The Treatment

<p><a class="external-link" href="http://www.brooklynsfinestthemovie.com/"><strong><em></em></strong></a>After the success of <em>Training Day</em>, the experience of not making <em>American Gangster</em> left a bad taste in director <strong>Antoine Fuqua</strong>'s mouth. He discovered the basics on his new film, <em>Brooklyn's Finest</em>.</p>

<p>There are more politics in <em>American Idol</em> than you might image, especially in <em>Pop Star</em>, the version shown in <strong>Havana Marking</strong>'s  (<em>The Crippendales; Michael Palin: Himalaya; War on Terra - What would Jesus Drive?</em>) documentary,<em> Afghan Star</em>....</p>

<p>In his documentaries, director <strong>Dan Klores </strong>(<em>Crazy Love, Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story, Black Magic</em>) takes an event, then lets the participants offer their points of view. It illuminates, not complicates. His newest film, <em>Winning Time</em>, showcases Reggie Miller and Spike Lee.</p>

<p>Join Elvis Mitchell and <em>Avatar</em> director <strong>James Cameron</strong> for a special <strong>online edition</strong> of <em>The Treatment,</em> recorded live at a benefit for the Natural Resources Defense Council.</p> <p><strong>WARNING: Explicit language</strong></p>

<p>You know <strong>Eddie Izzard</strong> (<em>Ocean's Twelve, The Secret Agent, Trumbo, Lennie</em>) as an actor in film. You may know his stand-up as well. This year he hosts the <em>Independent Spirit Awards</em>.</p>

<p><strong>Jeff Bridges</strong> (<em>The Last Picture Show, Texasville, Tron, The Big Lebowski</em>) is a lucky break for first-time writer-directors. Thirty-five years ago he got his first Oscar nomination in Michael Cimino's debut, <em>Thunderbolt and Lightfoot</em>. This year, he scored his fifth nomination with Scott Cooper's <em>Crazy Heart</em>.</p>

<p>The novel that gave us the film <em>Precious</em> has been pursued by producers since it's publication. First-time screenwriter <strong>Geoffrey Fletcher</strong> is the man who wrestled it to the big screen -- and got an Oscar nomination in the process...<br /><br /></p>

<p>In 2005, <strong>Scott Schuman</strong> began blogging. His site, proof-positive that pictures tell the story, is now a book...</p> <p> </p>

<p>Oscar nominated-actor <strong>Colin Firth</strong>'s film career is like a walk through the library. He's been in adaptations from <em>A Christmas Carol</em>, to <em>Nostromo </em>to <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>, with <em>Bridget Jones</em> thrown in. He currently stars in the adaptation of <em>A Single Man</em>.<br /><br /></p>

<p>In <em>Snatch</em> and <em>Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels</em>, director <strong>Guy Ritchie </strong>(<em>Revolver, RocknRolla</em>) brought high-voltage filmmaking to modern London. He creates a venerable legend of an earlier time with <em>Sherlock Holmes</em>.</p> <p> </p>

<p>For John Cooper, new director of the Sundance Film Festival, it's all about moving into the future and maintaining tradition. Something old, something new... We hear about how films are selected, get a preview of this year's fest, learn about the new ‘Next' category and what it's like to work with Robert Redford...</p>

<p>"Intimate" and "confessional" are not adjectives you'd expect to hear in a film about the Iraq war. Director <strong>Oren Moverman</strong>'s <em>The Messenger</em> looks at the collateral damage on the home front...</p>

<p>Elvis speaks with fashion designer, writer-director-producer <strong>Tom Ford</strong> about his feature film debut, <em>A Single Man</em>, an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's novel of the same name. The film has received rave reviews and recently garnered several Independent Spirit and Golden Globe nominations, two of those for lead actor Colin Firth.</p>

<p>What's easier, directing your own screen play or someone else's? After <em>Juno</em>, <strong>Jason Reitman</strong> (<em>Thank You for Smoking</em>) has returned to directing his own, the adaptation of <em>Up in the Air</em>. He discusses what's smoother sailing.</p> <p> </p>

<p>He's a poet, a musician, a painter and a photographer. But we know <strong>Viggo Mortensen</strong> (<em>Eastern Promises, The Lord of The Rings</em>) best as an actor. The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's book, <em>The Road</em>, is a long way from <em>Lord of the Rings</em>. Mortensen, a man who's moved between two worlds.</p>

