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1.160 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
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Debra Granik
16 juni 2010 · 30 min
Sundance has been good for writer-director Debra Granik (Down to the Bone). She won all three time she competed. Her newest, Winter's Bone, got the Grand Jury Prize this year. It's the importance of film festivals.
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Rebecca Yeldham and David Ansen: Los Angeles Film Festival
9 juni 2010 · 30 min
From the obscure to the mainstream, forgotten masters to the next wave of directors, the Los Angeles Film Festival expands its reach with new directors Rebecca Yeldham and David Ansen.
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David Levien and Brian Koppelman
2 juni 2010 · 30 min
As screenwriters, you know David Levien and Brian Koppelman for Rounders and Oceans 13. Their second film as directors, Solitary Man, is a drama about a different kind of a gamble.
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Ken Loach
26 mei 2010 · 30 min
Organizing chaos and finding surprise in an enterprise that demands consistency are contradictions that attract director Ken Loach (Kes, Hidden Agenda, Cathy Come Home, My Name is Joe, The Wind That
Shakes the Barley, Sweet Sixteen, Bread and Roses) in his newest film, Looking for Eric. Lees meer -
Nicole Holofcener
19 mei 2010 · 30 min
Lovely and Amazing, Friends with Money... Nicole Holofcener plays it close to the vest with her titles, like her newest, Please Give. She gives a little away when she joins Elvis.
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Michael Caine
12 mei 2010 · 30 min
It's the voice, not just his own speaking voice but the way a character sounds that matters to Michael Caine (Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Cider House Rules, Alfie, The Dark Knight, Zulu) . His new film is Harry
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Sylvain White
5 mei 2010 · 30 min
Director Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Trois: The Escort)
has crossed genres, going from African American romantic thriller, to slasher film, to musical to action-adventure with his newest, The Losers.... -
Matthew Vaughn
21 april 2010 · 30 min
Matthew Vaughn worked as Guy Ritchie's producer before turning to directing. His three movies as filmmaker -- Layer Cake, Stardust and his newest, Kick Ass -- are all adaptations. It's two-fisted inspiration from the printed page.
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Shawn Levy
14 april 2010 · 30 min
Who'd guess that you'd find parts of director Shawn Levy's (The Pink Panther, Big Fat Liar) life in movies from Night at the Museum to Cheaper by the Dozen to his newest, Date Night. Make a date to hear about it. Lees meer
Elvis hosts director Shawn Levy to talk about his latest film, Date Night, starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell.
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Nash Edgerton
7 april 2010 · 30 min
From stuntman to director. If it's not a first, it's close. First-time
director Nash Edgerton (Spider, The Magician, The Pitch, music videos for Missy Higgins, Ben Lee and Bob Marley) talks about his film, The Square. He's gone from
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Kenneth Turan
31 maart 2010 · 30 min
Elvis hosts writer-film critic Kenneth Turan to talk about his book Free for All: Joe Papp, The
Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told. Lees meerWith the creation of Shakespeare in the Park and the birth of the public theater Joe Papp was responsible for building an unparalleled nonprofit institution. In the new book Free for All, Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times, NPR's
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Antoine Fuqua
24 maart 2010 · 30 min
After the success of Training Day, the experience of not making American Gangster left a bad taste in director Antoine Fuqua's mouth. He discovered the basics on his new film, Brooklyn's Finest.
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Havana Marking
17 maart 2010 · 30 min
There are more politics in American Idol than you might image, especially in Pop Star, the version shown in Havana Marking's (The Crippendales; Michael Palin: Himalaya; War on Terra - What would Jesus Drive?) documentary, Afghan Star....
