{"product_id":"algorithm-of-the-night-film-writing-2019-2025-paperback","title":"Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing, 2019-2025 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. S. Hamrah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 8.19 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984087318829,"sku":"9781953813183","price":23.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/nRL4bUtEP09781953813183.webp?v=1776081849","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/algorithm-of-the-night-film-writing-2019-2025-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}