Steven Spielberg, TIFF wraps, and more.

Sacheen Littlefeather tells it all; how to wear sheers; the multi-world box office; the future of our brains. Week of September 17th to 25th, 2022 WORLD BOX OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 12 to 18, 2022: THE ALL-FEMALE WARRIORS TOOK OVER [Viola Davis]( and her Agojie all-female warriors shook the box office out of its doldrums and reigned supreme. The Woman King predicted to earn from $16 million to $18 million, made $19 million instead, catapulting the action-drama-history to the top. Meanwhile, [China]( to laugh, [France]( their own movies, and [Italy]( and [German-Speaking]( territories can't have enough Minions. También Español.]( [Read more]( STEVEN SPIELBERG EMBRACES HIS ROOTS WITH THE FABELMANS After 34 films, [Steven Spielberg]( finally broke down. Not emotionally but cinematically. For the first time in the filmmaker’s storied and legendary career, he has allowed one of his movies to be officially entered into the Toronto International Film Festival. [Read more]( THE NIGHT WHEN SACHEEN LITTLEFEATHER TOLD THE WHOLE STORY On a festive night with dance, music and a full house at the Academy Museum’s David Geffen Theater last Saturday, a sad and painful chapter of American cinema ended up in joy and understanding. [Read more]( HOW TO WEAR SHEERS, ACCORDING TO STARS When [J]( Lawrence]( Florence Pugh, [Emma Corrin]( and Moore]( up on the red carpet in gauzy creations similar to each other within a two-week span, you know a trend is happening. Fashion has made a major change. Sheers have been embraced. How to wear them? What are they? Are they right for you? [Read more]( AND THERE'S MORE: IN MEMORIAM: JEAN-LUC GODARD Jean-Luc Godard, the adventurous, pioneering French-Swiss filmmaker who helped reinvent the vocabulary of cinema in the 1960s and was widely regarded as the godfather of the highly influential New Wave movement, passed away on September 13. [Read more]( TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: IT'S A WRAP “2022 brought an exceptional selection of films that excited festival audiences around the world,” TIFF’s CEO Cameron Bailey said in a statement. Our lineup showcased beloved auteurs alongside fresh voices in filmmaking." [Read more]( WILL YOUR BRAIN FUSE WITH TECHNOLOGY? [WERNER HERZOG]( TO KNOW. In his fascinating new doc Theater of Thought, Herzog turns much of his inquisitiveness inward, speculating in a whimsical fashion on whether humans of the future will have autonomy over our own ideas and judgments. [Read more]( OUT OF THE ARCHIVES,2001: [RUSSELL CROWE]( MENTAL ILLNESS "It’s about having different planes of reality that somebody else outside of you doesn’t understand. You can be having a completely full and fruitful relationship with somebody who doesn’t exist. So it’s going to be interesting.” [Read more]( Copyright © *2021* *HFPA, All rights reserved. Cover photo by © Greg Williams Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [Instagram](