Challengers, director Luca Guadagnino's bisexual tennis movie starring Zendaya, may not be particularly explicit in its sex scenes, but it follows in the footsteps of other recent films like Saltburn, ...

Another year brings another NC-17 controversy at the movies. This time it’s for “Passages,” the acclaimed romance drama from Ira Sachs that earned strong reviews out of the Sundance Film Festival ...

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 ...

It’s almost unheard of these days to see a movie with an NC-17 rating. The adults-only designation was created by the Motion Picture Association of America in an attempt to replace the earlier X ...

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 ...

Aaron Chan is a freelance writer and the principal owner and operator of SMACK Media, a Toronto pop culture blog. Aaron’s op-eds and news coverage is informed by his experience as a musician, ...

Filmmaker Ira Sachs has spoken out against the Motion Picture Association’s NC-17 rating of his Sundance film “Passages,” slamming the ratings board as “anti-progress” and saying that he will not ...

In a move that harkens back to the 1950s while simultaneously echoing the ongoing censorship of depictions of LGBTQ identity nationwide, the Motion Picture Association has given the upcoming queer ...

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 ...