What If Mickey Mouse Had a Life Outside the Movies?

Why we're drawn to illustrated icons

"...their top-line characters as celebrities separate to their roles. Mickey Mouse, McGowan notes, would do tell-all interviews with fan..."

March 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse Is a Tale of Perseverance

The mouse in everyone's house

"...two small, perched on one large. The silhouette of Mickey Mouse is one of the most instantly recognizable images..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...of physics. We watched the Disney Channel or played Mickey Mousecapades on his Nintendo while sitting on his Winnie..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

SXSW Film Review: Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Our convoluted relationship with everyone's favorite cartoon rodent

"...What would Mickey do? In Mickey: The Story of a Mouse, it..."

March 25, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mouse Hunt

"...Run Disney” Katzenberg) has at its center an evil mouse -- evil mice never having been Disney's forte (in..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free the Mouse!

Constitutional lawyer Lawrence Lessig spoke at SXSW Interactive Saturday about the need to keep big corporations from indefinitely extending copyrights so that we can create a "creative commons."

"...As sayeth the Constitution, no copyright lasts forever, and Mickey Mouse™ himself was due to enter the public domain..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

A Grouse With the Mouse

How Disney made a lesser duck out of Howard

"...kingdom, be it Daffy vs. Bugs or Donald vs. Mickey. The duck will tell you the same story every..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Mickey to Donald: Girrrrrrl, It's On!

Mickey, do you take Donald to be your lawfully wedded husduck? Donald, do you take Mickey...

"...and other progressive policies. Perhaps the house of the mouse will take on a Vegas-like nuptial notoriety during the..."

April 6, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Meet the Robinsons

While Disney’s latest animated feature might not be a sign of the apocalypse, it’s at least a sign that Disney needs to find some decent writers.

"...find some decent writers. The film opens with the Mickey Mouse short "Boat Builders" from 1938. Sure, the hand-drawn..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

A Goofy Movie

"...rhythm amounting to mental torture. As a sidekick to Mickey and Donald, he was fine, though I dreaded the..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Watson Proposes 'Naming Rights' for Cap Metro

Names of rail line, stations could be up for corporate bid

"...Metro’s critics have long branded that organization as a Mickey Mouse transit agency – but could it now officially..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Flaming Ears

"...co-director Pürrer), who is on roller skates and wears Mickey Mouse-like pyramids atop her head, engaging in drugged sex..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Outdoor Concert Kicks Off the Zach Theatre Season

Music, moonlight, and Mickey Mouse thrills audience and performers alike

"...Break out your Mickey Mouse ears and dancing shoes. Zach Theatre is back..."

March 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

Exhibitionism

Works by Chris Scroger: Mickey Mouse for the Next Millennium

"...had just seen a slice of futuristic animation, a Mickey Mouse for the next millennium...."

July 11, 1997 Arts Review

There's No Escape From Tomorrow

Director Randy Moore on fair use and Disney princess culture

"...social commentary on the power of the House of Mouse. But for director Randy Moore, it's been a personal..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom and Jerry

Your favorite cat and mouse duo are back and in NYC

"...animals that built Hanna-Barbera, troublemaking cat Tom and mischievous mouse Jerry, have eluded this kind of makeover – so..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gay Marriage American Catholic Style

American Catholic church celebrates marriage equality

"...told, 'If you want to be part of the Mickey Mouse Club, you have to sing the Mickey Mouse..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Plays Well With Others

How Creative Commons is redefining copyright law and what it means for artistic collaboration across the Internet.

"...fought the toughest battle of his career: man vs. mouse. And lost...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

A Gift for Every Gamer

Put yourself in the shoes of your gaming giftee and answer the following questions on your path to the perfect purchase.

"...Yes, I do Yes, I do No No No Mickey Mouse is too mainstream for me Mickey Mouse is..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

What’cha Watchin’?

Screens editor Richard Whittaker is all about that (Disney) park life

"...Support Midway to Main Street at www.patreon.com. Mickey Mouse (Disney+)..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Head Over Heels

"...play? Because the whole affair is all so damn Mickey Mouse Club I half expected Annette Funicello to prance..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...world's most recognizable rodent gets his story told in Mickey: The Story of a Mouse...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bukowski: Born Into This

Every young writer goes through a Bukowski phase, but only the skid row author himself was "born into it."

"...icon of truth and beauty masquerading as one of Mickey Spillane’s tough-guy ne’er-do-wells in the Eighties. Like Kerouac, Burroughs,..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Fantagraphics): In his 45 years of drawing the..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

McMetro Line Stops Here?

Cap Metro facilities may soon don corporate names, logos

"...Metro's critics have long branded the organization as a Mickey Mouse transit agency – but could it now officially..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two: That Was Then

The case for improving the quality of strategic political fictions

"...creatures that once inhabited this planet. It is a Mickey Mouse cartoon. Now..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Escape From Tomorrow

Shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World, this surreal drama about a man's mental disintegration at "the happiest place on Earth" lands a spitball in the Mouse's eye.

"...résistance goes far beyond flipping the bird to the mouse that roars...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hatin' It! Or… Your Kind of Place?

The AFA is boycotting McDonalds? Throw some cheese on those bitches.

"...Like Mickey Mouse, Mickey D's should hold tough. Tell Ronald to..."

July 7, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Babe: Pig in the City

"...George Miller. Starring: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney, E.g. Daily, Danny Mann, Glenne Headly, Steven Wright,..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Angel Dust

"...find him, Angel Dust is that rare avis, a cat-and-mouse thriller that lives up to -- and surpasses --..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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