Arthouse movies tend to challenge and provoke, but some, like Last Tango in Paris and The Devils, prove much more ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

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 ...

Netflix's holiday lineup includes The Family Stone starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton - a 2005 Christmas drama ...

A good ending is famously hard to nail down — leave too many loose ends and you risk leaving your audience unsatisfied. Belabor the point, and it can feel overwrought. But then there are those rare ...

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 ...

What makes a film controversial spans diverse factors beyond simple obscenity or violence, encompassing social taboos around race and sexuality, political themes that threaten power structures, ...