You read that right, “the flavor of Hamrah.” blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2026/02...

David Zaslav in excess. Ravaged WB, ruined WB, sold WB to the Ellison family cabal—remains one of the wealthiest of plunderers in human history while holding no other talents.

Tonight in Louisville! www.speedmuseum.org/cinema/a-s-h...

Also, Defector interviewed me and it’s out today.

I'll be interviewing film critic A.S. Hamrah @hamrahrama.bsky.social on Wednesday at 4:30pm at Dartmouth, about the current state of cinema and also his two new books (Last Week in End Times Cinema, and Algorithm of the Night) which are great.

Reviews like this make writing worth it. lareviewofbooks.org/article/as-h...

The amazing Christian Lorentzen interviewed me in the new @bookforum.bsky.social: www.bookforum.com/print/3203/a...

Tonight at the Cleveland Cinematheque I’m presenting two Jafar Panahi films — It Was Just an Accident and The Circle. Here’s an excellent piece curator Bilgesu Sisman wrote about the event cinematheque.cia.edu/2025/12/16/c...

Paris Marx had me on his great podcast Tech Won’t Save Us to talk about moviegoing and filmmaking in America today:

This Thursday at the Cleveland Cinematheque I’m presenting two Jafar Panahi films, It Was Just an Accident and his neglected 2000 masterpiece, The Circle.

@screenslate.bsky.social interviewed me about film criticism, my new books, and jury duty DVD sales: www.screenslate.com/articles/cer...

Nice write-up in the @cambridgeday.com newspaper this morning in advance of my appearance tonight with @splicedpersonality.bsky.social at @portersqbooks.bsky.social www.cambridgeday.com/2026/01/27/h...

Film critic @hamrahrama.bsky.social joins us Thursday to talk about his new book “Algorithm of the Night” and introduce screenings of Richard Linklater’s NOUVELLE VAGUE, and Joel Potrykus’s “darkly funny heavy metal comedy” (Bloody Disgusting), VULCANIZADORA. brattlefilm.org/2026-01-29

I’m on the new episode of the great psychoanalysis podcast Ordinary Unhappiness, talking with hosts Abby and Patrick about cinema:

ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT! I’ll be at Porter Square Books talking with the great A.S. Hamrah about his new books ALGORITHM OF THE NIGHT and LAST WEEK IN END TIMES CINEMA. Be there. It’s free!

Jan 31 I’m at Metrograph introducing two films and signing books. One of the films is George Romero’s Land of the Dead (2005), which Nick Pinkerton interviewed about for Metrograph’s online journal. The other is Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole (1951). metrograph.com/a-s-hamrah-i...

LA Times on my new books, plus an interview. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

“When Oscar Wilde wrote that ‘a sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it,’ he didn’t know that someday an American painter would find a way to make sentimentalists pay for it in monthly installments.”

I wrote about @hamrahrama.bsky.social 's new book(s) in the newsletter this week: you should check it out, and buy/read his books! open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...

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...

Thank you National Book Critics Circle for this nomination.

This is tonight and I’ll be moderating!

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...

Thank you @cvall96.bsky.social for this amazing review; I could hope for nothing better

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-...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Excerpt from LAST WEEK IN END TIMES CINEMA in @parisreview.bsky.social today. Book comes out Nov 25 www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11...

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...

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. harpers.org/archive/2025...

“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.”” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.

@nplusonemag.com spoke with me about the dreaded Cracker Barrel rebrand. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

My new book from @nplusonemag.com, Algorithm of the Night, is now available for preorder at 10% off. shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...

Right now you can preorder my book Last Week in End Times Cinema at Bookshop for 20% off. bookshop.org/p/books/last...

I’m teaching an online course on film criticism this fall through @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. Anyone can join!

It's workshop time! In addition to the annual Publishing Workshop you know and love, we're hosting two summer writing workshops with Katie Kadue and Nadja Spiegelman—and later down the line, with A.S. Hamrah and Lauren Markham. Learn more at lareviewofbooks.org/learn