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Minions: The Rise of Gru

The revised "Despicable Me" installment will no doubt cause Gentleminions to scoff, as Reuters reports China has altered the film's ending.

A protester holds a placard saying "Putin - hands off Ukraine" during the demonstration. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, members of the Ukrainian community and supportive Poles and Belarusians protested near diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation to express their opposition to Russian military aggression. In Krakow, where Ukrainian immigration is particularly numerous, several thousand people gathered in front of the Russian consulate. (Photo by Filip Radwanski / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

A new Russian broadcast regulation goes into effect March 1 mandating that 20 federal channels must be available to subscribers — but Netflix has no plans to add them.

February 28, 2022 2:40 pm

"Fight Club," Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, David Fincher

"If you don’t like this story, why would you license this movie?"

February 14, 2022 12:15 pm

Parasite, Bong Joon-ho

Bong's acclaimed film has just been removed from China's FIRST Film Festival for "technical reasons."

'Minions: The Rise of Gru' Ending Censored in China — Report

Previous screenings were canceled due to circumstances that could have resulted in the director being banned from filmmaking for five years.

'Minions: The Rise of Gru' Ending Censored in China — Report

The "Ash Is Purest White" director is no stranger to problems with Chinese censors, but it won't stop him from making movies there.

February 15, 2019 5:09 pm

Jack Smith's "Flaming Creatures" still maintains its power to provoke.

Critic and historian Jonathan Rosenbaum had his Facebook account suspended because he posted a still from Jack Smith's film, in which a female nipple is exposed.

February 7, 2019 10:00 am

Hagia Sophia seen in picture on a sunny day in Istanbul, Turkey, 24 April 2018. The Hagia Sophia, a former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal church was later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now houses a museum (Ayasofya Muzesi) in Istanbul.Daily life in istanbul, Turkey - 24 Apr 2018

As the Turkish government cracks down on creative freedom, filmmakers and programmers search for a way to keep their movies alive.

Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu

In a statement announcing the film's restriction, the Kenya Film Classification Board said "Rafiki" "promotes lesbianism in Kenya contrary to the law."

Prasoon Joshi Indian writer and poet Prasoon Joshi attends an event to honor Indian poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar in New Delhi, IndiaIndia Poet, New Delhi, India

While the replacement of the country’s film certification board chairman is a step in the right direction, there's still work to be done.

An Insignificant Man

"An Insignificant Man" is one of a number of films that have been challenged in India by the country's national censor board.

Michael Fassbender, Alien: Covenant

Chinese audiences were disappointed to find one of the movie's more interesting storylines is missing its climax.

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Millie Bobby Brown in Netflix's The Electric State

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