Writer-director Ira Sachs' "Passages," starring Ben Whishaw and Franz Rogowski, is the latest in a long line of queer films slapped with an NC-17 rating. It’s been 10 years since “Blue Is the Warmest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NC-17 is a rating by the Motion Picture Association that is given to a movie that it deems not suitable for audiences under 18 ...

A detail of the trailer for Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe film Blonde that may surprise some viewers is the NC-17 rating at the end. The film is clearly artistically shot, and seems to have an intense, ...

Obsession had to be cut to avoid the dreaded NC-17 rating, and we talked to director Curry Barker about the possibility of an unrated cut.

As far as the ratings system goes, the dreaded NC-17 is treated like the proverbial red-headed stepchild by Hollywood. Ordinarily doled out for explicit sexual content (violence, funnily enough, is ...

Ana de Armas is confused over the NC-17 rating given to her upcoming Netflix movie, "Blonde," about the life of Marylin Monroe. The Motion Picture Association of America typically gives a film an ...

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 ...

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 MPAA film rating system, especially the NC-17 rating, can significantly impact the commercial success of a film's theatrical release, often favoring studio productions over international or ...

The upcoming film “Passages,” directed and co-written by Ira Sachs, has received a rare NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Assn., the Los Angeles Times has exclusively learned. A decision has been ...

attends a photocall for 'One More Time With Feeling' during the 73rd Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 5, 2016 in Venice, Italy. Andrew Dominik says he was surprised by the NC-17 ...