<p>Martin Scorsese once called <strong>Wes Anderson</strong> (<em>Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou</em>) his logical heir. Is it the way Anderson creates tension in the room or did Scorsese one day imagine Anderson at work in stop-action animation? The director of <em>Fantastic Mr. Fox</em> joins Elvis Mitchell on <em>The Treatment</em>.<br /><br /></p>

<p><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NANLIE~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" />From shorts to features, fiction films to documentaries, directing to acting, <strong>Werner Herzog</strong> (<em>Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn</em>) has completely immersed himself in film. His newest is his take on <em>Bad Lieutenant</em>. He talks about his own approach to film and life.<br /><br /></p>

<p>How do you make a sequel to one of the most talked-about romances of all time? If you're <strong>Chris Weitz</strong> (<em>American Pie, About a Boy, The Golden Compass</em>) making <em>New Moon</em>, you stick to the text.</p>

<p>"Precious," the story of an overweight and abused Harlem single mother fighting to survive, won this year's Sundance Film Festival’s Audience and Grand Jury prizes...</p>

<p>Wen it started three seasons ago, <em>Mad Men</em> was a show not good enough for HBO. Now the rest of TV struggles to keep up with it. Creator <strong>Matthew Weiner </strong>(<em>The Sopranos, Becker</em>) discusses keeping the show ahead of the curves.</p>

<p>He's worked with Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola and Judd Apatow on the big screen. Now <strong>Jason Schwartzman</strong> (<em>Rushmore, Funny People, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr.Fox</em>) comes to the small screen as a big-hearted, broken hearted private eye. The show is <em>Bored to Death</em> – but you won't be!</p>

<p><strong>Chris Rock</strong><strong> </strong>is known for his potent and direct stand-up comedy. As a filmmaker he’s turned that same unblinking eye on himself and black culture. His newest film, the documentary <em>Good Hair</em>, examines the profitable and self-denying world of black-hair culture.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Elvis hosts Danish writer-director <strong>Nicolas Winding Refn</strong> (<em>Pusher, Fear X</em>) to talk about his new film, <em>Bronson</em>. The film is loosely based on the life of Charles Bronson, considered to be Britain's most violent criminal.</p>

<p><em>Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars, No Reservations</em>… Director <strong>Scott Hicks</strong> is attracted to source material. His newest, <em>The Boys Are Back</em>, is another film of a book, bringing emotional honesty to the truth.</p>

<p>From <em>Brother's Keeper</em> to <em>Some Kind of Monster</em>, director <strong>Joe Berlinger</strong> has made documentaries on communities in crisis. He goes to the Ecuadorian Amazon for his latest, <em>Crude</em>.</p>

<p><strong>Laura Jacobs</strong> has a luminous eye for detail, social and physical. It can be glimpsed in her writings on fashion and culture or in her novels, such as her newest, <em>The Bird Catcher</em>.</p>

<p>Writer-director <strong>Jane Campion</strong> (<em>In the Cut, Holy Smoke</em>) has felt the passion and complications left in its wake, from <em>The Piano</em> to her newest, <em>Bright Star</em>. She talks to Elvis about the fight between heart and head.</p> <p> </p>

<p>A war in the Middle East may break out. What's more important than saving lives? Saving face, as seen in director <strong>Armando Iannucci</strong>'s briliant satire, <em>In the Loop</em>, which derives from his BBC series, <em>The Thick of It</em>.</p> <p> </p>

<p>The moving and crafty documentary, <em>The English Surgeon</em>, deals with the life and works of Dr. Henry Marsh. Its director, <strong>Geoffrey Smith</strong> (T<em>he Children of Helen House, Your Life in Their Hands</em>), talks about his unique approach and his subject.</p> <p><em><br /></em></p>

<p>You know <strong>Bobcat Goldthwait</strong> as the assaultively loud comic not concerned with fire safety. As a writer-director (<em>Windy City Heat, Sleeping Dogs Lie</em>) , he's focused on films dealing with discomfort, like his newest, <em>World's Greatest Dad</em>.</p>

<p>Jean-Luc Godard once said all you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. In <em>Inglourious Basterds</em>, <strong>Quentin Tarantino </strong>(<em>Pulp Fiction; Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2'</em><em> Reservoir Dogs</em>) adds Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler and a squad of Nazi-scalping GI's. (Rebroadcast from August 19.)</p>

