For Thanksgiving, André Soltner prepares a version of pumpkin soup that he watched his mother make over 75 years ago. The creamy soup is served in a pumpkin and garnished with croutons.
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…