In local news...

I was a big fan of the Brian Wood/Becky Cloonan collaboration Demo, and Wood's upcoming Local (this time out, a collaboration with artist Ryan Kelly) looks to mine a similar vein of low-key, character-driven goodness. Basically, the sort of qualities in films that I rave about on my other blog. And come to think of it, I do seem to remember Brian Wood stating in an interview that the films of Lynne Ramsay were an influence on Demo. (Given that Ms. Ramsay is the director of Morvern Callar and Ratcatcher, well...that was certainly a circular line of thought, wasn't it?)

There's a workblog up for Local here. Thoughts on the series (both thematic and technical) are interspersed with personal narratives of cities and neighborhoods. Well worth a read...