Despite being the son of Melvin Van Peebles – the prophetic independent filmmaker behind The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), Watermelon Man (1970) and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) – ...

“It took just a pink shirt, white socks and a slide. Into the public consciousness glided Tom Cruise, his bare left leg snapping taut in the beat before the intro to Bob Seger’s ‘Old Time Rock and ...