Michael Imperioli, on his breakthrough role in Goodfellas.

The American Film Institute has issued a list of the Top 10 American films within 10 favorite genres. Fresh Air continues a series exploring those film greats, featuring interviews with notables represented on the list.

Mario Puzo talks to Terry Gross about the book and the film "The Godfather"

Pixar released Toy Story in 1995 and rewrote the rules of what could or couldn't do in animated films. The director of the film, John Lasseter who spoke to Terry Gross in 2002.

Film historian Rudy Behlmer wrote the CD liner notes for the sound track of the film King Kong. This 1933 movie is one of the ten best fantasy films on the AFI's list.

Pixar has always focused on loss, decay, and the dark side of materialism. Here that theme extends to the ruination of the planet — and Wall-E ranks among the most sublime feature-length works of animation ever made in this country.