"Film critics prior to the 21st century existed to draw in readers and increase circulation. Their pieces often appeared in the final pages of magazines because many readers started from the back."
@hamrahrama.bsky.social on the state of moviegoing and film criticism
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs | A. S. Hamrah
In December 2019, three months before the pandemic, I was standing on a subway platform in Brooklyn when I recognized a prominent older film critic also
"Film critics prior to the 21st century existed to draw in readers and increase circulation. Their pieces often appeared in the final pages of magazines because many readers started from the back." @hamrahrama.bsky.social on the state of moviegoing and film criticism www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...