Just One Spark: Disney and the Business of Joy at SXSW

Josh D'Amaro and Alan Bergman on how to make someone's favorite ride

"...family and one of their children was wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt. Bergman asked if he’d been to Disneyland,..."

March 16, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall

When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out

"...Ann doll to signed first-edition books to a battered Mickey Mouse serving tray to a working, daisy yellow, Squirt..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 10-16

"...was broken. The food was unappetizing. The actor impersonating Mickey Mouse shucked his big mouse head and swilled a..."

May 10, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...High Tide Director/Screenwriter: Marco Calvani Producers: Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Marco Calvani Heartbroken and adrift, undocumented..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The War on the Walls in Yuliya Lanina's Mother/Land

The UT professor processes the personal impact of the Ukrainian invasion in her new multimedia installation

"...and went on to be known as the Russian Mickey Mouse through a series of beloved short films produced..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

"...connected to them as they connect Walt Disney to Mickey Mouse."..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Claydream

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

"...amusement park or wearing Wilshire Pig noses rather than Mickey Mouse ears, that never happened, and Vinton's artistic successes..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

SXSW Film Review: Anonymous Club

Courtney Bartnett wrestles with creativity and celebrity

"...Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 24 Beats Per Second,..."

March 22, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

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

Disney+ Comes to SXSW

Streamer presents three smashes free with local firms

"...the eagerly-awaited story of everyone's favorite cartoon rodent in Mickey: The Story of a Mouse. But you don't need..."

March 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

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

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

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

New Documentary The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story Tunes in to the Channel That Changed TV

Shorts, Dudes, and Good Burgers

"...TV. "All you have to do is watch The Mickey Mouse Club and Salute Your Shorts, and it's night..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights

The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas

"...there, the collection started growing each year: Santa, Snoopy, Mickey Mouse, and Mrs. Claus. More and more electronic dolls..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

New Multimedia Exhibit Captures East Austin Then and Now

Bear Lopez collaborates to celebrate his disappearing neighborhood

"...a remarkable collection of, among other things, Tonka Trucks, Mickey Mouse stuffed animals, and toy lawnmowers, either kept from..."

Oct. 16, 2019 Arts Post by Saskia Henn

Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America

The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see

"...Jemima as Wonder Woman and Marilyn Monroe, Sambo as Mickey Mouse and the Pillsbury Doughboy). With Charles appropriating the..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dumbo

Another Disney live-action remake, but this one has a little magic

"...Burton, back at work-whistling alongside Mickey Mouse, and screenwriter Ehren Kruger have stripped the original..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet

Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

"...otherworldly drool and shaking seats. If the house that Mickey Mouse built ever shifts focus to experimental art films..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...who should belong to the public domain, just like Mickey Mouse. As for myself, I'm more into auteurs of..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get in the Spirit of Spring With These Classic Movies

Our critics poke their noses out after winter

"...adorable (Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite") and your good ol' pal Mickey Mouse (Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice") before dropping the bloody..."

April 7, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse are Mickey Mouse's twin nephews...."

March 23, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Where Does Margo Price Get Off?

Willie, Billy, Loretta, and Nashville’s crossover queen

"...released. We just had such a great day there. Mickey Raphael, his harmonica player, he also played on that..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Carol

In this season of giving, who is the best Scrooge?

"...Scrooge McDuck: Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)..."

Dec. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"..."Mickey Mouse March," Full Metal Jacket The Paramount Summer Classic..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Life, Animated

The magic of Disney unlocks a boy's mind

"...her gift of a homemade necklace festooned with a Mickey Mouse charm is the fastest path to his heart...."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television Festival: Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling

How the World Trade Center attacks affected TV

"...up their asses. ‘They got the World Trade Center, Mickey Mouse is next.'”..."

June 11, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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