This week, of course, brought with it the death of the strong, funny, and beloved Joan Rivers. This week we'll take a look at those remembering her incredible career, and a few other pieces of news and film writing from around the 'net. 

• Of course, the news of Joan Rivers' death was met with an outpouring of love and remembrances from fans and friends--here are a few: NPR spoke about her life, on the set of Conan, Conan O'Brien spoke of her influence on him after learning about her death, Vulture takes a look at nine of her best moments from TV and film, HitFix focused on her stint as a director, and Julie Klausner describes what it was like to work with her.
• "The Oscars have, for a good long while, functioned less as an actual barometer for quality in cinema than as an organizing principle for the movie-going calendar and its subsequent awards season. But for the Movie Internet™, it has become the hook that never fades." Flavorwire on how the movie press's constant Oscar talk is ruining film festivals for everyone. 
• This week, a trailer was released for David Lynch's upcoming art exhibit: "David Lynch: The Unified Field." Watch it here. 
• The Best And Worst 2014 Summer Movies: A Grierson And Leitch Report
• I realize we're looking at this a bit late, since Labor Day has somehow, since time is seemingly in fast-foward, already passed us by, but Ella Taylor put together a list of her essential labor films for for Fandor and it is absolutely still worth checking out! 
• "The protagonist of the new prison drama Starred Up is a seemingly unrepentant, defiant murderer who carries violence around as his first, last, and almost every option." The Dissolve's Tasha Robinson on "the rare and glorious freedom of the irredeemable protagonist."
• Scarlett Johansson had a baby this week! Congratulations, and welcome to little baby Rose Dorothy.
• "Broadly, the company’s earlier offerings consistently focused on Hollywood releases from a variety of eras, while their current titles skew more toward world cinema and independent or cult releases. These are both incredibly important areas of focus, and neither is intrinsically better than or preferable to the other; rather, they’re equally necessary for a well-rounded view of film history. And doing that right means embracing pop cinema." Daniel Carlson for Movie Mezzanine on the Criterion Collection and popcular cinema. 
• "Whit Stillman: Why I Love Working With Amazon" (h/t MediaRedef)
• Anne Helen Petersen wrote about Empire Records, "the unlikely film of a generation," for Buzzfeed this week.
• Over at The Dissolve, Matt Patches spoke to John Waters about his career, his future, and why he refuses to go backwards. 
• "The technology-led transformation in the media industry will continue to accelerate and force the movie business to evolve or suffer the consequences. We are now entering an ultra-high-def TV world; with the click of a button, unlimited content can be binge-viewed without commercial interruption from the comfort of your living room." The Hollywood Reporter on how the future of film depends on taking cues from TV. 
• Warner Bros. registered four superhero-movie domain names this week, but most of them shouldn't particularly come as a surprise. 
• And finally, this week I leave you with: a little pug puppy romping around in a ball pit. What joy!