BBFC article archive

2020

• 8 Things I learned from the 2019 Annual Report
• Second-guessing which films caused the BBFC the most complaints in 2019

2019

• The BBFC relax their policy towards a certain word
• 8 Things I learned from the 2018 Annual Report
• Second-guessing which films caused the most complaints in 2018

2018

• The Consistency Act
• Sharp Objects gets rated 18 by the BBFC
• Inbetween a 15 and an 18
• The Death of Specificity
• 10 lessons learned from the BBFC's Annual Report for 2017
• The BBFC reading too much into a 'love scene'
• My idea of an ideal BBFC report, for the film Beast
• Second-guessing which films caused the most complaints in 2017
• 15-rated films with male-to-female usages of the c-word (which usually takes a film to 18)
• The rude gesture rudely gestures to sitting at the PG/12A border
• A film ratings megapost discussing Midnight Sun and Love, Simon's depictions of underage drinking, plot errors on the app for Detroit and Ready Player One, and how un-scary Thoroughbreds was
• Isle of Dogs: who got it right, the BBFC or the MPAA?
• A timely reminder of why I don't bother e-mailing the BBFC any more
• What were the BBFC smoking when they rated Red Sparrow a 15?!?!?!
• U-rated films that aren't squeaky clean
• Some BBFC nerding out I did when in HMV
• Breakdown of my movie-watching habits in 2017 by BBFC certificate 
• Coco and its three rating issues in three countries
• Calling a bit of peach-loving by its name

2017

• E-mail from the BBFC about Orange is the New Black vs Thirteen Reasons Why's depictions of rape
• Help me rank all 87 films I've seen on my Odeon card, from most childish to most adult!
• Another violation of the MPAA, BBFC, IFCO strictness hierarchy
• The hierarchy of strictness of rating sex at PG-13/12A in the BBFC, IFCO and MPAA
• 10 takeaways from the BBFC's 2016 Annual Report
• The IFCO's lack of complaints in '16 shows the merit of having the 16 rating
• Dunkirk's unprecedented four adjectives
• Teenage assassin - 12 or 15-rated?
• Second guessing the BBFC's list of 2016 complaints
• Very bad BBFC ratings
• Endless BBFC nerdiness
• A typo before the film
• Mild 12s
• A BBFC analysis of the Oscar nominations
• A dubious line of extended info for Rules Don't Apply
• Breakdown of my movie-watching habits in 2016 by BBFC certificate
• The BBFC Oscars and Razzies for 2016

2016

• Some BBFC observations when I went Christmas shopping
• Moderate 15s
• Let's talk about Sexual Activity
• Your Misname
• The longest BBFCInsights at 12A, 15 and 18
• My second e-mail of the year to the BBFC (also about a Chinese film)
• La La Land gets rated PG by the IFCO
• The biggest disparity between the BBFC and the IFCO?
• My 10 Favourite Performances in a U-rated Film
• The Girl on the Train gets rated 15 by the BBFC
• The Most Amusing BBFC Short Insights
• How on earth was Sausage Party a 15?!?!?!
• The Shade Between BBFC Insight
• When the BBFC Insight doesn't match what's written on posters
• Four 2016 blockbusters that got PG-13 in the States and 15 over here
• The BBFC's response to my e-mail to them about So Young 2: Never Gone
• My 10 Favourite Performances in an 18-rated Film
• My e-mail to the BBFC about So Young 2: Never Gone
• Suicide Squad gets rated 15 by the BBFC
• 8 Things I Learnt from the BBFC's 2015 Annual Report
• The Neon Demon gets rated 18 by the BBFC

2015

• Diary of a Teenage Girl and the 18 certificate
• Two epic fails in Empire magazine
• How my BBFC obsession taught me to spot a pirate DVD

2014
Gone Girl gets rated 18 by the BBFC

2011
Blue Valentine and the MPAA's aversion to cunnilingus

2009

• The pre-cuts to Angels and Demons to secure a 12A certificate
• Cracks gets rated 15 by the BBFC
• Frost/Nixon gets rated 15 due to use of 'motherf_cker'

2008
My Obsession with Film Classifications

2006
The Da Vinci Code gets rated 12A by the BBFC