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Point Break

December 2021

  • Keanu Reeves (left) as FBI rookie Johnny Utah and Patrick Swayze as surfer/bank robber Bodhi in the 1991 action film Point Break.

    Stream team
    Point Break: Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze face off in surf-crime bromance

    Critics who dismissed Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 heist movie as shallow, blathering machismo have misunderstood this anti-establishment classic

February 2020

  • Christian Bale in American Psycho

    What do female film-makers have to say about male stories?

    The directors celebrated in a new season at the Barbican – focusing on films about men, made by women – on turning the traditional gaze on its head

August 2015

  • William Finnegan in Grajagan, Java, 1979

    William Finnegan: 'I was reluctant to come out of the closet as a surfer'

    The celebrated New Yorker staff writer has covered conflicts all over the world, from Sudan to the drugs war in Mexico. But his new memoir Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life is all about his hidden passion

January 2014

  • 'Nice to meet you. dude!' Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Point Break.

    The Point Break remake: Five rules to keep it young, dumb and ... you know

  • Gerard Butler, actor

    Gerard Butler in talks for Point Break remake

September 2011

  • 'Nice to meet you. dude!' Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Point Break.

    Shortcuts
    A remake of Point Break? Bring it on!

  • Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Point Break

    Point Break remake drives fans to breaking point

September 2009

  • Steve Coogan as Pauline Calf

    Film blog
    Why do we love spoofing Patrick Swayze?

  • 'Point Break'

    The film that made Patrick Swayze an action hero

August 2009

  • In the director's chair
    Kathryn Bigelow: 'I'm drawn to provocative characters'

  • The Observer profile
    Kathryn Bigelow: Director with a different take

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