A. S. Hamrah
@hamrahrama.bsky.social
writer and film critic • author Algorithm of the Night, Last Week in End Times Cinema, The Earth Dies Streaming • member Natl Society of Film Critics
My books: https://shop.nplusonemag.com/collections/by-a-s-hamrah
My books: https://shop.nplusonemag.com/collections/by-a-s-hamrah
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Hooray for A.S. Hamrah, nominated for the Nat‘l Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism! Get his latest, “Algorithm of the Night“ and “Last Week in End Times Cinema“ [n+1, Semiotext(e)]. His work is brilliant, often hilarious, and always rooted in the sociopolitical moment.
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Thank you National Book Critics Circle for this nomination.
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Criticism
December 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Hooray for A.S. Hamrah, nominated for the Nat‘l Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism! Get his latest, “Algorithm of the Night“ and “Last Week in End Times Cinema“ [n+1, Semiotext(e)]. His work is brilliant, often hilarious, and always rooted in the sociopolitical moment.
bsky.app/profile/hamr...
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Thank you National Book Critics Circle for this nomination.
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Criticism
December 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Thank you National Book Critics Circle for this nomination.
This is tonight and I’ll be moderating!
New York City! I'm rolling into town to do an in-person L for Leisure screening at Roxy Cinema. 'Tis the season.
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L for Leisure + Q&A
Arthouse comedy set in 1992-3 following awkward graduate students on various vacations all around the world.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is tonight and I’ll be moderating!
Matthew Belloni speaks!
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Matthew Belloni speaks!
Me and @splicedpersonality.bsky.social in conversation in Cambridge, Mass., on Jan 28 at 7pm at Porter Square Books. Tickets can be reserved now— portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
A.S. Hamrah, author of Algorithm of the Night, in conversation with Sean Burns
This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Me and @splicedpersonality.bsky.social in conversation in Cambridge, Mass., on Jan 28 at 7pm at Porter Square Books. Tickets can be reserved now— portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Thank you @cvall96.bsky.social for this amazing review; I could hope for nothing better
“Hamrah does his part to resist neocapitalist amnesia with clarity, force, and a caustic yet romantic wit worthy of Billy Wilder.” Tremendous review of @hamrahrama.bsky.social’s ALGORITHM OF THE NIGHT and LAST WEEK IN END TIMES CINEMA:
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A.S. Hamrah’s Algorithm of the Night and Last Week in End Times Cinema | The Brooklyn Rail
Hamrah releases two books in one month: for n+1, Algorithm of the Night, a collection sequel spanning the chaotic years from 2019 to 2025; and for Semiotext(e), Last Week in End Times Cinema, a tragic...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thank you @cvall96.bsky.social for this amazing review; I could hope for nothing better
I’ll be there, whoever I am.
NYC! Monday the 15th, please join me and "Mr. End Times Cinema" @hamrahrama.bsky.social for a screening of the beloved franchise L FOR LEISURE!!
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I’ll be there, whoever I am.
Very nice review by @pkeough1.bsky.social in The Arts Fuse of my book, Algorithm of the Night. artsfuse.org/321302/book-...
Book Review: The "Night" Movies of Film Critic A.S. Hamrah - The Arts Fuse
Once again, critic A.S. Hamrah sheds perceptive light on our cinematic malaise.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very nice review by @pkeough1.bsky.social in The Arts Fuse of my book, Algorithm of the Night. artsfuse.org/321302/book-...
Online at @nybooks.com, the introduction to my new book, Algorithm of the Night. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs | A. S. Hamrah
In December 2019, three months before the pandemic, I was standing on a subway platform in Brooklyn when I recognized a prominent older film critic also
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December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Online at @nybooks.com, the introduction to my new book, Algorithm of the Night. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
My new collection, Algorithm of the Night, is out today from @nplusonemag.com shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...
Algorithm of the Night, by A. S. Hamrah
“A. S. Hamrah’s criticism is hilarious, irreverent, full of passionate and ingeniously defended judgments.” —Dana Spiotta
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December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My new collection, Algorithm of the Night, is out today from @nplusonemag.com shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...
Public Parking interviewed me about my new books: thisispublicparking.com/posts/a-film...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Public Parking interviewed me about my new books: thisispublicparking.com/posts/a-film...
I wrote a Special Edition of the Last Week in End Times Cinema newsletter at n+1 today to celebrate the publication of the book.
Last Week in End Times Cinema | A. S. Hamrah
I find comfort in the thought that cinema is not just moving pictures; it sets hope in motion! . . . It is a sensory journey . . . in which . . . even pain can find new meaning.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I wrote a Special Edition of the Last Week in End Times Cinema newsletter at n+1 today to celebrate the publication of the book.