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Dan Klores
10 maart 2010 · 30 min
In his documentaries, director Dan Klores (Crazy Love, Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story, Black Magic) takes an event, then lets the participants offer their points of view. It illuminates, not complicates. His newest film, Winning Time, showcases Reggie Miller and Spike Lee. Lees meer
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Avatar's James Cameron at the NRDC Event
5 maart 2010 · 40 min
Join Elvis Mitchell and Avatar director James Cameron for a special online edition of The Treatment, recorded live at a benefit for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Lees meer
WARNING: Explicit language
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Eddie Izzard
3 maart 2010 · 30 min
You know Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Twelve, The Secret Agent, Trumbo, Lennie) as an actor in film. You may know his stand-up as well. This year he hosts the Independent Spirit Awards.
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Jeff Bridges
24 februari 2010 · 30 min
Jeff Bridges (The Last Picture Show, Texasville, Tron, The Big Lebowski) is a lucky break for first-time writer-directors.
Thirty-five years ago he got his first Oscar nomination in Michael
Cimino's debut, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. This year, he scored his fifth nomination with Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart. Lees meer -
Geoffrey Fletcher
17 februari 2010 · 29 min
The novel that gave us the film Precious has been pursued by producers since it's publication. First-time screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher is the man who wrestled it to the big screen -- and got an Oscar nomination in the process...
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Scott Schuman
10 februari 2010 · 30 min
In 2005, Scott Schuman began blogging. His site, proof-positive that pictures tell the story, is now a book...
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Colin Firth
3 februari 2010 · 30 min
Oscar nominated-actor Colin Firth's film career is like a walk through the library. He's been in adaptations from A Christmas Carol, to Nostromo to Pride and Prejudice, with Bridget Jones thrown in. He currently stars in the adaptation of A Single Man. Lees meer
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Guy Ritchie
27 januari 2010 · 30 min
In Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, director Guy Ritchie (Revolver, RocknRolla) brought high-voltage filmmaking to modern London. He creates a venerable legend of an earlier time with Sherlock Holmes.
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John Cooper
20 januari 2010 · 29 min
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... Lees meer
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Oren Moverman
13 januari 2010 · 30 min
"Intimate" and "confessional" are not adjectives you'd expect to hear in a film about the Iraq war. Director Oren Moverman's The Messenger looks at the collateral damage on the home front...
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Tom Ford
6 januari 2010 · 30 min
Elvis speaks with fashion designer, writer-director-producer Tom Ford about his feature film debut, A Single Man, 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. Lees meer
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Jason Reitman
23 december 2009 · 30 min
What's easier, directing your own screen play or someone else's? After Juno, Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking) has returned to directing his own, the adaptation of Up in the Air. He discusses what's smoother sailing.
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Viggo Mortensen
16 december 2009 · 30 min
He's a poet, a musician, a painter and a photographer. But we know Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, The Lord of The Rings) best as an actor. The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's book, The Road, is a long way from Lord of the Rings. Mortensen, a man who's moved between two worlds. Lees meer
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Wes Anderson
9 december 2009 · 30 min
Martin Scorsese once called Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) 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 Fantastic Mr. Fox joins Elvis Mitchell on The Treatment. Lees meer
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Werner Herzog
2 december 2009 · 30 min
From shorts to features, fiction films to documentaries, directing to acting, Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) has completely immersed himself in film. His newest is his take on Bad Lieutenant. He talks about his own approach to film and life. Lees meer
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Chris Weitz
25 november 2009 · 30 min
How do you make a sequel to one of the most talked-about romances of all time? If you're Chris Weitz (American Pie, About a Boy, The Golden Compass) making New Moon, you stick to the text.
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Lee Daniels: Precious
18 november 2009 · 30 min
"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...
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Matthew Weiner
4 november 2009 · 29 min
Wen it started three seasons ago, Mad Men was a show not good enough for HBO. Now the rest of TV struggles to keep up with it. Creator Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos, Becker) discusses keeping the show ahead of the curves.
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Jason Schwartzman
28 oktober 2009 · 30 min
He's worked with Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola and Judd Apatow on the big screen. Now Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Funny People, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr.Fox) comes to the small screen as a big-hearted, broken hearted private eye. The show is Bored to Death – but you won't be! Lees meer
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Chris Rock
21 oktober 2009 · 30 min
Chris Rock 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 Good Hair, examines the profitable and self-denying world of black-hair culture. Lees meer -
Nicolas Winding Refn
14 oktober 2009 · 29 min
Elvis hosts Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher, Fear X) to talk about his new film, Bronson. The film is loosely based on the life of Charles Bronson, considered to be Britain's most violent criminal.
