Jennifer Beals went from wide-eyed acting newcomer to movie star and 1980s fashion icon in "Flashdance" 40 years ago. Audiences were swept up in Beals' performance as Pittsburgh steel mill welder Alex ...

In the gleam of sweat on bare shoulders, in the sudden snap of a strobe-lit pirouette, in the promise of escape built from steel and longing — there lies Adrian Lyne. To talk about Lyne is to talk ...

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

Adrian Lyne’s smash 1983 hit arrives on Ultra HD for its 40th anniversary in a stunning-looking and -sounding new edition. Flashdance is essentially a musical where the characters dance their feelings ...

Launcher of a thousand off-the-shoulder sweatshirts, popularizer of leg warmers: it’s “Flashdance” and the film turns 40 this year, just like some of us are or have too. It’s hard to believe a beloved ...

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