Intimate conversations with the artists, directors, and visionaries shaping the way we see the world, hosted by one of America’s most celebrated cultural voices.
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The Elvis Mitchell Suite is Elvis's independent podcast and channel in-depth, unfiltered conversations with the filmmakers, musicians, and cultural figures shaping the era.
From Sundance to Hollywood
From intimate Sundance lounge conversations with Quentin Tarantino and Bill Murray to live studio sessions at KCRW's Annenberg Performance Studio, Elvis goes where the stories are.
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Since 1996, The Treatment has been the definitive film and culture interview program in American public radio. Broadcast on KCRW in Santa Monica and nationally distributed on NPR, it features in-depth conversations with the most influential voices in film, music, and the arts.
- On air since 1996 nationally distributed on NPR
- Broadcast on KCRW 89.9 FM, Santa Monica
- Guests include Ryan Coogler, Cynthia Erivo, Rob Reiner, Edward Norton, Joseph Kosinski
Written, narrated, and directed by Elvis Mitchell. Produced by Steven Soderbergh and David Fincher. A documentary 23 years in the making, a definitive examination of the Black cinema revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s.
- World Premiere — New York Film Festival, October 2022
- Netflix release — November 11, 2022
- 2023 Emmy Nominee · 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee
- Produced by Steven Soderbergh & David Fincher
At the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Elvis hosted The Elvis Mitchell Suite presented by Darling&Co, an intimate lounge on Park City’s Main Street that drew the festival’s biggest names for unscripted, candid conversations.
- Jan 27, 2025 — Quentin Tarantino revealed his next project is a stage play
- Jan 26, 2025 — Bill Murray made a surprise appearance for a reflective, career-spanning conversation
- Covered by The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and culturess.com
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Elvis Mitchell is an American film critic, host of KCRW’s The Treatment since 1996, visiting lecturer at Harvard University, and director of Is That Black Enough For You?!?. He has served as film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (1999 AASFE Award for Criticism), the LA Weekly, the Detroit Free Press, and The New York Times (2000–2004).
In 2002 he delivered the prestigious Alain Locke Lectures on African American culture at Harvard, where he subsequently served as visiting lecturer in Visual & Environmental Studies and African American Studies. He became Film Independent at LACMA curator in July 2011, and Film Scholar at UNLV in Fall 2012.
