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

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 ...

Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange premiered, igniting controversy and eventually leading to a Best Picture nomination.

Horror films and controversy have always gone hand in hand, but some entries in the genre rise to a different level of infamy. Extreme gore and sexual content are one thing, and extreme thematic ...

The film’s heat-soaked visual palette mirrors the rising tensions, with production design and color grading creating a physical discomfort that parallels the characters’ emotional states. The ensemble ...