The September/October 2011 issue of The Big Picture Magazine is titled 'Growing Pains' and is themed around the trials, tribulations and triumphs of onscreen adolescence.

Along with the usual roundup of regular sections, features include a focus on the bright and brilliant movie poster art of Tom Whalen, a look at the Garden Folly in 'My Life as a Dog' as an evocative cinematic object, a location focus on Los Angeles and 1000 words about the father of 1980s American teen comedy, John Hughes.