The Treatment

Phillip Noyce 's Catch a Fire follows he real life story of an black South African who is radicalized after being wrongly accused. It follows the director's Rabbit Proof Fence and The Quiet American .  The film is about being awakened to the world around you and moments that change your life forever.

Sex and a need to connect in the days after 9/11 are both integral to the director John Cameron Mitchell 's second film as a director, Shortbus . Lyrical, literal and fanciful, it's his follow up to Hedwig and the Angry Inch . He reveals life from the other side of the camera.

After career performances under directors such as Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, Forest Whitaker ( Platoon, Bird, The Crying Game, Ghost Dog, The Shield ) is getting noticed for his work under a first-time director.   Whitaker’s portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland is taking him new places.   We find out exactly where.

A career as a producer for CBS News and CNN not only prepared director Amy Berg for her film, Deliver Us from Evil , it sowed the seeds for her documentary as well.   It's the story of the path of abuse left by Father Oliver O'Grady, who molested children in parishes throughout California for 22 year, and the awful authority of power corrupted.

Todd Field chose to complement his acting career, which includes a no-doubt influential turn in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut ,   with a career behind the camera. His directing debut, In the Bedroom , won him a Best Picture nomination.   His newest is an adaptation of Tom Perrotta’s Little Children .

After being rejected as an actor, Thom Browne decided to take control of his own fate.   In just a few years after starting his own line of elegant stark menswear, he's the hottest thing going.   He talks about turning the spotlight back on himself.

Director David Cronenberg said that the Chrysler 300c had movie-star charisma. Snoop Dog said he liked it so much he cthe company to demand one for himself. For "Style Month," Ralph Gilles , the Chrysler designer for the car, cruises by to share what's under the hood.

Portraits, frame and sobriety with a hint of wit. That defines the work of portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders , whose subjects range from authors to presidents to porn stars. Look , his newest book, adds models and designers.

Elvis Mitchell hosts former CAA agent Scott Sternberg , founder and designer for Los Angeles' Band of Outsiders clothing label.

You've probably seen the fashions of Ozwald Boateng on Jamie Foxx in Miami Vice, as well as on Paul Bettany and Laurence Fishburne. He's also starring in the Sundance Channel documentary series, The House of Boateng , and brings us a little couture.

The allure of street-poet Charles Bukowski is such that actors Ben Gazzara and Mickey Rourke, and directors such as Barbet Schroeder have taken their shot at him. Now, Matt Dillon ( Rumble Fish, Drugstore Cowboy, There's Something about Mary, Crash ) can be added to that mix. He stars in Factotum .

It's often the dream of indie filmmakers to expand a short film into a feature and see it hold up under that growth. Director Ryan Fleck and his writing partner, Anna Boden , did just that with Half Nelson . We'll talk about that nurturing process.>

He's Mr. Wick from The Drew Carey Show . He's also host of the Late Late Show . And now, Craig Ferguson has written his first novel, Between the Bridge and the River . He talks about writing – and talking...

Elvis Mitchell hosts actor William H. Macy (Fargo, Boogie Nights, The Cooler)whose new film is Edmond.

The career of composer Burt Bacharach (The Look Of Love , Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Alfie , Magic Moments, I Say A Little Prayer) encompasses every decade of the last 50 years. He hits the 21st century with his newest DC, At This Time, and talks with us about these socially-conscious songs.

Elvis Mitchell hosts author-critic Marshall Fine ( Bloody Sam:The Life And Films of Sam Peckinpah and Harvey Keitel:The Art of Darkness) whose new book is Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film.

On Michael Jackson , is a loaded phrase and, in Margo Jefferson 's hands, a book as provocative as its title. The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times book critic examines the ever-changing king of pop in her book-length essay.

Screen writer Wesley Strick's output (Arachnophobia, The Tie That Binds) includes having put an updated spin on an old case with the remake of Cape Fear, that he wrote for Martin Scorsese. With his first novel, Out There in the Dark, he once again borrows something old to make something new, folding film history and politics into a behind-the-scene tale.

Elvis Mitchell hosts writer Hazel Rowley ( Richard Wright: The Life and Times and Christina Stead: A Biography) whose new book is T--te----T--te: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.

From The Usual Suspects to The X-Men, Bryan Singer is fascinated with secrets, which makes his just the right director for Superman Returns.

After a significant career of acting in films ( The Woodsman, Mystic River, Apollo 13 ), Kevin Bacon is returning to the other side of the camera as director of Loverboy , his second film in that role.

Walter Hill redefined the action though a group of films -- The Warriors, 48 Hours, Hard Times, Southern Comfort -- that have become iconic. His newest project is a western miniseries, Broken Trail, for AMC. He'll discuss action and character.

The acrid poetic rage of House, MD has made star Hugh Laurie known for being more than Stuart Little-s dad. The Emmy-nominated doctor stops by for a house call.

After using film noir to tell the intimate stories in Memento and Insomnia, Christopher Nolan applies noir and intimacy to a film with a much bigger set of expectations.

Elvis Mitchell hosts director Chris Nolan whose films include Following and his new film, Memento.