Harvey Weinstein is taking a leave of absence from the Weinstein Co. after explosive report in the New York Times about sexual harassment accusations, past and present.

The opportunity to work with Denis and Roger Deakins and Harrison Ford, it just felt like a wonderful opportunity to be part of something very special–Ryan Gosling.

On the surface, Foxtrot is yet another movie about loss–the unbearable grief of parents bereaving the death of their soldier-son while on duty.  But Maoz is such a bright and ambitious writer-director that it’s the film’s broader socio-cultural contexts and rich subtexts in which the tale is placed that make Foxtrot so devastating and impactful.

A highlight of the movie year, Call Me By Your Name is one of the most tender coming-of-age and lyrical gay romantic stories ever made, perfectly cast with Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet.

An intriguing variation of the ripple-effect narrative, The Insult is a movie in which a small gesture, a minor remark inevitably lead to increasingly bigger conflicts to the point where the initial argument spirals completely out of control.