New year's links

The first link list of 2013 and I don't have too much to say other than I'm working on my contribution to this year's LAMB Devours the Oscars. As I mentioned on Saturday, it's another City Mouse strip, this time featuring Collie (she kinda kicked CM to the curb this year). It should be done this week and will hopefully go up very soon. In the meantime, please don't be shy about letting me know what you think of City Mouse Makes a Movie; if you like it, hate it, whatever, tell me about it.

Similar to the Cinematic World Tour I went on last year, Ruth explores the scenery of Bruges as seen in the film In Bruges.

Jess takes a look at British royalty in the movies.

Andrew re-examines Beasts of the Southern Wild from a sociological perspective.

Retrospace spotlights British actress Diana Rigg of Avengers fame (no, not those Avengers)... wearing mini-skirts.

AFFRM expands to a new label and acquires a new film for it to distribute, the Caribbean film Better Mus' Come.

Has it really been 40 years since the birth of School House Rock?

Finally, if you just can't get enough of my artwork, my cartoonist pal Suzanne Baumann has posted on her blog a sketch that I did for her awhile back. She collects sketches from her friends all the time, and this one in particular is part of a themed series. Plus she does some cool cartoons of her own, so go take a look.