EP. 10: AN AFTERNOON IN THE DARK FT. A.S. HAMRAH

EP. 10: AN AFTERNOON IN THE DARK FT. A.S. HAMRAH

From Quality Lit Game by Quality Lit Game

January 6, 2026 · 1h 11m · Season 1 · Episode 10

About this episode

In this episode, film critic A.S. Hamrah discusses his new books and various topics related to cinema with the hosts.

On the raucous tenth episode of a new podcast, n+1 film critic A.S. Hamrah joins co-hosts Clementine Ford, Vincenzo Barney, and Christian Lorentzen to talk about his new books Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing 2018-2024 and Last Week in End Times Cinema . Topics discussed include the beautifully lit movie screens of New York City; Amy Adams; Hillbilly Elegy ; MTV girls; Amazon propaganda; aliens and their anatomy; giant baskets full of gourmet cheese; bribery and backlash; Trumpist cinema; Nocturnal Animals ; Bidenist cinema and whether such a thing existed; Megalopolis ; The Cotton Club ; Apocalypse Now ; The Godfather Part III ; One From the Heart ; Garden of Stone ; Francis Ford Coppola; whether a film can also be admirable and “a failure”; Hollywood studio propaganda against auteurs and the trade magazines that publish it; Bond villains; Yaphet Kotto; Christopher Lee; James Stewart; biopics and their recent proliferation; farmhands of Lunenberg, Massachusetts, and their taste in movies; whether popularity indicates quality or the opposite; the effects of time on films’ reputations; Sinners ; One Battle after Another ; Hamnet ; the Paris Theater; Noah Baumbach; Whit…

People in this episode

Hosts: Clementine Ford, Vincenzo Barney, Christian Lorentzen

Guest: A.S. HAMRAH

Topics covered

  • film writing
  • New York City movie screens
  • Amy Adams
  • Hillbilly Elegy
  • MTV girls
  • Amazon propaganda
  • aliens and their anatomy
  • gourmet cheese
  • bribery and backlash
  • Trumpist cinema
  • Bidenist cinema
  • Megalopolis
  • The Cotton Club
  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Godfather Part III
  • One From the Heart
  • Garden of Stone
  • Francis Ford Coppola
  • Hollywood studio propaganda
  • Bond villains

Keywords

  • Algorithm of the Night
  • Last Week in End Times Cinema

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing 2018-2024, Last Week in End Times Cinema

Books & works: AN AFTERNOON IN THE DARK, Algorithm of the Night, Last Week in End Times Cinema, Hillbilly Elegy, Nocturnal Animals, Megalopolis, The Cotton Club, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part III, One From the Heart

Places: New York City, Hollywood, Lunenberg, Massachusetts, the Greater Boston Area, Gaza

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