Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing, 2019–2025 Superhero Whether it’s Ripley vs the

Whether it’s Ripley vs the Alien Queen or Spinal Tap vs an undersized model of Stonehenge

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a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss

from picnics in the high alpine meadows all the way to the distant streets of Frankfurt and a city life she could never have imagined

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Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing, 2019–2025 Superhero Whether it’s Ripley vs theA. S. Hamrahs writing on film is a delight. . . . Like all the best criticism, his writing makes art and life feel less lonely. Elif Batuman Unerring (Bookforum), hilarious (Dana Spiotta), our ages most irreplaceable critic (Guernica), a genius (Kenyon Review), A. S. Hamrah returns with an extraordinary collection of his best film writing for n+1, The Baffler, The New York Review of Books, the Criterion Collection, and other publications. Algorithm of