Derrick Clements
143: So long, partners

A review of "Coco" and a special announcement.

143: So long, partners
Derrick Clements
142: Review: 'Cars 3'

Conor Hilton joins the podcast to help review the new Pixar film, "Cars 3."

142: Review: 'Cars 3'
Derrick Clements
141: Finding the story for 'Cars 3'

In this episode, we'll hear a presentation about finding the story for "Cars 3" with writers Mike Rich, Bob Peterson and Kiel Murray and story supervisor Scott Morse. They'll discuss, among other things, social barrier-breaking real racers who inspired the story, the background of Cruz Ramirez, and how the team dug into the audio archives for Paul Newman and Tom Magliozzi.

141: Finding the story for 'Cars 3'
Derrick Clements
140: First look under the hood of 'Cars 3' with ...

In this episode, I share my reaction to the footage of "Cars 3" that I saw a couple weeks ago, and we dive into the film with director Brian Fee, producer Kevin Reher and co-producer Andrea Warren.

140: First look under the hood of 'Cars 3' with director Brian Fee, producer Kevin Reher and co-producer Andrea Warren
Derrick Clements
139: 'Piper' and 'Borrowed Time' filmmakers on ...

In this episode, I chat with Pixar artists Alan Barillaro & Marc Sondheimer ("Piper") and Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj ("Borrowed Time"). Both pairs are up for the Best Animated Short Oscar on Sunday.

139: 'Piper' and 'Borrowed Time' filmmakers on their Oscar-nominated shorts

Non-Pixar

,

046: Hal Hickel

,
046: Hal Hickel

Rango's supervising animator Hal Hickel is an Academy Award winning effects animator from ILM who has supervised the animation for various live action blockbusters.  Rango is the first fully animated feature film to come from Industrial Light and Magic.  In this interview, Hal talks about ILM and shares some stories about the making of Rango. 

038: Review: The Illusionist

038: Review: The Illusionist

Oscar Month episode!We review The Illusionist, an animated film up for Best Animated Feature.With special guest hosts Scott, Brooke, Jana, and Elisa. We also compare it to the other films nominated for Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 and How to Train Your Dragon.

,

031: Don Hahn, Waking Sleeping Beauty

,
031: Don Hahn, Waking Sleeping Beauty

The new film Waking Sleeping Beauty is an incredible look at the animation dept at Disney from 1984 to 1994. It easily became one of the best films I saw all year, and I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in animation. My guest directed the film, and shared so much in coming on the podcast.