At first, Disney-Pixar’s latest, “Coco,” sounds a lot like the 2014 Fox film “The Book of Life.” Both are animated features steeped in the aesthetics and customs of Day of the Dead: the Mexican ...

Conceived as a vibrant celebration of Mexican culture, writer-director Lee Unkrich’s Coco is the 19th feature from Pixar Animation Studios and the first to seriously deal with the deficit of nonwhite ...

"Coco," the tear-jerking adventure tale of a Mexican boy who learns the importance of honoring his ancestors after getting stuck in an eye-popping netherworld of the dead, won the Oscar for best ...

Cody Lyon was sitting in Pixar Animation Studios’ theater on Sunday night watching a live-broadcast of the Oscars. He was clad in a “Coco” shirt and hat, feet propped on the seat in front of him, ...

Plenty of colors appear throughout the land of the living in Coco, but there’s only one plant that makes an appearance in the land of the dead. Here’s why Disney and Pixar filmmakers decided to put a ...

When he was a kid growing up in Pittsburgh, Christian Hoffman used to go to animation festivals with his father. He particularly loved shorts created by Pixar Animation Studios. When Pixar released ...

An audience of animation students and assorted cartoon enthusiasts went cuckoo for “Coco,” as representatives of Pixar — co-director Adrian Molina and producer Darla K. Anderson — shared designs, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Coco,” the tear-jerking adventure tale of a Mexican boy who learns the importance of honoring his ancestors after getting stuck in an eye-popping netherworld of the dead, won the ...