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A. O. Scott


A. O. Scott has been a film critic at the New York Times since 2000. His writing has appeared in many other publications, including the New York Review of Books, Slate, the New Yorker and the Nation. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2010, Scott is currently Distinguished Professor of Film Criticism at Wesleyan University. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

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Books by A. O. Scott

Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty and Truth

The New York Times chief film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever

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