In an uncharacteristically transparent move, the Motion Picture Association quietly pulled back the curtain on its movie-rating system, offering parents a clearer view of what content goes into each ...

The movie ratings board has pulled back the curtain on how it approaches hot-button topics, including nudity, marijuana and guns. By Julia Jacobs The people who give Hollywood movies their ratings ...

Movie ratings today seem like a standard way to guide audiences on what’s appropriate for certain ages. But behind the scenes, the rating system has a deep history of censorship in Hollywood. From the ...

Beware, lovers of movie ratings: They might be next on Art the Clown's victims list. For decades, the commercial prospects of a film, especially those appealing to children, were closely tied to the ...