Barbie? Titanic? Jurassic Park? What is the best $1bn movie ever?
Greta Gerwig’s comedy joins the relatively exclusive club of films to earn over a billion dollars, filled with sequels and superheroes
June 2022
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
June 2021
Ned Beatty obituary
Ned Beatty: the good ol’ boy who made playing the ordinary guy look easy
June 2019
Lucidity and beyond: how Toy Story's visual effects transformed cinema
Woody, Buzz and co didn’t just charm families in 1995 – they started an arms race that ushered in a new era of film-making
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
August 2016
Datablog
Thirty years of Pixar: from Toy Story to Finding Dory, the studio's biggest hits
The pioneering animation studio’s first short film – featuring that now-familiar hopping desk lamp – was released 30 years ago this week
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
January 2015
Peter Bradshaw’s top 50 films of the demi-decade
We are now midway through the 2010s. So what trends are emerging in cinema? Peter Bradshaw takes a look – and picks his top 50 films of the demi-decade
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
June 2012
Box office analysis: US
Brave new world dominated by Pixar
Jeremy Kay: Brave has set the second biggest June debut in history behind Toy Story 3, which opened in 2010 on $110.3m
August 2011
Virgin Atlantic in-flight films to carry 'weepy warnings'
Passengers invited to call for 'shoulder to cry on' during tearjerker films, such as Water for Elephants and Toy Story 3
April 2011
LoveFilm to stream Disney films
Toy Story 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean will be streamed for first time for between £2.49 and £3.49 a film. By Josh Halliday
March 2011
ET finale voted most powerful cinematic moment
Survey ranks moving denouement to Steven Spielberg's sci-fi blockbuster ahead of Toy Story 3 and Rocky
February 2011
I nominate Japanese anime for most underrated genre
Robert Dewar
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why Toy Story 3 should win the best picture Oscar - video
