The Treatment

KCRW 1713 - Damien Hauser’s African Sci-Fi film captures the randomness of life

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The Treatment

Episodes

Damien Hauser’s African Sci-Fi film captures the randomness of life

The Treat: Will Poulter

Kent Jones keeps the beat

The Treat: Julia Fox

Tim Robbins doesn’t want to be an expert

Rhea Seehorn on playing the silences in ‘Pluribus’

The Treat: Jerrod Carmichael

Mary Beth Barone on her ‘Galaxy Brain’

The Treat: Mario Van Peebles

Richard Pryor’s daughter grapples with the complexities of a notorious word

The Treat: Jordan Peele

Actress Mariska Hargitay gets personal in ‘My Mom Jayne’

The Treat: Richard Gadd

Mario Van Peebles on using action to reveal character

The Treat: Chelsea Peretti

How Wes Anderson uses music to bring his films to life

The Treat: Wes Anderson

How Martin Scorsese Stays Curious

The Treat: Spike Feresten

Edward Norton on the best date movie of the summer

The Treat: David Siegel

Richard Gadd on the duality in his work

The Treat: Simon Helberg

Geoff Bennett on 'The Golden Age' of Black TV

The Treat: Pete Ohs and Jeremy O. Harris

The 'Club Kid' is alright

The Treat: Tadashi Nakamura

RZA on the three things films should do

The Treat: Thierry Frémaux

How ‘Project Hail Mary’ captured the spectacle of space

The Treat: Cynthia Erivo

Jeremy O. Harris and Pete Ohs on casting Charli XCX in 'Erupcja'

The Treat: India Donaldson

Simon Helberg on the absurdity of ‘The Audacity’

The Treat: BenDavid Grabinski

Cannes Chief Thierry Frémaux on the origins of filmmaking in ‘Lumière, le Cinema!’

The Treat: Jeff Daniels

Rob Reiner on the legacy of ‘Spinal Tap’

The Treat: Phil Lord and Chris Miller

How Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg shaped Hollywood

The Treat: Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino

David Oyelowo on the dark reality of solitary confinement in ‘Newborn’

The Treat: Guy Trebay

Director BenDavid Grabinski on the retro sensibility of ‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’

The Treat: Kenneth Turan

Director Joseph Kosinski on the sound of ‘F1’

The Treat: Maria Bamford

‘Project Hail Mary’ directors on making outer space feel like home

The Treat: Ken Leung

Actress Erika Alexander on flexing her comedic muscles in ‘Reggie Dinkins’