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Girls, on Film is all about 80's movies. Digital issues are free. Print copies available for purchase.

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Girls, on Film #33 - Dance Issue

Issue #33 The Dance Issue

There's no parking, baby! We're hitting the dance floor in the latest issue, which features Dirty Dancing, Fame, Beat Street, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Stayin' Alive, Assault of the Killer Bimbos, A Chorus Line, and White Nights.

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Girls, on Film is a quarterly fanzine about '80s movies. Each issues features eight movies released between 1980 and 1989 related to a particular theme.

 

All issues are listed below. Digital issues are free, or buy full-color prints from our Mixam store, as well as these fab sellers: South Street Art Mart (Philly); Quimby's Books (Chicago); People's Books (Takoma Park, MD); Antiquated Future (Portland, OR); and Director's Library (London).

 

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Issue #1: The Music Issue

What better way to kick off an 80s movie zine than to look at music and dance in the films of the decade. In this issue, we discuss Footloose, Hairspray, Flashdance, Shag, Repo Man, Tokyo Pop, Modern Girls, and Voyage of the Rock Aliens.

Girls, on Film #2 - The Sports Issue

Issue #2: The Sports Issue

Some 80s sports movies really hit it out of the park. Some did not. We got a little of both in this issue. Read up on Rad, Stealing Home, North Shore, Johnny Be Good, Better Off Dead, Gymkata, and Gleaming the Cube.

Girls, on Film #3 - The Summer Issue

Issue #3: The Summer Issue

It's summer time and the living is easy in 80s movies (except in slasher movies). In this issue, we kick back with Summer School, The Lost Boys, The Legend of Billies Jean, Ernest Goes to Camp, One Crazy Summer, Loverboy, The Flamingo Kid, and White Water Summer.

Girls, on Film #4 - The Food Issue

Issue #4: The Food Issue

Order up! In this issue, we're talking about food in 80s movies. We're dishing out essays on Mystic Pizza, The Peanut Butter Solution, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, The Stuff, Tampopo, The Milagro Beanfield War, Eat the Rich and Fast Food. Nomination for Best Fanzine at Canzine.

Girls, on Film #5 - The Work Issue

Issue #5: The Work Issue

Things were shaking up in the workplace in the 80s. In this issue, we discuss Baby Boom, Working Girl, 9 to 5, Big Business, Gung Ho, Lost in America, Prince of Bel Air, and Quicksilver.

Girls, on Film #6 - The Role Reversal Issue

Issue #6: The Role-Reversal Issue

In this issue, we look at gender bending, role swapping, and reinvention in 80s movies. Read about Can't Buy Me Love, Just One of the Guys, Desperately Seeking Susan, Big, Mr. Mom, Soul Man, Dream a Little Dream, and Hunk.

Girls, on Film #7 - The Entertainers Issue

Issue #7: The Entertainers Issue

From stage and screen, to traveling circuses and vacant lots in Pittsburgh. Here come the entertainers. For this issue, we're watching Spinal Tap, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Big Top Pee Wee, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Knightriders, Punchline, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and The Big Picture.

Girls, on Film #8 - The Animation Issue

Issue #8: The Animation Issue

In this issue we're talking about 80s movies that mostly chucked the idea of coloring between the lines: An American Tale, American Pop, Rock & Rule, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Rainbow Brite, The Snowman, Twice Upon a Time, Cat City.

Girls, on Film #9 - The Robots Issue

Issue #9: The Robots Issue

Computers. Androids. Cyborgs. Early AI? Oh my! Check out essays on The Terminator, Blade Runner, Electric Dreams, Chopping Mall, Deadly Friend, Making Mr. Right, Cyborg, and Heartbeeps.

Girls, on Film #10 - The Road Trip Issue

Issue #10: The Road Trip Issue

Girls, on Film is hitting the road with these 80s movies: Pee Wee's Big Adventure; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; Withnail & I; Three for the Road; Leningrad Cowboys Do America; Fandango; and Thunder Alley. Remember to use the bathroom before we go!

