A.S. Hamrah – Artist News Network

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A. S. Hamrah is an author, film critic, and avid cinema historian whose deep knowledge and care for the medium shines through in his incisive and humorous critiques. He has compared Hollywood and the entertainment industry to a war machine, counting himself among its casualties. He aims his sights at the news that sashays in the shadows of our screens: big, small, and handheld.⁠
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For five days Hamrah shared items from movies and television that are tawdry, depressing, and symptomatic, or hidden and underreported, as well as news from the world of arts and letters that may be the same.⁠

A. S. Hamrah is the film critic for The Baffler and the author of the book ‘The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2002-2018’, from n+1 Books. He is also the producer of The Hoosac Institute new feature documentary film, BUNKER. His work can also be found in publications including Harper’s Magazine, Bookforum, and 4Columns. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.⁠

Articles

Oct 22, 2021

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch Pop-Up

Published by Time Out New York⁠

Oct 21, 2021

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Oct 22, 2021

Alicia Silverstone Recalls Cruel Body-Shaming on ‘Batman & Robin’ Press Tour

Published by New York Post

Oct 20, 2021

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Oct 22, 2021

Morgan Freeman Interviews Police Recruits in Alabama Town

Published by HuffPost

Oct 20, 2021

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Oct 22, 2021

Morocco’s Surveillance Machine

Published by The Intercept

Oct 21, 2021

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Oct 22, 2021

The Time Godard Called Filmgoers Bourgeois Fascists

Published by Hyperallergic

Oct 19, 2021

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Oct 22, 2021

This Warehouse Worker Became the Face of a Union Push at Amazon. She’s Still Bracing for the Fallout

Published by CNN Business

Oct 21, 2021

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Oct 22, 2021

South Korea’s Millennials Say Their Lives Aren’t That Different Than ‘Squid Game’

Published by Business Insider

Oct 21, 2021

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Oct 22, 2021

Paintmakers Are Running Out of the Color Blue

Published by Bloomberg

Oct 20, 2021

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Oct 21, 2021

From Friends to Squid Game: Why Netflix Viewing Figures Matter

Published by The Guardian

Oct 20, 2021

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Oct 21, 2021

Director Barry Sonnenfeld Says His Addams Family Movie Would Cost 5 Times as Much, Be Half as Good If It Were Made Today

Published by The A.V. Club

Oct 20, 2021

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Films

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Oct 21, 2021

What a Rare, Live ‘A Love Supreme’ Reveals About John Coltrane

Published by New York Times

Oct 19, 2021

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Music

Oct 21, 2021

Revealed: The Crypto Fans Who Secretly Paid $4 Million for Pharma Bro’s Wu-Tang Album

Published by Rolling Stone

Oct 20, 2021

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Oct 21, 2021

‘Chameleon Street’: Wendell B. Harris on His Long-‘Suppressed’ Sundance Winner and His Lost Hollywood Years

Published by IndieWire

Oct 19, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

Mubi Announces Exciting Curated Cinema Experience

Published by Paste Magazine

Oct 19, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

Thanks, Travis Tritt, for Accidentally Saving Lives with Your Dumb Covid Policy

Published by Rolling Stone

Oct 18, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

The Systematic Destruction of Walt Disney Imagineering

Published by WDW News Today

Oct 18, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

Darren Aronofsky Says He Still Gets ‘the Best Hate Mail Ever’ Because of ‘Mother!’

Published by IndieWire

Oct 18, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

How TV Lied About Abortion

Published by Vox

Oct 14, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

What Amazon Did to Fiction

Published by New York Times

Oct 19, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

The Black Mountain Institute Will Cease Publishing Venerable Believer Literary Magazine

Published by Los Angeles Times

Oct 19, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

Female Spanish Writer Who Won Million-Euro Prize Revealed to Be 3 Men Writing Under Pseudonym

Published by People

Oct 18, 2021

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Oct 20, 2021

A ‘Holy Grail’ of American Folk Art, Hiding in Plain Sight

Published by New York Times

Oct 18, 2021

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Oct 19, 2021

Susan Sarandon Reflects on Final Phone Call with Ex-Lover David Bowie: ‘It’s All So Frustrating’

Published by ET Canada (article removed). People.com (selected replacement)

Oct 18, 2021

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Oct 19, 2021

ESPN’s Allison Williams Explains Why She’s Giving Up Her Job Over a Vaccine Mandate

Published by NPR

Oct 18, 2021

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Oct 19, 2021

‘The Last Duel’ Box Office Debacle: Hollywood’s Battle for Older Moviegoers

Published by The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 18, 2021

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