"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 ...

before finally getting the chance to live out all her ballerina dreams — “Flashdance” was the underdog that had the whole world believing in 1983. Starring newcomer Jennifer Beals and direct ...

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 ...

“Flashdance” was one of those lightning-in-a-bottle movies that somehow perfectly captured its moment. Directed by Adrian Lyne, the movie’s atmospheric, neon-saturated style, brisk pacing ...