The NC-17 rating is seen as taboo, but it lets movies explore the darker parts of human life, like in the films Perfect Blue ...

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 ...

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 ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...