Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name” might become known as “Brokeback Biscotti” or “Peachtree Mountain.” But this sensitively told gay love story set in Italy in 1983 has been a huge hit tonight as one of the opening night films of the Toronto Film Festival. It may also cause a stir because one of the characters has sex with a peach. Superior acting, especially from Michael Stuhlbarg as the most understanding and insightful parent in history. A beautiful hit.

Even though it’s set in 1983, “Call Me By Your Name” is going to resonate in 2017 with a lot of different people — but most likely young people in this new environment where it’s okay to be whomever you want. Michael Stuhlbarg is American and Jewish, and a professor of archeology who lives in Northern Italy with his Italian-French wife and son Elio (Chalamet) in a ramshackle country home. Into this comes a new assistant from the US, Oliver (Hammer), who’s like a shining Robert Redford-ish matinee idol.

It’s almost a set up. The parents seem to understand without discussing it that Elio– who is a gifted musician– is likely gay. They almost assign Oliver to Elio and watch their relationship grow– even as Elio struggles with his feelings and attempts to woo a local girl who has a crush on him. That’s the basic scenario as the relationship between the teen and the young assistant blossoms.

SPOILER as Armie Hammer pointed out to me after the screening at a party at STK in Toronto, no one dies, no one gets AIDS or is punished for  being gay. And an unexpected speech by Stuhlbarg toward the end of the film is so moving that it legitimizes the entire film and everything you’ve seen up to that point. It’s quite brilliant and should earn Stuhlbarg an Oscar nom for Best Supporting Actor. Whether you’re straight or gay. it’s a moment like no other in film. Bravo.

As for the peach– well, let’s just say that produce has never  had a moment like this in movies. Luckily, by November when the movie opens, peaches will mostly be out of season. Otherwise Stop and Shop would be having a problem.

Once again, Doris Day didn’t make the cut. But a lot of good people will receive Governors’ Awards aka Lifetime Achievement Oscars this year.

The Motion Picture Academy chose writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman, actor Donald Sutherland and director Agnès Varda.

From the official release:

This year’s Governors Awards reflect the breadth of international, independent and mainstream filmmaking, and are tributes to four great artists whose work embodies the diversity of our shared humanity,” said Academy President John Bailey.

Born in Mississippi and raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Burnett is an independent filmmaker whose work has been praised for its portrayal of the African-American experience. He wrote, directed, produced, photographed and edited his first feature film, “Killer of Sheep,” in 1977. His other features include “My Brother’s Wedding,” “To Sleep with Anger,” “The Glass Shield” and “Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation.” Burnett also has made several documentaries including “America Becoming” and “Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property,” and such short films as “The Horse” and “When It Rains.”

Roizman earned five Oscar nominations for his work on “The French Connection” (1971), “The Exorcist” (1973), “Network” (1976), “Tootsie” (1982) and “Wyatt Earp” (1994). He began his career shooting television commercials before making his debut feature film, “Stop,” in 1970. His other notable credits include “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Absence of Malice,” “True Confessions,” “The Addams Family” and “Grand Canyon.” Roizman represented the Cinematographers Branch on the Academy’s Board of Governors from 2002 to 2011.

With more than 140 film credits spanning six decades, Canadian-born Sutherland began his career with small roles in British and Italian films before his breakthrough in “The Dirty Dozen” (1967). Since then he has starred in such varied films as “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “Don’t Look Now,” “The Day of the Locust,” “1900,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Ordinary People,” “Cold Mountain,” “The Italian Job,” “Pride & Prejudice” and “The Hunger Games” series.

Belgian-born Varda has been called the mother of the French New Wave. Her first feature, “La Pointe Courte” (1956) – which she wrote and directed with no formal training – is considered to be the film that inspired the movement. Varda has experimented with all forms of filmmaking from shorts to documentaries to narrative feature films during her more than 60-year career, including such works as the New Wave classic “Cleo from 5 to 7,” “Le Bonheur,” “One Sings, the Other Doesn’t,” “Vagabond,” “Jacquot,” “The Gleaners and I,” her autobiographical documentary “The Beaches of Agnès,” and her most recent work, “Faces Places.”

The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”

 Mariah Carey hasn’t had a real hit in a long time. So she’s doubling down on what is arguably her biggest hit, “All I Want for Christmas.” This perennial record has blossomed into a full length animated feature video that drops in November for the holidays. Mariah narrates, and Henry Winkler is one of the voices. This is a smart move by Mariah and her manager Stella. If they’re lucky and it’s good, “All I Want” will become like “Grandma Was Run Over by a Reindeer” and “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” to become a tradition.

Here’s the first look at my brand-new animated film, Mariah Carey’s "All I Want For Christmas Is You"! #ALLIWANTMOVIE @AllIWantMovie pic.twitter.com/eOk0tTz89V

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) September 6, 2017

What a turn of events: Colin Trevorrow has been ousted as director of “Star Wars IX.” Disney announced it as Trevorrow’s decision…

But Trevorrow’s massive box office debacle with “The Book of Henry” set this in motion. It didn’t matter that Trevorrow had a huge success with “Jurassic World” and will probably have another one with the sequel. “Henry” got terrible reviews and made just $4 million at the box office. Suddenly, Trevorrow went from favored guy to whipping dog.

In Hollywood, you’re only as good as your last movie. It’s not for the faint of heart, that’s for sure.

So who will direct “IX”? Who knows? Maybe Ron Howard. Why not?