Falling With Style: A Pixar Movie Marathon

Get in the zone, because we’re about to get existential. Derek and Doug are joined by Melissa Mowry to discuss a movie about living, dying, inspiration, and disappointment. We’re talking about Soul, Pixar’s first film to feature a Black protagonist and Black co-director, Pixar's first and a very rare occurrence in American feature-length animation. How does Pixar tackle telling a universal story through the lens of a Black musician in New York City? Well, there’s plenty to praise and plenty to shine a critical light upon. Grab a slice, put on some jazz, and enjoy.

Film Release: December 25, 2020

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Read More on Soul:
VOX: https://www.vox.com/culture/22176927/soul-review-pixar-disney-jazzNPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/25/948998059/in-soul-jon-batistes-music-helps-bring-pixars-first-black-lead-to-lifeBertolt Press: https://bertoltpress.com/2021/02/06/how-pixar-portrays-jazz-in-their-new-movie-soul/New York Post: https://nypost.com/2020/12/29/pixars-soul-blasted-by-viewers-over-tina-feys-character/Scary Mommy Blog: https://www.scarymommy.com/soul-pixar-black-character-represntation-harmful

Pods & Interviews:
Black ‘n’ Animated review: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5gdmi-fb4b96Double Toasted interview with Kemp Powers: https://youtu.be/fErY4zd4IK0Princess Weekes’ video essay: https://youtu.be/trWcSj9TQMoVariety interview with producer Dana Murray: https://variety.com/2020/film/spotlight/soul-murray-cannes-kemp-powers-1234646745/

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Theme song features: “Stasis” by Eagle-Eyed Tiger | Source Closing song: “Bigger Than Us” by John Batiste

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It's been a year since we've talked about a Pixar movie, but Derek & Doug are back! And so are the emotions in the mind of Riley Andersen as she navigates being thirteen years old. With four new emotions to manage and the legacy of one of Pixar's best to live up to, how does this sequel nine years in the making stack up?

Film Release: June 14, 2024

Bloomberg Businessweek – Disney Is Banking On Sequels to Help Get Pixar Back on Track

Inside Total Film – Pete Docter and Kelsey Mann + Inside Out 2, Ryan Condal + House of the Dragon S2, Sasquatch Sunset, Ultraman: Rising, Àma Gloria, Freud’s Last Session

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna – 196 | Inside Out 2 Writers Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna – 197 | Inside Out 2 Director Kelsey Mann and Writer Meg LeFauve on How To Approach A Sequel,

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Closing song: “The Puck Drops Here” by Andrea Datzman from Inside Out 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

“They want you to be like them. I tried to be, but...”

Marquis The Honey Bear joins us for this stop-motion horror collab between Jordan Peele and Henry Selick, which features a diverse cast that includes Raul, a trans boy whose art saves the day. We get into the film’s complex anti-capitalist plot – from an underworld carnival to the prison industrial complex to hair cream that raises the dead – and how it explores so many real-world topics, beautiful bodies, and punk music rarely seen in animation.

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Film Release: October 28, 2022

‘Wendell & Wild’ - Henry Selick (THR’s Behind The Screen)

Henry Selick Blames Scrapped Stop-Motion Film ‘The Shadow King’ on John Lasseter’s Interference (IndieWire)

Director Henry Selick Interview: Wendell & Wild Set Visit (ScreenRant)

From Picasso to Sonny Rollins: Pablo Lobato On Designing The Characters Of ‘Wendell & Wild’ (Cartoon Brew)

How Music Supervisor Rob Lowry Curated ‘Wendell & Wild’s Memorable Afro-Punk Soundtrack (Animation Magazine)

Sam Zelaya shares his Experiences as the First Trans Character in a Stop-Motion Animated Film (GenderGP)

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Closing song: “Raising the Dead” by Bruno Coulais

It’s a... sports movie? Derek and Doug discuss the one movie that neither of them had seen prior to starting the podcast and the third entry in Pixar’s most polarizing series, Cars 3! It ignores the second film pretty much entirely, deals with themes more akin to Toy Story or Up, and passes the legacy of Lightning McQueen down to an unexpected protégé. Does Cars 3 correct the mistakes of Cars 2? Will this franchise ever end? And how did Doug feel about the one Pixar film he’d never seen? Tune in and find out!

Film Release: June 16, 2017

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Derek and Doug are joined by friend of the podcast Josh to talk about the final lunch meeting movie released nearly 15 years after it was conceived: WALL-E. Why did it take so long, and how did the final product benefit from the wait? What can we take away from Pixar’s ambitious post-apocalyptic romance? And is WALL-E a creep or nah? Stay 'til the end to hear us chat with an Amazon worker about how their experience working for the real-life giant corporation colors the way they view WALL-E and its fictional giant corporation, Buy n Large!

Film Release: June 27, 2008

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Closing song: ‘2815 A.D.’ by Thomas Newman (from the WALL-E Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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