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This month brings one of the biggest books roundups yet, with notes on new collections from Melissa Anderson and @hamrahrama.bsky.social plus biographies, memoirs, and more — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This month brings one of the biggest books roundups yet, with notes on new collections from Melissa Anderson and @hamrahrama.bsky.social plus biographies, memoirs, and more — www.criterion.com/current/post...
The new issue of the Whitney Review is out now, and features a piece by me on Daniel Kehlmann’s novel The Director, as well as a review of my book Last Week in End Times Cinema. In print only.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The new issue of the Whitney Review is out now, and features a piece by me on Daniel Kehlmann’s novel The Director, as well as a review of my book Last Week in End Times Cinema. In print only.
Tickets available on McNally Jackson’s website. Hope to see you there.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Tickets available on McNally Jackson’s website. Hope to see you there.
I’m saddened to hear of the death of Homayoun Ershadi, who gave one of the great performances in one of the greatest films, Taste of Cherry. english.alarabiya.net/amp/life-sty...
Iranian actor Ershadi dies at 78 after battle with cancer
Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi died at 78 on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, state news agency IRNA reported.Ershadi rose to international fame with
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m saddened to hear of the death of Homayoun Ershadi, who gave one of the great performances in one of the greatest films, Taste of Cherry. english.alarabiya.net/amp/life-sty...
Do you read Danish and subscribe to @weekendavisen.dk? If so, here’s a new piece interviewing me about my two forthcoming books. www.weekendavisen.dk/kultur/borte...
Borte med blæsten | Weekendavisen
Interview. »Filmstudierne afskyr, når en film har succes og trækker folk i biograferne.« Filmkritikeren A.S. Hamrah mener, at Hollywood aktivt destruerer amerikansk film.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Do you read Danish and subscribe to @weekendavisen.dk? If so, here’s a new piece interviewing me about my two forthcoming books. www.weekendavisen.dk/kultur/borte...
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ALGORITHM OF THE NIGHT, the new collection of film writing by @hamrahrama.bsky.social, is out next month. Preorder it today:
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Algorithm of the Night, by A. S. Hamrah
“A. S. Hamrah’s criticism is hilarious, irreverent, full of passionate and ingeniously defended judgments.” —Dana Spiotta
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November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
ALGORITHM OF THE NIGHT, the new collection of film writing by @hamrahrama.bsky.social, is out next month. Preorder it today:
shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...
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Excerpt from LAST WEEK IN END TIMES CINEMA in @parisreview.bsky.social today. Book comes out Nov 25 www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11...
Rotten Tomatoes by Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling
November 4, 2025 – New books by Solvej Balle, A. S. Hamrah, Anika Jade Levy, and Cynthia Zarin.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Excerpt from LAST WEEK IN END TIMES CINEMA in @parisreview.bsky.social today. Book comes out Nov 25 www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11...
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Reading @hamrahrama.bsky.social reminds me of Richard Price’s cameo in Scorsese’s LIFE LESSONS, when he says to the painter played by Nick Nolte: “I’m an artist myself, but when I look at your work I wanna go home and divorce my wife.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Reading @hamrahrama.bsky.social reminds me of Richard Price’s cameo in Scorsese’s LIFE LESSONS, when he says to the painter played by Nick Nolte: “I’m an artist myself, but when I look at your work I wanna go home and divorce my wife.”
Peter Watkins has died, one of the greatest and least known and most uncompromising filmmakers, a life well lived fighting power. www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Peter Watkins has died, one of the greatest and least known and most uncompromising filmmakers, a life well lived fighting power. www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
Art in America looking forward to Last Week in End Times Cinema. www.artnews.com/list/art-in-...
6 Books We’re Looking Forward to in November
The month’s most exciting art books are by Olivia Liang, Patti Smith, Sue Roe, AS Harah, and others.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Art in America looking forward to Last Week in End Times Cinema. www.artnews.com/list/art-in-...
LAST WEEK IN END TIMES CINEMA getting ups in book review section of new Harper’s. Publication date is Nov 25.
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New Books, by Dan Piepenbring
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October 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
LAST WEEK IN END TIMES CINEMA getting ups in book review section of new Harper’s. Publication date is Nov 25.
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“When you ask it what it thinks of Donald Trump, for example, it says: “I’m not sure about that; let’s talk about something fun like princesses or animals.””
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‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy
The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experime...
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September 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“When you ask it what it thinks of Donald Trump, for example, it says: “I’m not sure about that; let’s talk about something fun like princesses or animals.””
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