The studio packs more universal human truths than ever into its most culturally specific story yet
Part of growing up is learning to see the world differently. It’s an insight that the creative wizards at Pixar seem…
Great endings don’t bring a story to its completion. They merely conclude the part of the story to which we’re…
Let’s be honest: Superhero action was never designed for the physical world. Studios have done their best over the…
“Every time you lose, you damage the brand.” It’s the best of Cars 3 and the worst of it in a single line.
The thoughtfulness and artistry of a Pixar movie can make for a truly transportive experience, whether the setting…
Finding Dory sticks close to the Pixar formula. It is, like Cars 2 and Monsters University before it, a follow-up…
For years, Pixar was renowned for its rigorous development process, which sometimes involved the radical…
Pixar makes its movies for children. Not exclusively for children, of course—Hollywood figured out long ago that…
The original Monsters, Inc. was a big hit for Pixar, showcasing what the studio could do when given free rein to…
Brave, Pixar’s 13th film, marked multiple milestones for the animation studio. It was the first Pixar movie to…
Nine years later, Cars 2 is still widely considered to be the worst feature film to roll off the Pixar assembly…
For a franchise that’s only offered four installments over the course of a quarter century, Toy Story feels awfully…
When a critic refers to a film as “emotionally manipulative,” it’s usually meant as a bad thing. But perhaps the sin…
With the world teetering on the brink of sci-fi dystopia, it’s perhaps a good time to revisit our imaginary…
Emile is a rat that eats trash. Emile, you see, is us.
Do the cars in Pixar’s Cars get old? Questions like this have dogged the film since it came out back in 2006. That’s…
There’s a duality to the far-reaching appeal of a Pixar film that extends beyond bright hues and impeccable digital…
Much of Finding Nemo, Pixar’s fifth feature and the one to pull off the feat of setting nearly the entirety of its…
John Ratzenberger’s cultural footprint is humongous, considering that he’s a generally unassuming performer who…