Weekly Journal #35
News
The Actors With Disabilities Redefining Representation (New York Times)
Film
How Love in the Time of Corona was made completely in quarantine (EW)
The 50 Best Action Movies on Netflix Right Now (Vulture)
10 Films by African American Filmmakers That Belong in the Criterion Collection (Indiewire)
ABFF Creators Launch Inaugural Social Justice Now Film Festival (Deadline)
How to Read a Movie's Script While You Stream It (Lifehacker)
What If the Movie Studios Decide They Don’t Need Theaters After All? (Vulture)
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Midlife Crisis (Atlantic)
Television
‘The King and I’ Review: Something Wonderful, on the Small Screen (Wall Street Journal)
Warner Bros. TV Group Signs Overall Deal With Robin Thede (Deadline)
Sarandos on Resuming Production (Indiewire)
Rams. Chargers. COVID-19. How HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’ is handling its toughest season yet (LA Times)
John Oliver Questions Democrats' Convention Strategy of "Biden Is Not Trump" (Hollywood Reporter)
Commentary: After 2020, TV will try to return to ‘normal.’ We shouldn’t let it (LA Times)
High Fidelity’s Second Season Was Going To Make Cherise The Lead Character (Stereogum)
WBTV’s Susan Rovner In Spotlight Of NBCUniversal Top Programming Executive Search (Deadline)
Digital
Kevin Mayer Exits As TikTok CEO (Deadline)
TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface (Wired)
Good Reads
Admit It, You Do Laundry During Work Video Calls (Wall Street Journal)
Turning Stock Charts into Landscape Art (Kottle)
New York Times Presents: Nice White Parents (Listen)
An Apocalyptic August in California (New Yorker)