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How ISIS Got Its Leader

What’s known about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, or ISIS? How did he become an important figure in the group? And who engineered his rise to power? FRONTLINE’s Martin Smith talks to Richard Barrett, a counterterrorism…

HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT

“HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT,” directed and produced by Jeff Krulick and John Heyn, is considered one of the greatest rock and roll movies of all time. Filmed in 1986 at a Maryland concert arena parking lot before a Judas Priest…

‘Last Days of Vietnam’: Relevant Subject But Numbingly Told

By Gregory Crofton Sometimes a movie comes out that isn’t professionally criticized. There are too many reasons for mainstream America to like it, so critics defer to the red-white-and-blue herd. Or maybe it’s directed by a Kennedy. “Last Days of…

Remembering Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee

Washington Post editor, Ben Bradlee, who was best known for leading the paper during its breaking of the Watergate scandal, died Tuesday at 93 in his home in Washington. By publishing the most controversial reports of the 1970s, Bradlee ushered…

James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley Jr.

Historic debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. at Cambridge University on the question: “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?”

The Blair Witch Project: Moments That Changed the Movies

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Blair Witch Project and its impact on the future of movies – from sparking a found footage genre boom to its innovative use of Internet marketing.

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