The XX Factor : Pixar

Apple's iPad Is So Cool It Scares Me

Sara Mosle — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:50:00 GMT

Jessica , the iPad's name may be unfortunate, but to my eyes, it also looks incredibly cool. As a hopeless Apple-phile, I admittedly want one (in my dreams). On the plus side, it seems to take us one step closer to all those sci-fi movies in which people...(read more)

Pixar Will Finally Make Girl Story

Willa Paskin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:55:00 GMT

Pixar’s making a movie about a girl! The animation company announced its schedule through 2012 and not one, but two of their films will feature females. Harping on Pixar for not having made a movie with a female heroine sooner, especially when I’m still...(read more)

Boy Story

Willa Paskin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:34:00 GMT

Wall-E 's Oscar win for best animated feature has reminded some bloggers about Pixar's lady problem, or more exactly, its lack-of-ladies problem. In the words of Vast Public Indifference, it's not that Pixar doesn't write female characters so much as...(read more)

All About Eve

Nina Shen Rastogi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Pixar’s latest kiddie masterpiece, Wall-E , did some massive damage at the box office on its opening weekend. As A.O. Scott recently noted in a New York Times essay about Kit Kittredge (watch this space for more on that film), Pixar has yet to build a...(read more)