Mike White

This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes Oscar-winning actress and first time director Halle Berry. Berry’s directorial debut is “Bruised” on Netflix, which is about a disgraced MMA fighter who is battling her own personal demons. Berry also plays the lead in the film. She won the Oscar for her leading role in “Monster’s Ball” in 2001. Berry tells The Treatment that she is often drawn to characters who are broken down and searching. She says she actually shot one of her most challenging scenes on the first day of filming. And she says she wanted the look of the film to reflect the harsh, worn down world of the characters.

14 Dec 202130min

This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes writer Laurie Woolever, whose new book is ‘Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography’ about the late writer and television host Anthony Bourdain. Woolever was Bourdain’s assistant and collaborator before he died in 2018. She is also the co-host of the podcast ‘Carbface for Radio.” Woolever tells The Treatment that Bourdain wasn’t always the brash, outgoing person people saw on television. She says he was both deeply cynical and yet romantic. And she says that as open as he was about his flaws and his addictions, there were parts of himself that he held back from the public.

7 Dec 202130min

Writer Kelefa Sanneh on music’s relentless boundary blurring.

30 Nov 202129min

Writer and director Amy Koppelman on the same question all of her work attempts to answer.

23 Nov 202129min

Musician and actor, and author Steven Van Zandt on being in the right place at the right time.

16 Nov 202129min

Director Jeymes Samuel on the often ignored history of Black cowboys.

9 Nov 202130min

Director and actor Rebecca Hall on finding the language to understand her family’s complex history

2 Nov 202130min

Writer and director Mia Hansen-Løve on how cinema saved her life.

26 Okt 202130min