On this day (July 14) in 1969, Easy Rider premiered in theaters across the United States. For many moviegoers, it was their first look at the country’s growing counterculture movement. The film, ...

Classic cinema and 1960s music go hand in hand, and we believe these are the best three examples of the artistic partnership.

An illustrated poster of Race With The Devil, with Roger and Frank, played by Peter Fonda and Warren Oates, driving and shooting a gun. Credit: Image via 20th Century Studios The mishaps on a road ...

Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda’s low-budget counterculture film Easy Rider was a sensation when it was released in 1969. It also helped make B-movie actor Jack Nicholson (born 1937) into a star.

This weekend marks the arrival of Jeff Nichols’s latest film, The Bikeriders. The film follows the Vandals MC, a Chicago motorcycle club led by Johnny (Tom Hardy). Benny (Austin Butler), the newest ...

The 1970s have come to be regarded as the last true golden age of American filmmaking, and this documentary, based on Peter Biskind's book of the same name, looks both at the movies and the people who ...

In this revisionist drama, the film delves into the family lineage of Wyatt Williams, the character made famous by Peter Fonda in the original Easy Rider Movie. Centering around the Williams family, ...

Peter Fonda has reportedly confessed that he smoked real cannabis on the set of Easy Rider. The 69-year-old actor told Extra that he, and co-stars Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper, used the drug to ...

Back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Hollywood had a thing for motorcycle movies. “Easy Rider” (1969) is the most famous, though it’s as much about drugs and rock ’n’ roll as bikes. Before and after ...