A little older than the rest of the cast was Patrick Swayze as Darry, the older brother to Ponyboy and Sodapop, and the ...

(Are we always in the vacant lot? Is this some junkyard passion play? Why is a car now vertical?) And “The Outsiders” sometimes throttles its own exuberance. Taymor (“Heroes of the Fourth ...

how a car roars in memory. Given its subject, point-of-view, author and even its title, “The Outsiders” should not benefit so much from the expertise of insiders. To the extent it succeeds ...