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The steamy drama opens in select theaters this weekend, rolling out unrated after the MPA labeled it with an NC-17, a designation higher than R that prevents anyone under 17 from buying a ticket. (The ...

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 ...

The darkest, toughest and most explicit awards contender of the year came to the AFI Fest on Wednesday night. And after getting a look at "Shame" on the huge screen at Grauman's Chinese Theater, ...

Ira Sachs’s new film Passages has received an NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and the out director is not happy about it. Subscribe to our ...

For all its intricacies and complexities, the MPAA system is fairly stable. Everyone knows what the ratings mean, and there’s enough flexibility for films to experiment. Nonetheless, there have been a ...

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 ...

Ira Sachs has been making gay films for over 30 years but “Passages,” a gay, bi and hetero drama, marks the first time he’s been slapped with an NC-17 rating. His film, which premiered at Sundance ...

Filmmaker Ira Sachs has called the Motion Picture Association’s decision to give his film an NC-17 rating “a form of cultural censorship.” In a conversation with the Los Angeles Times, Sachs said that ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Depending on who you ask, an NC-17 rating is somewhat of a special distinction (on film Twitter at ...

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