New Puzzles 2 trailer introduces Anxiety, Panic and Confusion in Pixar’s Oscar-winning sequel

Disney and Pixar will release a sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning animated film about 11-year-old Riley and her five emotions. This time Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and…

It isn’t shocking – or radical – for Pixar to tackle puberty

Besides, how can alluding to menstruation through a box full of period products – which Mei’s mother produces in one scene – be inappropriate for young audiences,…

A bold and beautiful Pixar animation about female puberty? Turning Red is exactly that

It’s hard to know what’s more impressive about the latest Pixar film: its boundless artistry, ingenuity and loopy comic verve, or the mere fact that the studio…

‘Complete embarrassment and shock’: how Turning Red pushed Disney out of its comfort zone

A little over four years ago, Domee Shi was summoned by Bob Iger, Disney’s then-chief executive, to explain exactly how she was planning to spend around $200…

Disney’s Encanto is a huge hit – and that’s bad news for Pixar

From the outside it all looks a bit vendetta-like – not least because Turning Red is being actively kept out of cinemas, rather than merely offered at…