After a series of massive concessions by everyone from state attorneys general to the WGA to the great mass of the American people, the Paramount Skydance–Warner Brothers Discovery merger looks to be complete.

Confined to decades of oblivion after its original celluloid elements were damaged in a fire, Jacques Rivette’s formally brilliant and psychologically…

It’s been nearly a year since n+1 film critic A. S. Hamrah’s book Last Week in End Times Cinema—a study of bad news in the movie industry over the course of 365 days—was published. What’s happened in ...

“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 A.S. Hamrah is single-handedly re-inventing film criticis...

Plus: Bob Odenkirk as an unlikely action hero, Gaspar Noé is part of a Facets double-bill and "The Weather Man," penned by Chicago's Steven Conrad.

"I shouldn't be allowed to do this! Why did I pick reality? I don't know anything about it!" Albert Brooks, one of cinema's greatest comic minds and director of some of our nation's funniest social ex...

The mere existence of a second Mary Bronstein movie, much less one as amazing as this, proves that patience and a bad attitude are not just their own rewards. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, her second fi...

VAGABOND Saturday, March 21 at 8:00 Introduced by author A.S. Hamrah plus post-film conversation with Hamrah, moderated by series programmer David Schwartz

Presented by Guest Curator – Stephen Conrad, Duke University Libraries Algorithm: (noun): calculations used to prioritize what appears in a user’s feed based on their interests and engagement patterns...

Amid cinema’s decline, two new books by A. S. Hamrah resist defeatism.

Bookforum talks with film critic A. S. Hamrah – Christian Lorentzen

Thinking critically about one’s work – examining the conditions of its production and reproduction – has become a...

A.S. Hamrah is most people's favorite film critic.

Film critic will introduce movies at the Brattle on Wednesday, and discuss his new book "Algorithm of the Night" on Thursday.

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.

On the so-called “death” of theatrical moviegoing, Romero’s oft overlooked fourth Land of the Dead (2005), and a whole lot more.

The film critic discusses Pauline Kael, AI and his new books, 'Algorithm of the Night' and 'Last Week in End Times Cinema.' We also check in on the Last Bookstore's Studio City outpost.

The way Thomas Kinkade sells his paintings certainly bespeaks a desire to make people pay.

Thinking about AS Hamrah's Algorithm of the Night

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.

Once again, critic A.S. Hamrah sheds perceptive light on our cinematic malaise.

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

“A. S. Hamrah’s criticism is hilarious, irreverent, full of passionate and ingeniously defended judgments.” —Dana Spiotta

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.

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