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Support KCRW's public radio podcasts. Join online at KCRW.com or call 800-600-5279. A "treatment," in Hollywood parlance, is a concise overview of a screenplay. On The Treatment, film critic Elvis Mi... | |
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For writer-producer Tim Kring (Chicago Hope, Crossing Jordan), his series Heroes was a way to bring a full meal to audiences...  |
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Though Seinfeld and The New Adventures of Old Christine are different shows, both took times to catch on. Julia Jouis-Dreyfus talks about the move from cult hit to the mainstream.  |
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Low-key photorealism, well-chosen non-actors and an achingly heart-felt drama played out in the Mississippi Delta. That's Ballast, the feature film directing debut of Lance Hammer.
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer/director/producer/editor Lance Hammer, whose directorial feature debut, Ballast,
has been the recipient of several film festival awards, including the
Directing Award and Cinematography Award at the 2008 Sundance Film
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WEB EXCLUSIVE! Actor John Malkovich (The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, Being John Malkovich, The Sheltering Sky)
John MalKovich has to be engaged, and when he is, it shows. Whether it’s in films by Spielberg, Bertolucci, Eastwood (Changling), or Burn after Reading by the Coen Brothers. He talks about being turned on â€" and off.
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Before the Swift Boat Veterans and the dirty tricks of Karl Rove, Lee
Atwater treated political ads as trailers for horror films. Director Stefan Forbes' new documentary, Boogie Man, examines Atwater and the wages of fear.  |
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No living writer/director has influenced TV in the way that Steven Bochco has.  |
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Actor and writer Simon Pegg (Spaced, Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz) has found a way to integrate his pop-culture obsessions into movie and TV projects. His latest feature film is How to Lose Friends and Alienate People...  |
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You probably know Clark Gregg as an actor from The New Adventures of Old Christine or Iron Man. You should also know him as a writer-director...  |
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Elvis Mitchell hosts actor-director-writer-producer Ed Harris (The Right Stuff, The Truman Show, Pollock) whose latest film as screenwriter, director, actor and producer is Appaloosa, starring Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons and Renée Zellweger.  |
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Stuart Townsend is best known as an actor. For his writing and directing debut, Battle in Seattle, he chose the 1999 WTO conference as his source.  |
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