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Articles and Commentaries The following articles discuss the NC-17 rating, the movie ratings system in general, controversies regarding movie ratings, and some reviews of specific NC-17-rated movies. Date Article Sept. 2007 How Ang Lee Earned His NC-17 Sept. 2007 Ang Lee's latest nabs NC-17 rating; Focus Features fine with MPAA decision Sept. 2007 The Naked Truth: Why Hollywood Doesn't Make X-rated Movies, by Kevin S. Sandler April 2007 Debating the MPAA's mission March 2007 'Respectable' NC-17 Movies January 2007 Q&A: Ben Meade -- The director of American Stag on dredging dirty movies from America's basement January 2007 MPAA wants NC-17 back: Glickman urges indies to embrace rating Sept. 2006 Censoring gay films? August 2006 MPAA Rates Film About MPAA Ratings As NC-17 March 2006 Dismissal sought of obscenity count -- Ayersville H.S. teacher showed NC-17 film January 2006 Rating (and Finding) the Movie Raters December 2005 "Rated" documentary rates NC-17 from MPAA Nov. 2005 The Hills Have an NC-17 Rating August 2005 "Truth" Hurts with NC-17 Nov. 2004 Review of Bad Education Nov. 2004 Male frontal nudity in the movies uncovers an old debate Nov. 2004 We need more sex (research). -- The release of Kinsey underscores the continuing rift in sexual understanding. Nov. 2004 Movie Industry Takes Cues from Blockbuster Sept. 2004 NC-17 rating fails to vex Waters August 2004 "Team America: World Police" dodges NC-17 rating May 2004 With NC-17, the picture gets fuzzy April 2004 Breaking the Barrier to NC-17 April 2004 NC-17 films make a comeback February 2004 Review of The Dreamers by Roger Ebert January 2004 Nudity in Films Nov. 2003 Rating the Rating System May 2002 NC-17: Art or Pornography? January 2002 The Dharma Blues, or how I brooded but did not weep over Kubrick's bomb 2002 X to NC-17: The Evolution of Film's Most Controversial Rating Nov. 2001 Lot 47 Films comments on the ratings system June 2001 cinephiles.net discussion on movie ratings May 2001 More Indies Avoid Film Ratings 2001 Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era, by Matthew Bernstein Nov. 2000 NC-17's High Price October 2000 F*#K NC-17 August 2000 Why Ratings Suck August 2000 Anal-ize this -- As Hollywood comedies get coarse 'n' coarser, ratings ain't what they used to be March 2000 First Annual Stony Awards Show Lights Up The Screen August 1999 Is the 'A' Rating Only a Thing of the Past? July 1999 Dead cert: the NC-17 rating 1998 The Rating Game May 1997 Broken English - NC-17 Controversy October 1995 NC-17 At Your Neighborhood Theater