How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...are on release at the same time. So Dean Fleischer-Camp can't help but laugh at the idea that someone..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

This new anime import marks a break with the Japanese traditions and invents a wholly original and kittenish appeal.

"...silliness to put it on par with the Marx brothers' most nonlucid moments. Taken as a whole (and at..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

30 Minutes or Less

Jesse Eisenberg reunites with his Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer for this action comedy about a hapless victim forced to rob a bank or be blown up.

"...Directed by: Ruben Fleischer. Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson,..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cartoons, Slight Return

"...was in heaven with this query. Max and Dave Fleischer created Koko the Clown for their Out of the..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Metropolis

"...but Tezuka's tale runs far deeper than your average Fleischer Brothers' Superman episode. There's Tima, a robotic girl unaware..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two

QT5-inspired obsessive cinema dementia; our community suffers another blow with the loss of Mambo John Treanor

"...the Smartest Horse in the Movies -- and the Fleischer Brothers' animated Gulliver's Travels. I'd seen The Golden Stallion;..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Austin Jewish Film Festival: Bukra Fil Mish-Mish

The tragic story of a lost chapter of animation history

"...in many ways, it's no surprise that the Frenkel brothers - the pioneers of Arabic animation - have been..."

Nov. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...got onto it nearly as fast as musicians. The Fleischer brothers made three stylish cartoons in the Thirties featuring..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Cat and Mouse

Slipping in and out of dreams, films, and comics, in which nothing is revealed

"...and cacti out of Warner Bros., Salvador Dalí, the Fleischer Brothers, and Georgia O'Keeffe...."

Oct. 5, 2007 Column by Louis Black

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...much as a scene with Louis Armstrong in a Fleischer brothers' Betty Boop cartoon, Gayle's head fills the screen..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Page Two

North by Northeast introduces club-hopping to Toronto.

"...surreal. At times, I think I'm trapped in a Fleischer Brothers cartoon. SXSW managing director Roland Swenson was talking..."

June 23, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Have Yourself an Animated Christmas

"...Black & White(Sundays, midnight), where I can indulge my Fleischer Brothers-Popeye obsession to its fullest. This leads us to..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Kill the Wabbit

"...understandable given the gawd-awful Paramount years, but the early Fleischer Brothers cartoons are artistic delights, if not as sly..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Shortcuts

"...from the Twenties, "Alice the Whaler;" and "Modeling," a Fleischer brothers gem from 1921 that features one of my..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...the director, the cast, the crew, her mother, her brothers, the ghost of her father and a rooster! Cast..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Scanlines

Shine

"...D: Richard Fleischer (1952) with Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Queenie Leonard, Jacqueline..."

July 11, 1997 Screens Feature

The Legend of Ochi

Storytelling sorcery meets movie magic in this A24 fantasy adventure

"...of fantasy art icons like Michael Whelan and the Brothers Hildebrandt. Their lineage is mixed with the dreamy qualities..."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Awful Nice Director/Screenwriter: Todd Sklar, Screenwriter: Alex Rennie Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...represented, with new films from Bob Byington, the Duplass brothers, Jonny Mars, Andrew Garrison, and Yaké Smith, as well..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...will also play with select features, along with Max Fleischer cartoons and coming attraction previews...."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...of filmmaking past -- screwball comedies like the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera and Howard Hawks' Bringing..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Beautiful Bitter

The heartachey animation of Don Hertzfeldt

"...not that close, might be Jan Švankmajer and the Brothers Quay.) His films are uneasy dreams, more often than..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Mentality of Politics as War

Scott McClellan on his time in the Bush Administration

"...one of my critics now, but my predecessor [Ari Fleischer], when I was leaving the White House, I talked..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Batman the Animated Series: Volume 2 and Superman the Animated Series: Volume 1

The 1990s were a golden era for intelligent, uniquely designed superhero animation series

"...were the Batman and Superman cartoons from the Warner Brothers team headed by Bruce Timm. Influenced by the classic..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Review by Rick Klaw

Letters at 3AM

Americans and Iraqis are dying for Bush's pride and his hopes of re-election

"...by Saddam Hussein. Saddam also executed two of Moktada's brothers. Certainly these Shiites had good reason to throw flowers..."

April 16, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"..."There is a First Amendment to the Constitution." Ari Fleischer on Bill Maher recently: "Americans need to watch what..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"..."There is a First Amendment to the Constitution." Ari Fleischer on Bill Maher recently: "Americans need to watch what..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column