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 ...

The R-rating is an American thing, so maybe some definitions are in order. Well, one definition. An R-rating, in the U.S., is given to a movie generally aimed at adult audiences, with anyone under 17 ...

The term “R-rated” is synonymous with movies that are, for all intents and purposes, intended for adults. The R-rating exists in the U.S. and is given to movies with content that you have to be 17 or ...

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 ...

When you hear that a movie is rated NC-17, classic cinema is likely not the first thing that comes to mind first. The rating has been around for about 20 years, but it's mostly been associated with ...

Showgirls stars Elizabeth Berkley as a Vegas dancer trying to move up from a seedy club to a glamorous hotel show. Paul Verhoeven’s NC-17 movie... Revisiting 'Showgirls', 30 Years Later Showgirls ...

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