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Film Censorship: ‘Jews of Egypt’ Film Passes Censor After Delay

Egyptian Poster

Egypt’s censorship office gave permission on Wednesday for the screening of a historical documentary about the country’s Jewish community, the director said, following a delay caused by a security agency that expressed reservations about the title. “Jews of Egypt” will

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Film Censorship: Egypt Won’t Permit Film on Egyptian Jews

Egyptian Poster

Egyptian authorities have failed to issue a permit to screen a historical documentary about the country’s Jewish community, the film’s producer said on Wednesday, one of a series of disputes over freedom of expression under the Islamist government. Egypt already

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Film Censorship: James Franco’s Protest Video Over Australian Film Ban

The film titled “I Want Your Love,” a collaboration between Hollywood star James Franco and director Travis Mathews, has been banned by Australian Classification Board. The Board stated the film was gratuitous in its depiction of gay sex, even though

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Apple’s Orwellian Censorship Patent

Earlier today it was brought to TMV’s attention that Apple is developing software that is capable of sensing when someone is trying to record a live event and then switching off the devices camera. It has been suggested that this

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The Weinstein Company Wants To Censor The King’s Speech

Source: Cinema Blend – By Eric Eisenberg Last month, Harvey Weinstein did something incredible for the film industry. After seeing one of his company’s best films, Blue Valentine, get slapped with an unjust NC-17 rating by the MPAA, he personally

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‘Sicko’ Censors Serve A Bland Happy Meal

Source: Hartford Courant – By Rick Green In Enfield, the public library must be a controversy-free, Lawrence Welk sort of place where “Finding Nemo” is welcome, but Michael Moore is blacklisted. “To show an offensive film of any sort at

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Zombies vs. Censorship: Which is worse?

Source: examiner.com – By Ben Anderson Ok, this really makes me sick, and I’ve seen Deadgirl twice! According to if.com, the director of The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) is facing police charges because they screened L.A. Zombie last year.

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Ryan Gosling Frustrated by Censorship

Source: Bloginity.com Ryan Gosling was “frustrated” when film censors tried to ban his ‘Blue Valentine’ sex scene. The 30-year-old actor – whose latest movie had its NC-17 rating in America reduced to R following an appeal – worries that people

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