Best of Pixar: our writers’ favourite movies from Toy Story to Turning Red
To celebrate the release of Lightyear, Guardian writers detail their most-loved films from the animation studio’s back catalogue
April 2022
Estelle Harris, Seinfeld and Toy Story actor, dies at 93
As Estelle Costanza, Harris put a memorable stamp on her recurring role in the smash 1990s sitcom
July 2019
Toy Story 2 casting couch 'blooper' deleted by Disney after #MeToo movement
Now removed scene features Stinky Pete behaving in an inappropriate way with Barbie dolls
June 2019
Lucidity and beyond: how Toy Story's visual effects transformed cinema
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Toy Story 4 review – new characters but the same old Story
January 2019
Magnolia to The Matrix: was 1999 the greatest year in modern cinema?
It was the year that brought us a feast of multiplex and arthouse pleasures and two decades on, its impact can still be felt in Hollywood
May 2018
'I completely lost it': the movie scenes that made our writers weep
From Toy Story 2 to Under the Skin, writers pick the cinematic moments that made them cry and explain why. Spoilers ahead
January 2018
Ranked
Every Pixar film ever made - Ranked!
It’s the studio that rewrote the rules of animation, and it hasn’t let up since. So which is the best – and worst – of Pixar’s 19 movies? We find out in Ranked, our new weekly series
October 2017
Tom Hanks: ‘I’ve made a lot of movies that didn’t make sense – or money’
In the downtime between movies, Tom Hanks has written his first collection of short stories. He talks books, regrets, Hollywood egos and fat astronauts
June 2016
Week in geek
Finding Dory to Cars 2: Pixar's greatest hits and misses
Pixar redrew the rules of animation with its groundbreaking CGI – and the gorgeous visuals are matched by lovable characters and thrilling storytelling
November 2015
'Evil gunslinger Woody' revealed as Toy Story celebrates 20th birthday
New images from Pixar’s ‘Living Archive’ reveal abandoned concept for Tom Hanks-voiced animated favourite, a mean old sheriff with a cruel countenance
September 2015
Stream on
New on Netflix in September – Keith Richards: Under the Influence, Line of Duty, Toy Story 1-3
The Stone rolls alone in a new rock doc, there’s another chance to see the Brit drama about cops fighting corruption, and enjoy family classics from Pixar
March 2015
Film blog
Is Pixar jumping the rubber shark with Toy Story 4?
News has emerged that the next Pixar sequel will be a romantic comedy that might leave favourite characters in the toybox
November 2014
Toy Story 4 set for release in 2017
John Lasseter to direct fourth instalment in the adventures of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and co
February 2013
Shortcuts
Wreck-It Ralph: why are all the film baddies turning into goodies?
Ryan Gilbey: From Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 2, to Javier Bardem in Skyfall, to the eponymous protagonist Ralph in Disney's latest 3D animation, film villains are all turning into big softies
January 2010
Film blog
You review: Toy Story 2 in 3D
Toy Story 2 (3D)
Toy Story 2 in 3D
Film blog
Toy Story 2 is completely different to me now that I am a father
October 2009
Film blog
Will Toy Story 3 seem like child's play compared to Pixar's more mature movies?
The first trailer is out for the followup to 1995's Toy Story 2. But how can it compete not just with our fondness for that film, but with Pixar's virtuoso output since?
