Few films embody the strange, glittery spirit of 1980 quite like Xanadu. Directed by Robert Greenwald and starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, and screen legend Gene Kelly in his final film role, Xanadu is an oddball hybrid: part musical, part roller-disco fantasy, part mythological romance. On release, it was dismissed by critics and struggled at the box office, but in the years since it has transformed into something of a cult phenomenon. It’s both a dazzling relic of its time and a strangely sincere love letter to imagination, art, and the dream of reinvention. The story is almost childlike in its simplicity. Sonny Malone (Michael Beck) is a frustrated commercial artist in Los Angeles, stuck replicating album covers when what he really wants is to create something original. His life is upended when he encounters Kira (Olivia Newton-John), a radiant young woman on roller skates who appears seemingly out of nowhere. What Sonny doesn’t know is that Kira is actually Terpsichore, o...