<p>Elvis hosts writer-producer-director <strong>Judd Apatow</strong> (<em>Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin</em>) whose latest film is <em>Funny People</em>, starring Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler.</p>

<p>Writer <strong>Nancy Miller</strong> (<em>The Closer, CSI: Miami</em>) sets her shows outside the LA-New York universe and gives them a deeper view of character. <em>Saving Grace</em>, set in Oklahoma, is about a copy bedeviled by an angel.</p>

<p>Writer-director <strong>Lynn Shelton</strong>'s (<em>My Effortless Brilliance, We Go Way Back</em>) new film, <em>Humpday</em>, asks several questions...</p> <p> </p>

<p>Actor <strong>Isiah Whitlock, Jr. </strong>has worked with talents from David Mamet to Spike Lee to Dave Chappelle. On HBO's <em>The Wire</em>, his portrayal of Senator Clay Davis was a study in compromise. He now stars in <em>Farragut North</em> at the Geffen Playhouse.</p>

<p>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 <strong>Sacha Gervasi</strong>'s film, <em>Anvil: The Story of Anvil.</em></p>

<p>As a musician, Youssou N'Dour has always been about faith. In the documentary <em>I Bring What I Love</em>, director <strong>Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi </strong>(<em>A Normal Life</em>) follows him on the journey committed to that goal.<br /><br /></p>

<p>From Utah farm boy, to pioneering film editor, to director of some of the 70's and 80's greatest films -- such as <em>Shampoo </em>and <em>Being There</em>, it's all part of <em>Being Hal Ashby</em>, the life chronicle by <strong>Nick Dawson</strong>.</p>

<p>After years as a choreographer, <strong>Anne Fletcher</strong> moved into directing with <em>Step Up</em> and <em>27 Dresses</em>. Her newest, <em>The Proposal</em>, is a comedy about dancing around the truth.</p>

<p>Director <strong>Todd Phillips</strong> (<em>Starsky & Hutch, School for Scoundrels, All The King's Men</em>) has a gift for finding guys who have to show the worst side of themselves. He’s revealed them both in documentaries and fiction films, like his newest <em>The Hangover</em>.</p> <p> </p>

<p>For television fans, the phrase "not a routine expedition" ranks up there with "a three-hour tour." Director <strong>Brad Silberling</strong> (<em>Casper, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events</em>) brings TV fans the classic <em>Land of the Lost</em> to the big screen -- with extra cheese.</p>

<p>Elvis hosts writer-director <strong>Pete Docter</strong> (<em>Monsters, Inc, Toy Story, Wall-e</em>) to talk about his latest film, <em>Up</em>, the first Pixar movie to be projected in 3-D  as well as being the first ever animated feature film to be screened as the opening night film at this year's Cannes Film Festival.</p>

<p>Troma Studios co-founder <strong>Lloyd Kaufman</strong> (<em>The Toxic Avenger</em>, <em>Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) </em>has been about do-it-yourself. His new book, <em>Direct Your Own Damn Movie</em>, is the same thing.</p>

<p><strong>Russell Brand</strong> (<em>Forgetting Sarah Marshall</em>) has established his own separate wing to the garden of earthly delights...<br /><br /></p>

<p>Elvis hosts writer-director <strong>Rian Johnson</strong> (<em>Brick</em>) whose new film is <em>The Brothers Bloom</em>, starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo.</p>

After a tenure at Vanity Fair, <strong>Matt Tyrnauer</strong> has turned to making documentaries. The subject is the couturier, Valentino, at the end of his career but not his powers...

<p>From the scripts for <em>The Gambler</em> and <em>Bugsy</em> to his own films as a director, <strong>James Toback</strong> has made intensely personal work. His documentary, <em>Tyson</em>, is his own take on the boxer...</p>

<p>The past twelve months have seen slew of films on perversions of justice. <em>American Violet</em> brings that material to a smaller, more intimate scale. Director <strong>Tim Disney</strong> (<em>Blessed Art Thou</em>)  uses real life details to give his drama bite.</p>

<p>Turner Award-winner Steve McQueen’s directorial debut, "Hunger," is based on the 1981 IRA hunger strike in Northern Ireland's infamous Maze prison.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Comedy about shifting definitions of masculinity is where writer-director <strong>John Hamburg</strong> (<em>Zoolander, Safe Men, Meet the Fockers</em>)  finds laughs. His newest film is <em>I Love You, Man</em>, starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.</p>