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Are The Menu and Ratatouille Actually the Same Story?
The Menu and Ratatouille are not the best back-to-back features for a movie night, but the two films actually have more in common than you might initially expect. The former is an eloquent criticism of elitism and class dynamics whereas the latter is… also an eloquent criticism of elitism and class dynamics. Though these two […]
Continue readingPatton Oswalt: ‘I Don’t Think Cancel Culture Is Real’ — Interview
Patton Oswalt has several modes: There’s the affable, warts-and-all comedian who has been performing onstage for decades, the comedic performer with dramatic chops known for everything from “Ratatouille” to “Young Adult,” and a comic book junkie who reads as much as he writes for the form.These days, all those instincts are on display. This week, […]
Continue readingLightyear Spoiler Review: A Brand Deposit That Fails To Achieve Lift-Off
Expectations are the damnedest thing. Over nearly thirty years of making computer-animated feature films, Pixar Animation Studios has created a set of expectations that are gradually becoming impossible to overcome. Among its initial films, the studio made such wonderful original stories that seemed impossible to top. In the late-2000s, with a run of films like […]
Continue readingThe Daily Stream: Ratatouille Is A Reminder To Slow Down And Appreciate Life
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Ratatouille“Where You Can Stream It: Disney+The Pitch: Back in 2007, we got a movie about a rat that cooks. I actually remember watching the first […]
Continue readingLightyear Director Angus MacLane And Producer Galyn Susman On Metanarrative And More [Interview]
Director Angus MacLane and producer Galyn Susman have been heavily involved in numerous Pixar projects going back decades. Susman’s first credit as an associate producer came with “Ratatouille” in 2007, and she later produced several Pixar shorts and TV specials. Her first credited feature as a producer was for “Toy Story 4,” and she returns […]
Continue readingListen To The First Track From Pixar’s Lightyear Score
Michael Giacchino has already dropped what’s sure to be one of the best soundtracks of the year with “The Batman,” and now, the composer is back at it again with “Lightyear.” Ahead of the Pixar film’s June premiere, Disney Music’s Vevo channel has made the first track from the soundtrack available on YouTube. The tune, […]
Continue reading‘Ray Gunn’: Director Brad Bird Reunites With Disgraced Former Pixar Head John Lasseter For Orginal Animated Film
Director Brad Bird is returning to animated feature films, but won’t be heading back to Pixar. Bird previously worked with the Disney-owned animation house leading two Best Animated Feature Oscars for his work on “Incredibles” and “Ratatouille.” According to Deadline, Bird is teaming up with disgraced former Pixar head John Lasseter and Skydance Animation for […]
Continue reading‘Nona’: The Pixar SparkShort Wrestles with Cross-Generational Bonding During Playtime
In the Pixar SparkShort, “Nona” (from Disney+), Louis Gonzales tapped into childhood memories of bonding with his grandma over wrestling. However, he needed a conflict, so he came up with a story in which a five-year-old girl visits her grandma, who is too preoccupied with watching her favorite TV show, “E.W.W. Smashdown Wrestling,” to play […]
Continue readingForget Ratatouille, here’s Ratatoing! The rise and rise of the ‘mockbuster’
If there’s a big animated film coming out, a studio somewhere will be rushing to release a cheap imitation. But who makes them? Are they proud of their work? And how did they become an internet hit?It is hard to describe what happens 24 minutes into Ratatoing, an animated children’s movie from 2007. Four unnerving […]
Continue readingCrowd-created TikTok phenomenon Ratatouille the musical is coming to Broadway
The unofficial musical Ratatousical which spread through viral videos will have a one-off charity performance on 1 JanuaryIt’s a sentence that seemed impossible just a few days ago, and would have made zero sense any time before this year.But, in a series of events as unlikely as a Parisian rat becoming an acclaimed chef, the […]
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