As played by Jon Voight (opposite Dustin Hoffman’s Ratso), Joe Buck, in his fringe coat, cowboy hat, and, yes, boots, is playing at being a cowboy. He wants to be a professional stud, but he draws ...

The creation of the MPAA (now officially the MPA) can be viewed in several ways, favorably as a necessity to uphold a modicum of standards and protect younger viewers. However, to many, it exists as ...

Even if you haven't seen John Schlesinger's Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy, you have heard some of its dialogue. In fact, one of Midnight Cowboy's lines is so famous that many people don't realize it ...

When Midnight Cowboy came out in 1969, Miami Herald critic John Huddy heralded its arrival with a string of superlatives: “Staggering, shattering, heartbreaking, hilarious, tragic, raw and absurd.” ...

Inspired by Glenn Frankel’s acclaimed 2021 book “Shooting ‘Midnight Cowboy’: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation and the Making of a Dark Classic,” director Nancy Buirski (“By Sidney Lumet”) gives us ...

There’s a grim scene toward end of James Leo Herlihy’s novel “Midnight Cowboy” in which Joe Buck, a male hustler working Times Square, brutally beats a hapless gay businessman in a cheap hotel room ...

Midnight Cowboy wasn’t just one of the best movies of the ’60s, it might be one of the best dramas of all time. A big part of what made it great was the dynamic chemistry between its two stars: Dustin ...

Award-winning documentarian Nancy Buirski looks back to see what combusted to make the now-classic 1969 Oscar-winning Best Picture “Midnight Cowboy,” still the only X-rated movie to win that top prize ...

Every film follows a script, with actors rehearsing their lines over and over before filming even begins. Things don't always go according to plan, though. Sometimes an actor will be "in the moment" ...

We got an exclusive first look at the brand-new musical Midnight Cowboy. Adapted from James Leo Herlihy’s novel and the Oscar-winning 1969 film, Midnight Cowboy follows Joe Buck, a young man seeking ...

The Jon Voight-Dustin Hoffman drama won an Oscar despite the Motion Picture Association giving it an X, what’s known today as NC-17. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Ira Sachs’ Passages (released Aug ...

Jerome Hellman, the Oscar-winning producer of the groundbreaking 1969 film “Midnight Cowboy,” has died. He was 92. Over the course of his career, Hellman also worked on 1964’s “The World of Henry ...