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Censorship

Director David Cronenberg of the film 'Spider' during the Toronto International Film Festival

How David Cronenberg’s most controversial movie became a classic: “People were really angry about this film”

Divisive.

Aimee Ferrier
May 20, 2026
Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces - 1970

The 1971 movie that got Jack Nicholson into a “stand-up, knockdown fight” with the censors

He was not impressed.

Aimee Ferrier
May 12, 2026
Virgin Witch why was this 1971 British horny horror movie initially rejected by the BBFC

‘Virgin Witch’: why was this 1971 British horny horror movie initially rejected by the BBFC?

A classic example of British sexploitation.

Aimee Ferrier
May 4, 2026
Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)

How Gaspar Noé’s ‘Irreversible’ came into trouble with UK censors

Controversial.

Aimee Ferrier
May 3, 2026
Movie - Movies - Film - Cinema - Movie Theatre - General - 2023

The 1967 erotic drama so offensive a Texas cinema was burned to the ground for showing it

Controversial.

Aimee Ferrier
Apr 29, 2026
Marilyn Burns - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 1973

The complicated history of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s’ UK censorship

A horror classic.

Aimee Ferrier
Apr 26, 2026
'Crash', 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', and the laughable loopholes in British censorship

‘Crash’, ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’, and the laughable loopholes in British censorship

Fascinating.

Aimee Ferrier
Apr 17, 2026
Alfred Hitchcock - Director - 1960s

“It tickled him”: the Alfred Hitchcock movie that caused an uproar in multiple states

Controversial.

Aimee Ferrier
Apr 12, 2026
Three men walk into a senate hearing The unholy alliance of Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver

Three men walk into a senate hearing: The unholy alliance of Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver

A memorable if fruitless defense of rock ‘n’ roll impurity.

Andrew Clayman
Apr 8, 2026
Hollywood - Hollywood Sign - Movie - Film - Cinema - General

The first movie to be rated NC-17 for “extreme violence”

A landmark.

Aimee Ferrier
Apr 1, 2026
Bel Powley - Actress - 2015 - The Diary of a Teenage Girl

‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’: What happens when a movie is hidden from the demographic it’s designed for?

Disappointing.

Aimee Ferrier
Mar 28, 2026
Mimed tennis - Blow-Up - Michelangelo Antonioni - 1966

‘Blow-Up’: How an unassuming London park changed film censorship forever

A classic.

Aimee Ferrier
Mar 28, 2026

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