AFS Cinema Celebrates Max Fleischer, the Man Who Made Betty Boop Boop-Oop-a-Doop

AFS Cinema spotlights the animation revolution created by Max Fleischer in the Fleischer Studios Legacy

"...In animation history, Max Fleischer stands on a par with Walt Disney, and..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gangster Squad

Despite uneven filmmaking and questionable facts, an extraordinary cast brings this story about mobster Mickey Cohen's attempted takeover of L.A. and the handful of honest cops who thwarted him.

"...Directed by: Ruben Fleischer. Starring: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone,..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Cartoons, Slight Return

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

Dec. 4, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...does it.   – James Renovitch The Cartoons of Max Fleischer..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Boston Strangler, Mr. Majestyk

"...videos, laser discs, and DVDs.)The Boston Strangler D: Richard Fleischer (1968); with Henry Fonda, Tony Curtis, George Kennedy, Sally..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Scanlines

Armored Car Robbery

"...D: Richard Fleischer (1950) with Charles McGraw, William Talman, Steve Brodie, Adele..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature

Pencils Vs Pixels

Touching documentary draws on the incredible history of animation

"...animation historians may fume inwardly at the erasure of Max Fleischer and Ralph Bakshi. Indeed, much like the Academy..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Claydream

The dueling feuds that overshadowed the career of Will Vinton, innovator of claymation

"...than cinema, and was already an established technique when Max Fleischer dabbled with it in the 1920s. Even Vinton..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Scanlines

Shine

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

July 11, 1997 Screens Feature

Silent Days and Nights

Discovering Live Cinema... Again

"...backers. The first festival, a retrospective on French comedian Max Linder, drew only a handful of people, but the..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Screens Feature

Opening Night at Guzu Gallery

Artists talk about their work for new horror-themed show

"...Devin Lawson: I've always loved Max Fleischer, and I originally did the Jason one a..."

Dec. 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...by line producer Don Robinson, are the bridge between Max Fleischer and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Then there's Mimi..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Still Life, All Shook Up

Naked Lunch's models are a bunch of sketchy posers

"...or lovingly laboring over – animated films. Winsor McCay, Max Fleischer, Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, Ralph Bakshi, Hayao Miyazaki,..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

American Pop

Ralph Bakshi, the animator behind Fritz the Cat, didn't invent rotoscoping, but he made it poetically epic with 1981's American Pop.

"...therefore controversial Fritz the Cat, didn't invent the technique (Max Fleischer did), but he made it poetically epic with..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Screens Review by Henri Mazza

The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...Corder, Independent Media -- which also include an old Max Fleischer cartoon with eerie parallels to Rocky Horror and..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

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

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Summer Movie Events

"...Most features will be preceded by short films, Max Fleischer cartoons, or an episode of the serial The..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Summer Film Events

"...Most features will be preceded by short films, Max Fleischer cartoons, or an episode of the serial, The..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Venom

Spider-Man's nemesis gets a spin-off without web-head

"...Directed by: Ruben Fleischer. Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...Marcel The Shell With Shoes On Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp, Screenwriters: Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Producers: Elisabeth..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hoppity Goes to Town

"...The second – and last – animated feature from Max and Dave Fleischer's animation studio is this look at..."

April 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...in importance."Marcel the Shell With Shoes On" (Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp; Screenwriters: Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp) – A short..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Who Did He Serve?

Scott McClellan on Bush, bipartisanship, loyalty, and duty

"...it was actually his predecessor as press secretary, Ari Fleischer, who suggested he write a memoir. (Fleischer, who wrote..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...flies for everyone: Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal, and a woman they both..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Christopher Abbott, Gaby Hoffmann, Chris McCann, Dan Bittner, Emily Fleischer (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Mentality of Politics as War

Scott McClellan on his time in the Bush Administration

"...deputy. I thought two years would probably be my max as press secretary, and I ended up closer to..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker