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Tag: censorship

  • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

    When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel, the Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won’t go down without a fight.

  • Cinema Paradiso

    A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist.

  • Big House Blues

    Ren and Stimpy, on the streets starving, are captured by the dog catcher. They end up in the pound and become frightened when one of the dogs tells them of the “big sleep”.

  • Demolition Man

    In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

  • University of Laughs

    In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.

  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.

  • The Secret Life of Brian

    A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.

  • The Cleaners

    A deep dive into the hidden industry of digital cleaning, which rids the Internet of unwanted violence, porn and political content.

  • Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

    A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called “video nasties” caused in Britain during the 1980s.

  • His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

    A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.