In this interview, the film critic A.S. Hamrah will address the general disaster of current commercial cinema in the age of streaming platforms, theater closures, the crazed push for AI, and the dead-end reliance on IP franchising. As the Hollywood film industry—a culture mired in publicity and stale convention—becomes increasingly tech-based and plunges into uncertainty, what happens to great films, and to film criticism?
When: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 @ 4:30 PM
Where: Dartmouth Hall 105
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by: The Writing Program, The Leslie Center for the Humanities, and The Department of Film & Media Studies