Girls, on Film #11 - The Adaptations Issue

Issue #11: The Adaptations Issue

Check out books, plays, and more adapted for the big screen in the 80s. In this issue, we discuss: The Outsiders; Bright Lights, Big City; Less Than Zero; They Live; Stand by Me; 84 Charing Cross Road; To Live and Die in L.A., and Watchers.

Girls, on Film #12 - The News Issue

Issue #12: The News Issue

Tonight at at 11: we go live on the scene with Fletch, Broadcast News, Absence of Malice, Where the Buffalo Roam, Continental Divide, Salvador, Switching Channels, and Perfect. Be sure to tune in.

Girls, on Film #13 - The High School Issue

Issue #13: The High School Issue

Missed your high school reunion? Check out ours! In this issue, we discuss Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heathers, Risky Business, Say Anything, Tuff Turf, Three O'Clock High, Student Bodies, and Peggy Sue Got Married.

Girls, on Film #14 - The Creature Feature Issue

Issue #14: The Creature Feature Issue

Come out where it's spooky...in 1980s creature features The Thing, E.T., Labyrinth, The Monster Squad, Harry & the Hendersons, The Fly, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama, and Batteries Not Included.

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Issue #15: The True Stories Issue

Have you heard? Girls, on Film #15 is all about 80s movies a based on true stories. In this issue, we cover Steel Magnolias, Sid & Nancy, Coal Miner's Daughter, Heartburn, Mask, Drugstore Cowboy, At Close Range, and Tucker: A Man and His Dream.

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Issue #16: The Musicals Issue

Sing us a song, Piano Man! Read up on these 80s muscials: The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Little Mermaid, Popeye, The Forbidden Zone, Back to the Beach, The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle, and School Daze.

Girls, on Film #17_ The Games Issue

Issue #17: The Games Issue

You don't need to press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A to unlock out our gaming issue. Get the lowdown on Tron, Clue, Wargames, The Wizard, Night of the Demons, Cloak & Dagger, Gotcha! for free, in just one click!

Girls, on Film#18 - The College Issue

Issue #18: The College Issue

Need a study break? We got just the thing! 80s movies about college! Girls, on Film #18 features: St. Elmo's Fire, Real Genius, Hell Night, Revenge of the Nerds, Back to School, How I Got Into College, Vice Academy, and Oxford Blues.

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Issue #19: The Family-Friendly Films Issue

Looking for 80s films to share with the kiddies? Girls, on Film #19 spotlights the classics: The Great Muppet Caper, The Last Unicorn, Flight of the Navigator, The Neverending Story, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Troop Beverly Hills, My Neighbor Totoro, and Troll.

Girls, on Film #20 - The Girls in Film Issue

Issue #20: The Girls, on Film Anniversary Issue

In the Annivesary Issue, Girls, on Film celebrates girls on film. We discuss the life and work of some of a few of our favorite gals of the big screen: Winona Ryder, Molly Ringwald, Jami Gertz, Joan Cusack, Annabeth Gish, Edie McClurg, Sally Field, and director Susan Seidelman.

Girls, on Film #21 - The Adventure Issue

Issue #21: The Adventure Issue

X marks the spot! This issue several classic 80s adventure films: The Blues Brothers, The Goonies, Back to the Future, Innerspace, Adventures in Babysitting, Solarbabies, Romancing the Stone, and Treasures of the Moon Goddess.

Girls, on Film #22 - The Aliens Issue (cover)

Issue #22: The Alien Issue

Girls, on Film #22 is out of this world. In this issue, we're talking about these 80s movies about aliens: Cocoon, Starman, Explorers, Alien Nation, Night of the Creeps, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Not of this Earth, and Terrovision.

