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 ...

The makers of Flashdance hoped for a hit, but no one had a feeling it would become a generation-defining sensation. Bruckheimer remembers the film’s team struggling to choose the lead, but that ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Flashdance" is celebrating its 40th anniversary. First released in 1983, the movie follows the story of Alex Owens, an 18-year-old girl working as a welder in a steel mill. Owens has dreams of being ...

Nostalgia tends to color perceptions. It often overpowers logic, leaving behind unfairly positive or negative views of pop culture moments. In the 1980s, Adrian Lyne’s Flashdance dominated box offices ...

As his iconic film gets a splashy 4K release, the filmmaker talks to IndieWire about making a surprise hit, what he really thinks of the term "erotic thriller," and his one big regret. When Adrian ...