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 ...

The MPAA is known for slapping LGBTQ+ films with the dreaded NC-17 rating more than their heterosexual counterparts, pointing out the organization’s double standards when it comes to penalizing queer ...

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Ross Johnson writes about television, film, and literature for Lifehacker. He has a degree in political science from the University of Rochester and has previously been a legal writer and editor for ...

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 ...

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 NC-17 rating of Blonde, the Marilyn Monroe biopic that’s now streaming on Netflix, has been an understandable source of fascination over the last few months. It’s the most strict rating the Motion ...

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 NC-17 rating has historically been a film certification that’s bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma. Yet Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe biopic, “Blonde,” will carry the ...

Daniela is a freelance writer with two years of experience covering entertainment. She is a senior writer on Collider’s freelance team and has also been published in other platforms, such as Elite ...