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 ...

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.

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 ...

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Ira Sachs' "Passages" is the latest film to be slapped by the MPA with an NC-17. But is the 33-year-old rating a useful designation or just a scarlet letter? He’s totally right, of course. Yet in the ...

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 ...

Obsession director Curry Barker says he cut “six or seven” head smashes from one gory scene to avoid an NC-17 rating. After premiering at TIFF, Curry Barker’s buzzy horror Obsession arrived at SXSW ...

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 ...

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 ...