http://dir.salon.com/topics/disney/?source=rss&aim=disney en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/15/ponyo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/15/ponyo/index.html?source=rss Hayao Miyazaki's latest fable is beautiful and whimsical. Unfortunately, it's also a little cold By Andrew O'Hehir Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/04/miramax/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/04/miramax/index.html?source=rss Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter By Andrew O'Hehir Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/01/disney_marvel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/01/disney_marvel/index.html?source=rss The Disney-Marvel deal: Great news for faceless bean-counters -- and for Ant-Man! For movie fans, not so much By Andrew Leonard Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/31/mickey_mouse_and_the_x_men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/31/mickey_mouse_and_the_x_men/index.html?source=rss Resistance is futile: Disney acquires the Marvel universe By Mary Elizabeth Williams Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/01/princess_problem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/01/princess_problem/index.html?source=rss Critics say the studio's first African-American heroine isn't a good enough role model. What, like Snow White? By Andrew O'Hehir Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/28/dvd_roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/28/dvd_roundup/index.html?source=rss Trumbo's antiwar parable, Maddin's gorgeous weirdness, a children's film by Tarkovsky, arty French erotica, more. By Stephanie Zacharek Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/05/28/zacharek_3d/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/05/28/zacharek_3d/index.html?source=rss Filmmakers hail the technology as a new frontier. But the future looks a lot like the past. By Wagner James Au Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/02/01/top_10_money_making_mmos_2008/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/02/01/top_10_money_making_mmos_2008/index.html?source=rss By Andrew O'Hehir Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/20/walle_dvd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/20/walle_dvd/index.html?source=rss Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed! By Stephanie Zacharek Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/24/high_school/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/24/high_school/index.html?source=rss Stop rolling your eyes -- the latest fluffy movie in Disney's powerhouse franchise is a total kick. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/high_school_musical_india_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/high_school_musical_india_2/index.html?source=rss If India could survive Alexander, it can survive Disney. The foreign adventures of "High School Musical," continued By Andrew O'Hehir Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/02/vacation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/02/vacation/index.html?source=rss Seeking suggestions: Best movies for kids, non-current, non-Disney (or at least non-CGI) and non-obvious preferred. By Tracy Clark-Flory Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/02/miley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/02/miley/index.html?source=rss Teenagers shame the Disney star for her controversial Vanity Fair shoot. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/02/12/hannah_montana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/02/12/hannah_montana/index.html?source=rss First "High School Musical," now "Hannah Montana." Are preteen girls staging a complete cultural coup? Totally! By Jonathon Keats Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/11/20/proust_neuroscientist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/11/20/proust_neuroscientist/index.html?source=rss 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 Stephanie Zacharek Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/06/29/ratatouille/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/06/29/ratatouille/index.html?source=rss 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 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/05/25/pirates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/05/25/pirates/index.html?source=rss Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and crew sail back into theaters. Send in the hook! By David Puner Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/oscars/2007/02/20/little_match_girl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/oscars/2007/02/20/little_match_girl/index.html?source=rss Watch the Oscar-nominated Disney short -- and its earlier incarnations. By Eilene Zimmerman Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/01/22/high_school_musical/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/01/22/high_school_musical/index.html?source=rss 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 Neal Gabler Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/10/31/gabler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/10/31/gabler/index.html?source=rss In an excerpt from Neal Gabler's massive biography of Walt Disney, the young animator arrives in Hollywood -- and gets his break. Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/02/10/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/02/10/friday/index.html?source=rss Forget pompous Opening Ceremonies. First scandal, starring Gretzky, is real Olympic kickoff. Plus: Michaels traded for bunny. By Arianna Huffington Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2005/03/17/fairytale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2005/03/17/fairytale/index.html?source=rss Politicians and pundits who attribute changes in the Middle East to the American invasion are living in a fairy tale. By Farhad Manjoo Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/08/copyright_culture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/08/copyright_culture/index.html?source=rss 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 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/03/17/comcast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/03/17/comcast/index.html?source=rss Comcast's bid to buy Disney raises a specter even scarier than the witch in Snow White: A Mickey Mouse Internet. By Farhad Manjoo Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/07/17/illegal_art/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/07/17/illegal_art/index.html?source=rss 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.