The revelations of the past few months - and the stories of victims who faded away - is further appalling proof of the extent of these biases. Filmmakers make movies despite often-crushing odds, and some make movies while also struggling against entrenched prejudices. Perhaps that’s why I’m especially grateful for this year’s good and great movies. They will remain the story for some time. The charges against them and the allegations leveled against other influential men in the entertainment industry and outside it are the cultural story of 2017. Ratner was facing serious allegations about sexual harassment and misconduct, and it was evident that these two power brokers had been living in a very different world - almost a parallel universe, really - with very different concerns, rules and ethics than many of us. Weinstein was accused by several women of sexual harassment and assault in November, Mr. That perhaps also explains why in August, Harvey Weinstein wrote a column in Deadline flacking his much-delayed, soon-to-be flop “Tulip Fever,” admitting that “writing this article is probably akin to putting a target on my back.” In March, the producer-director Brett Ratner said that the website Rotten Tomatoes “was the worst thing we have in today’s movie culture,” directly blaming it for “the destruction of our business.” It isn’t common practice for industry influencers to go after critics, but sometimes desperation wins out. Scott, share their favorite pictures of the year. The New York Times chief film critics, Manohla Dargis and A.O.

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