The Treatment

<p>Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston reflects on her relationship with her father, director John Huston, and why she hasn't had much luck directing movies.</p>

<p>David O. Russell talks about music, cliches, and Jennifer Lawrence in a neck brace. Recorded live at Film Independent at LACMA. </p>

<p>Have we seen enough movies about slavery and racism? "Hell no!" says director Lee Daniels.</p>

<p>Writer/director Scott Cooper talks about the tragic personal loss that inspired his second feature, "Out of the Furnace."</p>

<p>The usually silent half of Penn & Teller on how a fateful dinner in Las Vegas led to the discovery of a 350-year-old mystery.</p>

<p>Lenny Kravitz talks about acting the same way he talks about music, quoting Miles Davis, who said, "It's all about the notes you don't play."</p>

<p>Writer/director Malcolm D. Lee on why it took him 14 years to make a sequel to "The Best Man." Plus, what is a 'black' movie, anyway?</p>

<p>Writer/director Will Slocombe talks about making his first feature on a shoestring budget in twelve days... starring Peter Bogdanovich. </p>

<p> From the Village Voice, to Vanity Fair, to the New Yorker, and back to Vanity Fair, writer James Wolcott talks about his long career as an observer.</p>

<p>Director Steve McQueen makes films about things that people don't really talk about, but to him, they are deafening. He says, "If you're an artist, you have to have balls."</p>

<p>Husband and wife writing duo Dan and Stacy Chariton talk Art with a capital "A" and Romance with a capital "R" in their first film as screenwriters, "The English Teacher."</p>

<p>Hamlet, Strindberg, Israel Horovitz, Oedipus... and motorcycle gangs. Kurt Sutter, creator of 'Sons of Anarchy,' on his biggest influences.</p>

<p>They picked the title first, and the rest followed: Alec Baldwin and James Toback on their new doc hybrid for HBO, "Seduced and Abandoned."</p>

<p>'The most contemporary thing on television,' according to Matthew Weiner, isn't actually on television. Creator Jenji Kohan talks <em>Orange is the New Black</em>.</p>

<p>Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele talk about the intersection of code-switching and comedy, and how the internet is changing their definition of success.</p>

<p>Emmy winning reality show host Jeff Probst talks strategy, storytelling, and <em>Survivor.</em></p>

<p>Chadian director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun talks about what he calls 'film de quartier,' films of the neighborhood.</p>

Writer/director Kyle Patrick Alvarez on finding source material, most recently David Sedaris' short story C.O.G., and <a href="http://www.focusfeatures.com/cog" target="_blank">making it into a film</a> that is distinctly his own.

<p>Actor and first time writer/director Joseph Gordon-Levitt explains why "Don Jon" is not a movie about porn addiction.</p>

<p>With the series finale of "Dexter" looming, award-winning actor Michael C. Hall reflects on the particular challenge of getting an audience to warm up to a lonely serial killer.</p>

<p>Director Edgar Wright confesses he originally pitched "Shaun of the Dead" as Mike Leigh's "Love is Sweet," but with zombies. Mike Leigh's take? "Well it certainly had zombies."</p>

<p>Growing up in a family of talkers, actress Olivia Wilde quickly learned that there was nothing worse than being called boring.</p>

<p>Wong Kar-wai, director of "Chungking Express" and "In the Mood for Love," on why "The Grandmaster" is his first true kung fu film.</p>

<p>Actor and photographer Patrick J. Adams shares what Dustin Hoffman taught him about being afraid, and acknowledging it.</p>

<p>NOTE LANGUAGE ADVISORY: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, and Lance LeGault? David Gordon Green talks about the unlikely combo of actors in his latest film, "Prince Avalanche."</p>

<p>James Ponsoldt opens up about his childhood in Athens, Georgia, which included a lot of television, Walker Percy... and stepping.</p>

<p>Pervasive artist Gary Baseman invites us into his childhood home, literally, with his new exhibit at the Skirball.</p>

<p>Guillermo del Toro joins Elvis for a Q&A after a screening of <em>Pacific Rim</em> at Film Independent at LACMA, to talk about his first film since 2008's <em>Hellboy II.</em></p>

<p>Writer/director Maggie Carey explains why her film, <em>The To-Do List</em>, is <em>not</em> a romantic comedy.</p>

<p>On New Years Day 2009, Oscar Grant was fatally shot by a transit officer at the Fruitvale BART station. Four years later, first-time director Ryan Coogler tells his story.</p>

<p>The creator of "Strangers in Paradise" comic book series, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, on how he created the world of David, Francine and Katchoo.</p>

<p>Which writer/director of "The Way Way Back" used to be in a touring hand-bell choir complete with baton twirlers?</p>

<p>Rue McClanahan and Bea Arthur in "Fast & Furious?" According to Justin Lin, drawing inspiration from "Golden Girls" isn't as weird as you might think. Recorded live at the LA Film Festival.</p>

<p>Joe Manganiello's run on "True Blood" was only supposed to be six episodes. Now he's starting his third season with the show. So what happened?</p>

<p>Sofia Coppola on 'indulging' in reality TV and other forms of trash culture while writing her latest feature, "The Bling Ring."</p>

<p>Director Christopher Guest talks about the personal discovery about his own family that inspired his latest project, HBO's "Family Tree."</p>

<p>How Todd Phillips turned his fascination with heterosexual male relationships into the most successful R-rated comedy franchise of all time.</p>

<p>The director and co-writers of "Before Midnight" talk about how much has changed in the 18 years since "Before Sunrise." (<strong>CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE</strong>)</p>

<p>Eli Roth explains what happens when you cross a film purist with an octocam.</p>

<p>Director Sarah Polley turns the camera on herself in her latest film, "Stories We Tell."</p>

<p>Filmmaker Terence Nance talks about the difference between screening his debut feature at Sundance and in Brooklyn.</p>

<p>After a 5-hour lunch with series creator George R.R. Martin, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss reveal that making Game of Thrones came down to one question. CONTAINS SPOILERS</p>

<p>BONUS EPISODE: Jeff Nichols joins Elvis Mitchell in front of a live audience to talk about his latest film, "Mud."</p>

<p>William Friedkin once received three paintings as a gift from a fan… an unknown artist named Jean Michel Basquiat. What he did with them, plus other stories from his new memoir.</p>

<p>After visiting her father's homeland, director Mira Nair makes a film about the American Dream... from a different perspective.</p>

<p>Writer/director Shane Carruth talks about writing, directing, and starring in his second feature, "Upstream Color."</p>

<p>BONUS EPISODE: Danny Boyle and Elvis Mitchell in front of a live audience after a screening of Boyle's new film, 'Trance.'</p>

<p>Legendary actor, director, and philanthropist Robert Redford sits down with Elvis Mitchell to talk about his latest film as director, "The Company You Keep."</p>

<p>Elvis talks to Oscar winning screenwriter Callie Khouri, creator of the ABC series "Nashville."</p>

<p>Actress, comedian and screenwriter Casey Wilson talks about her big year at Sundance, and her ABC show, "Happy Endings."</p>