<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Reel Blog &#187; Ratings</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.natoonline.org/blog/tag/news-and-commentary-on-the-movie-rating-system/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:31:20 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Q &amp; A with Campbell and Fithian</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/06/04/q-a-with-campbell-and-fithian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/06/04/q-a-with-campbell-and-fithian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Fithian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Regal Entertainment Group Chairman and CEO Mike Campbell and NATO President and CEO John Fithian chat&#160; about theatrical exhibition with The Hollywood Reporter's Carl DiOrio.&#160;
 

Before getting outside the box office, they get right into it:
   


  
    
    
  
  THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/06/04/q-a-with-campbell-and-fithian/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Freedom of Expression</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/03/17/freedom-of-expression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/03/17/freedom-of-expression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/03/17/freedom-of-expression/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NATO President John Fithian presents the first ShoWest/NATO Freedom of Expression Award to Ang Lee and James Schamus for their courage and integrity in releasing Lust, Caution with an NC-17 rating.

&#160;



  
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/03/17/freedom-of-expression/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Word.</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/01/17/word/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/01/17/word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/01/17/word/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NATO's vice-president and general counsel, Kendrick Macdowell, turns the air blue with his explication of the Classification and Ratings Adminsitration's language rule in the latest issue of Boxoffice.

Misunderstood, often appealed, and utterly appropriate in Macdowell's thinking, the required "R" rating for two instances of "the F-word," gives the power of language its due. Cover your [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2008/01/17/word/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>If it&#8217;s Wednesday, somebody is getting NC-17 wrong again</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/11/14/if-its-wednesday-somebody-is-getting-nc-17-wrong-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/11/14/if-its-wednesday-somebody-is-getting-nc-17-wrong-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/11/14/if-its-wednesday-somebody-is-getting-nc-17-wrong-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It happens to the best of them. 
 
Even Boxoffice&#160; (NATO's official magazine), can't get its facts straight on the NC-17 rating. Michael Villapiano, in a November 7 blog post, retails some of the more persistent myths surrounding the rating. 
 
It starts in the first paragraph, which I'll reprint in full: 
 
 
 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/11/14/if-its-wednesday-somebody-is-getting-nc-17-wrong-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>James Schamus explodes the myths of an NC-17 rating</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/15/james-schamus-explodes-the-myths-of-an-nc-17-rating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/15/james-schamus-explodes-the-myths-of-an-nc-17-rating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/15/james-schamus-explodes-the-myths-of-an-nc-17-rating/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Focus Features' head and Lust, Caution screenwriter James Schamus was interviewed on KCRW's The Business this afternoon and calmly and genially eviscerated every myth surrounding the NC-17 rating. 
 
A few highlights: 
 

  Very few newspapers have refused ads for the movie. 
  
  Television advertising and standards &#38; practices execs [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/15/james-schamus-explodes-the-myths-of-an-nc-17-rating/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8216;Lust, Caution&#8217; makes record debut</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/01/lust-caution-makes-record-debut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/01/lust-caution-makes-record-debut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/01/lust-caution-makes-record-debut/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lust, Caution smashed records in its exclusive opening weekend iat New York's Lincoln Plaza Cinema. according to Variety:
 
 
  "Lust," carrying the ultra-restrictive NC-17 rating and clocking in at 158 minutes, grossed an estimated $61,688 for Focus Features in its exclusive run at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Among exclusive openings, it nabbed the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/10/01/lust-caution-makes-record-debut/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Front-paging NC-17</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/28/front-paging-nc-17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/28/front-paging-nc-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/28/front-paging-nc-17/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The L.A Times takes a front-page look into&#160;Lust, Caution's attempt to remove the perceived stigma and misconceptions of the NC-17 rating. Reporter Lorenza Muñoz goes deep into the weeds with studio executives and uncovers some new misconceptions perpetuated by the executives themselves. 
 
 
  In addition, the lingering association between NC-17 and X-rated [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/28/front-paging-nc-17/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why NC-17 matters</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/11/why-nc-17-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/11/why-nc-17-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/11/why-nc-17-matters/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ang Lee has cut approximately 30 minutes from his Venice Film Festival winner Lust, Caution in order for it to play on Chinese screens.
 
China, which has no rating system requires all films to be suitable for all audiences or it will not be screened. According to Variety, the film may also be trimmed for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/09/11/why-nc-17-matters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>No shame in NC-17: Ang Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/31/no-shame-in-nc-17-ang-lee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/31/no-shame-in-nc-17-ang-lee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/31/no-shame-in-nc-17-ang-lee/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ang Lee spoke up on the NC-17 rating attached to his new erotic thriller Lust, Caution (AP via L.A. Times)&#160;: 
 
 
  &#160;"In the past, NC-17 movies were equated with pornographic movies. Most movie theaters don't show them," Lee said after arriving to attend the Venice Film Festival, where "Lust, Caution" is competing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/31/no-shame-in-nc-17-ang-lee/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Focus steps up: accepts NC-17 on &#8216;Lust, Caution&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/24/focus-steps-up-accepts-nc-17-on-lust-caution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/24/focus-steps-up-accepts-nc-17-on-lust-caution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Corcoran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Reel Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/24/focus-steps-up-accepts-nc-17-on-lust-caution/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Focus Features accepted an NC-17 rating for Oscar-winner Ang Lee's period drama Lust, Caution, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
 
 
  "Lust" follows a young Chinese woman in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II who becomes the center of a plot to seduce and kill a married enemy collaborator. The trailer for the subtitled [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.natoonline.org/blog/2007/08/24/focus-steps-up-accepts-nc-17-on-lust-caution/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