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Scott Hicks
7 oktober 2009 · 30 min
Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars, No Reservations… Director Scott Hicks is attracted to source material. His newest, The Boys Are Back, is another film of a book, bringing emotional honesty to the truth.
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Joe Berlinger
30 september 2009 · 30 min
From Brother's Keeper to Some Kind of Monster, director Joe Berlinger has made documentaries on communities in crisis. He goes to the Ecuadorian Amazon for his latest, Crude.
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Laura Jacobs
23 september 2009 · 29 min
Laura Jacobs has a luminous eye for detail, social and physical.
It can be glimpsed in her writings on fashion and culture or in her
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Jane Campion
16 september 2009 · 29 min
Writer-director Jane Campion (In the Cut, Holy Smoke) has felt the passion and complications left in its wake, from The Piano to her newest, Bright Star. She talks to Elvis about the fight between heart and head.
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Armando Iannucci
9 september 2009 · 29 min
A war in the Middle East may break out. What's more important than saving lives? Saving face, as seen in director Armando Iannucci's briliant satire, In the Loop, which derives from his BBC series, The Thick of It.
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Geoffrey Smith
2 september 2009 · 30 min
The moving and crafty documentary, The English Surgeon, deals with the
life and works of Dr. Henry Marsh. Its director, Geoffrey Smith (The Children of Helen House, Your Life in Their Hands), talks
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Bobcat Goldthwait: World's Greatest Dad
26 augustus 2009 · 30 min
You know Bobcat Goldthwait as the assaultively loud comic not concerned with fire safety. As a writer-director (Windy City Heat, Sleeping Dogs Lie) , he's focused on films dealing with discomfort, like his newest, World's Greatest Dad.
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Quentin Tarantino
19 augustus 2009 · 30 min
Jean-Luc Godard once said all you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. In Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction; Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2' Reservoir Dogs) adds Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler and a squad of Nazi-scalping GI's. (Rebroadcast from August 19.) Lees meer
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Judd Apatow
12 augustus 2009 · 30 min
Elvis hosts writer-producer-director Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin) whose latest film is Funny People, starring Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler.
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Nancy Miller
5 augustus 2009 · 30 min
Writer Nancy Miller (The Closer, CSI: Miami) sets her shows outside the LA-New York universe and gives them a deeper view of character. Saving Grace, set in Oklahoma, is about a copy bedeviled by an angel.
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Lynn Shelton
29 juli 2009 · 29 min
Writer-director Lynn Shelton's (My Effortless Brilliance, We Go Way Back) new film, Humpday, asks several questions...
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Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
22 juli 2009 · 29 min
Actor Isiah Whitlock, Jr. has worked with talents from David Mamet to
Spike Lee to Dave Chappelle. On HBO's The Wire, his portrayal of
Senator Clay Davis was a study in compromise. He now stars in Farragut North at the Geffen Playhouse. -
Sacha Gervasi
15 juli 2009 · 30 min
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 Sacha Gervasi's film, Anvil: The Story of Anvil.
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Chai Vasarhelyi
8 juli 2009 · 30 min
As a musician, Youssou N'Dour has always been about faith. In the documentary I Bring What I Love, director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (A Normal Life) follows him on the journey committed to that goal.
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Nick Dawson
1 juli 2009 · 30 min
From Utah farm boy, to pioneering film editor, to director of some of the 70's and 80's greatest films -- such as Shampoo and Being There, it's all part of Being Hal Ashby, the life chronicle by Nick Dawson.
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Anne Fletcher
24 juni 2009 · 30 min
After years as a choreographer, Anne Fletcher moved into directing with Step Up and 27 Dresses. Her newest, The Proposal, is a comedy about dancing around the truth.