Dwayne Johnson defies expectations with The Smashing Machine

In this web-only edition of The Treatment, Elvis Mitchell interviews Irish director Neil Jordan during the Toronto International Film Festival  about his latest movie The Brave One,  starring Jodie Foster.

7 Sep 200741min

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is the directorial debut of Jeff Garlin, creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm with Larry David. He's an actor and stand-up comedian as well as a writer and director (Mad about You, Daddy Day Care). How does he define himself primarily?

5 Sep 200729min

From Clint Eastwood and Fritz Lang to Alfred Hitchcock and George Cuckor, Patrick McGilligan has written biographies of known studio figures. With his new book, Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only, he turns to an African American figure who pioneered independent filmmaking.

29 Aug 200729min

Take a high school debater with a stutter. Add a fast-talking girl disguising her insecurities. Throw in a first-time fiction director. The result is Rocket Science, writer-director Jeffrey Blitz's second film. His first was the documentary, Spellbound.

22 Aug 200729min

Man versus machine versus man and the way pop culture defines them. Director Seth Gordon on his first feature-length documentary, The King of Kong.

15 Aug 200729min

The Simpsons Movie.  What sounds like a joke is a dream-come-true for many of us. Simpsons movie director David Silverman (Monsters Inc, The Road to El Dorado) talks about that journey to the big screen from your TV.Elvis Mitchell hosts animator–director David Silverman whose new film is The Simpsons Movie.

8 Aug 200729min

Writer-director-producer Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, United 93, The Bourne Supremacy) whose latest film is The Bourne Ultimatum.

1 Aug 200729min

Elvis Mitchell hosts writer–director-producer John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Stakeout, Heroes, Wargames, Crossing Jordan), who talks about his book I'll Be in My Trailer: The Creative Wars Between Directors and Actors.

25 Juli 200729min