{"product_id":"algorithm-of-the-night-a-s-hamrah-9781953813183","title":"Algorithm of the Night","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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. S. Hamrah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953813186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953813183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e N+1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"A. S. Hamrah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244514525439,"sku":"9781953813183","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_049bef08-28e5-4a09-b42b-58a26c85f810.jpg?v=1758135924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/algorithm-of-the-night-a-s-hamrah-9781953813183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}