Image is from the film Bridesmaids (2011). Three woman stand together in a parking lot. One is blonde and is wearing a black blazer, one has dark hair and is wearing a purple cardigan whilst behind them a dark blonde woman wears a white dress. They all appear to be looking at something in front of them.

[Between the Lines] The ‘Bridesmaids’ (2011) Screenplay Holds Up 10 Years Later

By: Gavin Spoors
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This month Bridesmaids will be celebrating its ten year anniversary, a modern commercial and critical hit.

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Image is from the film 'The Gleaners and I' (2000). The image shows an ornamental clock with no hands. In front of the clock sit a pair of ceramic cats, and behind the clock is the reflection of the film's director - Agnès Varda.

Top of the Docs #50 – The Gleaners and I (2000)

By: Joel Whitaker
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The Gleaners and I is a film not just revolutionary for its ground-breaking use of handheld digital cameras, but also for the way in which Varda set about making the film.

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Image is from the film 'Tigers Are Not Afraid' (2017). A person wearing a black coat looks at a graffiti drawing of a tiger on a green wall in the middle of the night.

‘Tigers are Not Afraid’ (2017): Ghosts, Wishes, and Tigers Tell the Story of Five Children Amidst a Drug War

By: Jacinda Perez
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A young boy named Shine (Juan Ramon Lopez) stands in an alleyway, spray-painting a tiger on the walls. The black paint drips fresh as a narrator tells the story of a prince. This month’s highlighted film on Shudder for Women in Horror is Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven) (2017), written and directed by Issa Lopez. It’s a story about five Mexican children whose lives have been devastated by the ongoing drug war. When Estrella’s (Paola Lara) teacher gives her three magic pieces of chalk that grant her three wishes, the children’s lives drastically change into a game of cat and mouse.

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Image is from the film 'Palm Spring' (2020). A man in a red coat holds the hand on a woman wearing a leopard print fur coat. They are sat in front of a fire at night, covered in blankets. They both are looking at something in the distance.

[Between the Lines] Why ‘Palm Springs’ (2020) Should Have Been Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

By: Gavin Spoors
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Without diminishing the nominees, there is one screenplay that should have made the cut.

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Image is from the film 'Slaxx' (2020). A young woman wearing a fur coat and space buns is being strangled by a pair of jeans.

‘Slaxx’ (2020) – You Need to See This Movie About Killer Pants…

By: Jacinda Perez
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What honestly makes this film whole is the writing, because it incorporates all the elements needed to tell a complete story.

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Image is from the documentary 'Los Angeles Plays Itself' (2003) Image shows the lit up strips of Los Angeles by night, with the city's name overlaid in block text.

Top of the Docs #45 – Los Angeles Plays Itself

By: Joel Whitaker
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From stairwells to suburbs and beyond, Los Angeles quite literally is cinema, and Thom Andersen’s Los Angeles Plays Itself sets out to prove it.

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