{"product_id":"algorithm-of-the-night-film-writing-2019-2025-9781953813183","title":"Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing, 2019-2025","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A. S. Hamrah's writing on film is a delight. . . . Like all the best criticism, his writing makes art and life feel less lonely.\" --Elif Batuman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unerring\" (\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e), \"hilarious\" (Dana Spiotta), \"our age's most irreplaceable critic\" (\u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e), \"a genius\" (\u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e), A. S. Hamrah returns with an extraordinary collection of his best film writing for \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the Criterion Collection, and other publications. \u003ci\u003eAlgorithm of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e assembles Hamrah's essays on films and filmmakers and his inimitable, aphoristic reviews--a body of work that, taken together, presents a powerful alternative to a culture mired in publicity and stale convention. A journey through the overlapping dystopias of the Trump years, the Covid years, and the Trump years, \u003ci\u003eAlgorithm of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e attends with remarkable style and precision to a film industry in self-imposed crisis, a chronicle of failures and occasional miracles from AI to \u003ci\u003eThe Zone of Interest\u003c\/i\u003e. Against the tides of ignorance and solipsism, \u003ci\u003eAlgorithm of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e is film criticism as literature and--perhaps--prophecy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamrah, A. S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eA. S. Hamrah\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2002-2018\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the film critic for \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e and writes for a number of other publications, including \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Criterion Collection. He has worked as a movie theater projectionist, a semiotic brand analyst in the television industry, a political pollster, a football cinematographer, and for the film director Raúl Ruiz. He produced the feature-length documentary \u003ci\u003eBunker\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by Jenny Perlin, which was the opening night film at the Museum of Modern Art's Doc Fortnight in 2022. He lives in New York.","brand":"N+1","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749463228690,"sku":"9781953813183","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac0a4a00-66f7-4337-aaf9-c808001af8b0.jpg?v=1764086947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/algorithm-of-the-night-film-writing-2019-2025-9781953813183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}