When Jean-Luc Godard's "Hail Mary" opened in Chicago on April 4, 1986, it drew a throng of angry protesters who considered ...

Athie is a grounded actor, a preternatural voice of reason who has the calm of a therapist advising a screaming patient. And ...

Yes is easily the most controversial film to hit theaters this year so far. It’s also, for all of the intoxicating rush of ...

The movie’s dark twist, which was teased in all the trailers leading up to the release, is revealed early in the first act.

Sometimes, it's a good film with contentious content. Other times, it's a terrible film that tries and fails to be transgressive. One thing is certain: When a film stirs up controversy, it's quite a ...

Kieron Moore's controversial queer thriller Blue Film received its first trailer showing the complex meeting between a camboy ...

Stacker researched films that provoked national controversy, highlighting 45 of the most significant along with their IMDb ...

Controversy in art and cinema reveals society’s boundaries, exposing the pressure points where cultural comfort meets disruptive truth. Films that generate genuine outrage achieve something more ...

Actor Andrew Garfield is the latest celebrity to speak out against writer J.K. Rowling, arguing that watching the “Harry ...

"Joan Huang idolizes the popular girls and dreams of being prom queen, but fears the only way to win is to look like all the past queens whose portraits line her high school halls. Enter Ethnos: a ...

Controversial films tend to have one of two effects: Potential moviegoers steer clear of the big screen, heeding critics' warnings to beware, or the promise of something contentious makes viewers want ...