Movie ratings today seem like a standard way to guide audiences on what’s appropriate for certain ages. But behind the scenes ...

Film reviewing parents question the accuracy of the current movie ratings system from The Motion Picture Association, with some arguing many films are inaccurately labeled PG, PG-13.

While the NC-17 rating is often seen as something to avoid, a few classics have gotten that rating, including the first Evil ...

‘Terrifier 3’ Not Clowning Around: How the Uber-Gruesome Pic Upended the Movie Ratings System For decades, most cinemas refused to play a movie that was unrated. 'Terrifer 3,' however, was too ...

It reigned until 1968 when it was replaced by the movie rating system we know today. How familiar are you with the films and filmmakers that bucked these restrictive policies throughout the years?

In a history-making move, the uber-gruesome indie slasher pic Terrifier 3 took out a Hollywood institution in one fell swoop — the movie ratings system. Filmmaker Damien Leone’s threequel ...

An NC-17 rating is just about the kiss of death for a film’s hopes for Oscars and for box office receipts, as the highest grossing NC-17 movie of all time has been Elizabeth Berkeley’s camp ...

Smoking Will Now Be a Factor In Movie-Rating System This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such ...

Then MPA-chief Jack Valenti, alongside NATO, updated the ratings system as a way of appeasing lawmakers, including providing additional descriptors as to why a movie received the rating it did.

In a history-making move, the uber-gruesome indie slasher pic Terrifier 3 took out a Hollywood institution in one fell swoop — the movie ratings system. Filmmaker Damien Leone’s threequel stunned the ...