Content Warning: The following article contains discussions of sexual abuse, rape, pedophilia, drug use, and gun violence.Most film directors try to avoid the dreaded NC-17 rating like the plague. It ...

The line between R and NC-17 has always been a moving target, an arbitrary threshold that often reflects moral panic more than genuine concern. For decades, filmmakers have found themselves in battles ...

Movie ratings don't fall out of the sky — it just seems that way. Since 1968, anonymous members of the Motion Picture Association of America ratings board have all but dictated what the American ...

Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” is about to make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which means moviegoers will finally get to find out why the Marilyn Monroe drama is rated NC-17. The rating ...

The NC-17 rating has historically been a film certification that’s bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma.

Lions Gate was slapped with an NC-17 rating recently for the French horror film “High Tension,” which it will release in August. Traditionally, that would mean going back to the editing room and ...

No NC-17 rated film has ever won an Academy Award in a major category, and like "Blue Valentine," that poses a threat to "Shame," especially since Michael Fassbender who stars as the lead in the film ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...