In The Criterion Collection, Ace Boggess - a familiar voice to our zine’s readers - unpacks the carnival that is the range of film.

Ace Boggess, a poet who has written books for it such as Escape Envy, and The Prisoners, shares two poems that were inspired by Akira Kurosa

Glen Armstrong, editor of Cruel Garters, shares two movie-inspired poems with 3shotcine - Antonyms for “Grit” and Cineplex.

Resident writer Shekinah Louis shares a poem after Peter Jackson’s 2009 film, The Lovely Bones.

Leah Mueller recounts the relatability of Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise (1984) in this deeply personal review.

‘Scared’ and ‘Ubiquity’ — two vivid poems by Lynn White, with accompanying illustrations by resident artist Zeffrey.

'self-portrait as snowfall' and 'Self-Portrait as Songbird', written by Ennis Rook Bashe after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

a poem by Komal Keshran, after Muzzamer Rahman's 2020 film Prebet Sapu (also known as Hail, Driver!)