A new guide directed at parents, which the MPA softly launched online, reveals more specifics than ever on the criteria behind movie ratings.

Valenti had a stroke in March and was hospitalized for several weeks at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore. He died of complications from the stroke at his Washington, D.C., home, ...

The movie ratings board has pulled back the curtain on how it approaches hot-button topics, including nudity, marijuana and guns.

It looks as if the Motion Picture Association of America’s archaic and hidebound movie ratings system has dodged another bullet — but every fresh case highlights again the need to overhaul or even ...

WASHINGTON — Movies and cigarettes have long gone together like Bogey and Bacall, but after years of pressure from advocacy groups, films will now get tougher ratings if their characters light up. The ...

Ninety-five years ago Monday – March 31, 1930 – the Motion Picture Production Code, a form of industry self-censorship also known as the Hays Code, was formed, but not enforced until 1934. It reigned ...

Black Swan and Blue Valentine: Two films, one sex act, two different ratings, many pissed off viewers, and a partridge in a pear tree! For those of you keeping score at home, Blue Valentine was ...

The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as "guided by PG-13 ratings," saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ...