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A. O. Scott. Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and cultural critic, known for his film and literary criticism. After starting his career at The New York Review of Books, Variety, and Slate, he began writing film reviews for The New York Times in 2000, and became the paper's chief film critic in 2004, a title he ...
Mar 17, 2023 · A.O. Scott conducts his own exit interview as he moves to a new post after more than two decades of reviewing films. Share full article. 275. Antoine Maillard. By A.O. Scott. A.O. Scott started as ...
A. O. Scott. Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and movie critic. He is the manager of all movie critics for The New York Times. His great-uncle is American actor Eli Wallach . Scott was born on July 10, 1966 in Northampton, Massachusetts. [1] He is Jewish. [2]
A.O. Scott is a critic at large for The Times’s Book Review, writing about literature and ideas. He joined The Times in 2000 and was a film critic until early 2023.
Better Living Through Criticism is a book by A. O. Scott on the societal role of criticism. Synopsis. In the book, Scott delves into the significance and impact of criticism as a form of artistic expression and engagement with various forms of art, including film, literature, music, and visual arts.
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In 2012, New York Times film critic Anthony “Tony” Scott ’87 (writing under his byline, A.O. Scott) reviewed a big Hollywood release, The Avengers. He praised some aspects of the movie and bemoaned others, specifically “its sacrifice of originality on the altar of blockbuster.”. Scott called The Avengers “a snappy little dialogue ...
Feb 19, 2016 · By A. O. Scott 277 pp. Penguin Press. $28. Daniel Mendelsohn is the author of two collections of criticism, most recently “Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays From the Classics to Pop Culture.”
