spec. Years later, the film became a reality.</p>

<p>"'Subtext' and 'motivation' are terrible words on a set, and they should be banned," says Ira Sachs on directing <em>Love is Strange</em>.</p>

<p>Actress Amy Brenneman on the "private, isolating, strange process" of playing Laurie Garvey on HBO's <em>The Leftovers</em>.</p>

Writer/director James Gunn on turning a group of outcast ragtag superheroes into the summer's biggest blockbuster.

<p>Actor, writer, and director Roger Guenveur Smith discusses his one man show, <em>Frederick Douglass Now</em> at LA's Bootleg Theater.</p>

<p>Director Steven Soderbergh talks about the project that pulled him out of his sabbatical, <em>The Knick</em> on Cinemax.</p>

<p>Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, also known as <em>Garfunkel and Oates</em>, share stories from the road and talk about their new series on <strong>IFC</strong>.</p>

<p>Actor Noah Wyle talks about what happens <em>after</em> a 15 year-gig on one of the most successful shows on television.</p>

<p>Ten years after <i>Garden State</i> made a splash, Zach Braff talks about his new film as co-writer/director/star, <i>Wish I Was Here.</i></p>

<p>Elvis talks to Max Brooks, bestselling author of <em>World War Z</em> and <em>The Zombie Survival Guide</em>, about his new graphic novel <em>The Harlem Hellfighters</em>.</p>

<p>Actor Andy Serkis brings depth to real-life characters, from Ian Drury in <i>Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll</i>, to serial killer Ian Brady in the 2006 film <i>Longford</i>.</p>

<p>Don't call him a cynic. David Wain may totally tear apart the romantic comedy genre in his new film <em>They Came Together</em>, but he does it <em>lovingly</em>.</p>

<p>Food, sex, and newfound freedom, all in comic form, by writer and cartoonist Mimi Pond in her new graphic novel/memoir <em>Over Easy</em>.</p>

<p>"I'm not as nuts as these characters I play, but anxiety is a friend of mine," says actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus of her roles on <em>Seinfeld, Watching Ellie</em>, and now, <em>Veep</em>.</p>

<p>Actor/writer/director Clark Gregg on his second feature, Trust Me, and defending his character Agent Coulson to old school Marvel fans.</p>

<p>"I don't want to scrub myself clean. I'm always interested in characters when they misbehave because of hurt." Comedian <strong>Jenny Slate</strong> on her first starring role.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>"Arrogance is funny. There's nothing funnier than a confident fool." Actor John Slattery talks about the humor of retribution in his directorial debut.</p>

<p>"It feels like being in love with someone who doesn't love back." Gia Coppola talks about the experience of making her first film, "Palo Alto."</p>

<p>Holly George-Warren follows singer Alex Chilton's journey from 16-year-old phenom with the Box Tops, to finding his own voice with Big Star.</p>

<p>Franklin Leonard describes The Black List as "eHarmony for people who write movies and people who make movies."</p>

<p>The creators and stars of IFC's original sketch comedy series "Portlandia" dish on its fourth season.</p>

<p>Comedian Mindy Kaling talks about how her first big break, in an off-off-Broadway show called "Matt & Ben," was actually quite literal.</p>

<p>New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff discusses Paddy Chayefsky's 'wandering in the desert,' and the making of his 1976 classic, "Network."</p>

<p>"I didn't know if it was good but I thought it was really good." John Maloof on finding a box of photos, a pivotal moment that led to the doc "Finding Vivian Maier."</p>

<p>Writer/director/producer Robert Rodriguez harkens back to the early days of television with his new network, El Rey. </p>

<p>Wes Anderson ponders the line, I think the world he wanted to live in ended long before he entered it, while discussing his eighth film as director, "The Grand Budapest Hotel."</p>

<p>"I don't trust authority. If your job is to tell me what to do, I think that's weird." Dan Harmon, the brain behind "Community," "Rick and Morty" and Harmontown.</p>

<p>Comedian Andy Daly on playing all-American archetypes with a David Lynchian dark side.</p>

<p>Dave Karger is unique among the ever-growing pack of 'Oscar experts.' He knows movies, yes. But what sets him apart is his historical sense of the Oscars.</p>

<p>Oscar nominee Bruce Dern shares his thoughts on Cannes, the Kardashians, and the 'opera of life.' <span style="color:#FF0000">Contains explicit language</span>.</p>

<p>Phil Lord and Christopher Miller on what it was like being nerds before the Internet made it cool, and starting a hunger strike in India.</p>

<p>"They were professional chameleons, yet they had to stay true to who they were as artists." Director Morgan Neville talks about his Oscar-nominated documentary.</p>

<p>"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" co-creators and comedy veterans Daniel Goor and Michael Schur on "MASH," Stephen Merchant and "Hill Street Blues."</p>

<p>He's got the Critics Choice, Golden Globe, and DGA Awards for Best Director. Is an Oscar in the cards for Alfonso Cuarón?</p>

<p>Director Kenneth Branagh talks about why Shakespeare and action movies have more in common than you think.</p>

<p>Playwright, screenwriter and actor Tracy Letts talks about being a 'Natural Born Dramatist.'</p>

<p>Contains explicit language. Charles Lane, creator of "Sidewalk Stories" on how he went from hating silent movies, to making one, in black and white.</p>

<p>Comedian Nick Kroll talks about 'sketchuational comedy' and explains what a Martuna/Tunatini is. WARNING: Contains adult content.</p>

<p>Actor Don Cheadle and creator Matthew Carnahan talk about ushering in the third season of "House of Lies" on Showtime.</p>