Girls, on Film #23 - The Romance Issue

Issue #23: The Romance Issue

Looking for love? You'll find plenty in this issue, all about romance films of the 1980s. We discuss: When Harry Met Sally, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, The Princess Bride, Something Wild, The Sure Thing, Choose Me, and Murphy's Romance.

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Issue #24: The Heist Issue

Ready the getaway car! Girls, on Film #24 is hot on the trail of these 80s heist movies: Raising Airzona, Thief, House of Games, How to Beat the High Cost of Living, Subway, Short Circuit 2, Johnny Handsome, and Crackers.

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Issue #25: The Fight Issue

Everybody's kung fu fighting! Lots of other fighting, too. Join our 80s brawl crawl, featuring:   You'll find plenty in this issue, all about romance films of the 1980s. We discuss: Karate Kid, Roadhouse, Revenge of the Ninja, Big Trouble in Little China, Roadhouse, PK & the Kid, The Last Dragon, For Y'Ur Height Only.

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Issue #26: The Ghost Issue

Get ghosted. In this issue, we discuss these 80s movies about the paranormal: Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, Field of Dreams, Trick or Treat, Lovesick, High Spirits, Ghost Story, and Dark Night of the Scarecrow.

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Issue #27: The Animals Issue

Check out a different kind of creature feature: Girls, on Film #27 is all about animals on the big screen in the 1980s: Cujo, Teen Wolf, Turner & Hooch, Howard the Duck, Never Cry Wolf, The Secret of NIMH, The Dog Who Stopped the War, and Animalympics.

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Issue #28: The Foreign Films Issue

Drop everything, we're getting the hell out of Dodge! The latest issue of Girls, on Film features 80s movies made outside of the USA, including: Videodrome, Castle in the Sky, Dark Habits, Time Bandits, Veronika Voss, La Boum, Fitzcarraldo, and As Tears Go By.

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Issue #29: The Beach Issue

Grab your towel and shades. Girls, on Film hits the beach with Surf Nazis Must Die, Cocktail, Weekend at Bernie's, Summer Rental, Blood Beach, Surf 2, Tough Guys Don't Dance, and Where the Boys Are.

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Issue #30: The Apocalypse Issue

It's the end of the world as we know it... get your apocalyptic fix with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior; Mad Max: Beyond Thunderome; Day of the Dead; Robocop; When the Wind Blows; Night of the Comet; The Quiet Earth; and Miracle Mile.

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Issue #31: Family Issues

This issue features 80s movies about families, however you define them. Check out essays on Ordinary People, Polyester, Near Dark, Three Men and a Baby, Twins, Parenthood, Throw Momma From the Train, and Uncle Buck.

Girls, on Film #32 - Sequels

Issue #32: The Sequels

Fill my eyes with that double vision. Check out essays on these sequels from the 1980s: The Karate Kid Part II; Star Trek II : The Wrath of Kahn; A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master; Back to the Future Part II; The Empire Strikes Back; Penitentiary II; Return to Oz; and Teen Wolf Too. 

Girls, on Film #33 - Dance Issue

Issue #33: The Dance Issue

There's no parking on this dance floor! Get moving with Dirty Dancing, Fame, Beat Street, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Stayin' Alive, Assault of the Killer Bimbos, A Chorus Line, and White Nights. 

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Girls, on Film is the quarterly zine that's hopelessly devoted to 80s movies. Digital issues are free. Print copies available from select vendors and zine libraries. We welcome guest submissions. Contact Stephanie and Janene at info@girlsonfilmzine.com or follow us @girlson80sfilms.

OUR CREW

Stephanie McDevitt, Co-Founder/Editor and Podcast Host
Janene Scelza, Co-Founder/Editor and Podcast Host
Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Contributing Writer & Podcast Host
Matt Scelza, Zine Contributing Writer & Podcast Host
Sebastian Gregory, Contributing Writer
Katheryn Hans, Contributing Writer
Jessica MacLeish, Contributing Writer
Tom Scelza, Contributing Writer

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