The NC-17 rating, known as "X" before being replaced in 1990, is the most controversial rating in MPAA history. Receiving it often indicated that the film's content was too intense, provocative, or ...

Violence has been a key part of the movies since the very beginning of cinema. It can add to a film's tension, unsettle the audience, be played for laughs, or even just serve as entertainment. As ...

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 ...

I’d like to have seen the faces of the movie-ratings board members as they sat through the scene in Brüno where, according to the movie-business website the Wrap, the lead character, a gay Austrian ...