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Film Ratings System — How Film Ratings Work: MPAA, Content Descriptors, and Why They Matter
Who decides what G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 mean, how the descriptors on a poster get there, and what a rating does to a film's reach.

Who decides what G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 mean, how the descriptors on a poster get there, and what a rating does to a film's reach.

Independent and prestige films rarely reach theaters by accident. Festivals are the route — and the marketplace — where most of them begin.

Light, framing, movement, and restraint — how world cinema, including Iranian film, turns simple images into ones you never forget.