Escape from End Times Cinema - A.S. Hamrah -- John Wall Barger
Join us for a conversation with film critic A.S. Hamrah as he and the Writing Program's John Wall Barger discuss the general disaster of current commercial cinema.
Location
Dartmouth Hall 105
Sponsored by
Dartmouth Writing Program, Film & Media Studies Department
Audience
Public
Escape from End Times Cinema
A.S. Hamrah
In conversation with
John Wall Barger
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Dartmouth Hall 105
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?
Sponsored by:
The Writing Program, Leslie Center for the Humanities, and Film & Media Studies
Free and open to the public
Location
Dartmouth Hall 105
Sponsored by
Dartmouth Writing Program, Film & Media Studies Department
Audience
Public
