André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

When Urban Cowboy arrived in theaters on June 6, 1980, it wasn't just another movie release. The film, starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, helped launch a full-fledged cultural phenomenon, ...

John Travolta took viewers on a genre-hopping adventure in the late 1970s and early ’80s, starting with disco in Saturday Night Fever (1977) before heading to 1950s rock-and-roll/doo-wop in 1978’s ...

Urban Cowboy was more than just a movie; for some country fans in the early 1980s, it was more like a way of life. For many moviegoers, director James Bridges' 1980 film starring John Travolta and ...

After several film hits like "Saturday Night Fever," "Grease," and "Urban Cowboy," multi-talented actor John Travolta saw his career start to sputter a bit. Travolta could sing, dance, and act as ...