Watch: 12-Minute Video Essay Tells The Story Behind Pixar

If you haven’t seen “Inside Out,” the newest delight from the great minds at Pixar, please do yourself a favor and go see it immediately. While it may not be an insta-classic in the vein of “Toy Story” or “Finding Nemo” – although, let’s be honest, that’s a high bar to clear – their new picture really does deliver on all fronts. On one hand, it’s a nearly-pitch perfect family film, replete with eye-popping, sometimes even psychedelic visuals and rolling along at a rollicking, quick clip. And it would be great, if that were all there was to it. But it is the film's bold willingness to confront and address the viewer’s most latent fears and anxieties that takes it from being just another well-crafted Pixar flick to being one of 2015’s best (so far).

Anyone who’s been keep track throughout the years can hardly be surprised. With a few omissions — “Cars 2” wasn’t that great at all, and “Monsters University,” while serviceable, mainly brought on memories of the superior first film — Pixar...