Hayao Miyazaki's latest fable is beautiful and whimsical. Unfortunately, it's also a little cold
By Stephanie Zacharek Aug 15, 2009
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Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 4, 2009
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The Disney-Marvel deal: Great news for faceless bean-counters -- and for Ant-Man! For movie fans, not so much
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 1, 2009
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Resistance is futile: Disney acquires the Marvel universe
By Andrew Leonard
August 31, 2009
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Critics say the studio's first African-American heroine isn't a good enough role model. What, like Snow White?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
June 1, 2009
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Trumbo's antiwar parable, Maddin's gorgeous weirdness, a children's film by Tarkovsky, arty French erotica, more.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 28, 2009
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Filmmakers hail the technology as a new frontier. But the future looks a lot like the past.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 28, 2009
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By Wagner James Au
February 1, 2009
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Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed!
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 20, 2008
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Stop rolling your eyes -- the latest fluffy movie in Disney's powerhouse franchise is a total kick.
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 24, 2008
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If India could survive Alexander, it can survive Disney. The foreign adventures of "High School Musical," continued
By Andrew Leonard
August 20, 2008
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Seeking suggestions: Best movies for kids, non-current, non-Disney (or at least non-CGI) and non-obvious preferred.
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 2, 2008
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Teenagers shame the Disney star for her controversial Vanity Fair shoot.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
May 2, 2008
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First "High School Musical," now "Hannah Montana." Are preteen girls staging a complete cultural coup? Totally!
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
February 12, 2008
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Did novelist George Eliot anticipate the ability of the brain to grow new cells? Did chef Auguste Escoffier foretell the science of the palate? Jonah Lehrer thinks so.
By Jonathon Keats
November 20, 2007
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This delicious tale of a rat who cooks is pure joy, a grand achievement -- one of the most beautiful animated pictures ever made.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 29, 2007
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Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and crew sail back into theaters. Send in the hook!
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 25, 2007
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Watch the Oscar-nominated Disney short -- and its earlier incarnations.
By David Puner
February 20, 2007
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Disney's "High School Musical" DVD has hijacked my children's lives. Its shallow plot and saccharine songs should inspire cynicism. So why can't I stop singing along?
By Eilene Zimmerman
January 22, 2007
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In an excerpt from Neal Gabler's massive biography of Walt Disney, the young animator arrives in Hollywood -- and gets his break.
By Neal Gabler
October 31, 2006
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Forget pompous Opening Ceremonies. First scandal, starring Gretzky, is real Olympic kickoff. Plus: Michaels traded for bunny.
February 10, 2006
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Politicians and pundits who attribute changes in the Middle East to the American invasion are living in a fairy tale.
By Arianna Huffington
March 17, 2005
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Disney's ever-expanding copyright powers are threatening to squash everyone's cultural creativity. As two new books compellingly argue, the time is ripe for more anarchy, and fewer lawyers.
By Farhad Manjoo
April 8, 2004
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Comcast's bid to buy Disney raises a specter even scarier than the witch in Snow White: A Mickey Mouse Internet.
By Farhad Manjoo
March 17, 2004
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Much of the "illegal art" in a major copyright-infringement exhibition is just plain silly. But the giant corporations that dominate our culture want to squash it anyway.
By Farhad Manjoo
July 17, 2003
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