{"product_id":"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","brand":"A. S. Hamrah","offers":[{"title":"McNally Editions |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-12-12","offer_id":47350573465855,"sku":"9781953813183","price":35.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_62628623-e7fc-4ecf-92f4-1824c2fd0ff7.jpg?v=1760457168","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781953813183","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}