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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 shared with Manohla Dargis. In 2023, he moved to The New York Times Book Review.

A. O. Scott
Scott in 2016
Born
Anthony Oliver Scott

(1966-07-10) July 10, 1966 (age 57)
Other namesTony Scott
Alma materHarvard University
Occupations
  • Film critic
  • literary critic
  • author
Spouse
Justine Henning
(m. 1991)
Children2
Parent
RelativesEli Wallach (great-uncle)
Anne Jackson (great-aunt)

Early life and education edit

Scott was born on July 10, 1966, in Northampton, Massachusetts.[1] Both of his parents were professors. His mother, Joan Wallach Scott, is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[2] His father, Donald Scott, was a professor of American history at the City University of New York. He is a great nephew of the married acting couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson (his maternal grandfather was Eli's brother).[3] Scott identifies as Jewish.[4] He attended public schools in Providence, Rhode Island, including Classical High School before graduating magna cum laude from Harvard in 1988 with a degree in literature.

Career edit

Print edit

Scott began his career at The New York Review of Books, where he served as an assistant to Robert B. Silvers.[5] Scott then served as book critic for Newsday, while also serving as a contributor to The New York Review of Books and Slate. In 1993, he wrote television reviews for Variety, using the name Tony Scott.[6]

He joined The New York Times' Arts section in January 2000, following Janet Maslin's retirement from film criticism. (Maslin continues to review genre fiction for the paper.) In 2004, he became chief critic, following Elvis Mitchell's resignation. Scott and the other film critics at the Times host a video podcast on the subject of film, called Critics' Picks.[7] On March 9, 2020, The New York Times announced that Scott would take a one-year break from his role as co-chief film critic and assume the title of critic at large, writing "bigger, cross-topic essays."[8]

Better Living Through Criticism, a book on art criticism by Scott, was published in 2016.[9]

Scott left his role as a film critic in March 2023 and joined The New York Times Book Review.[10] About his departure from film criticism, he said: "I have found that the way that I’ve practiced it has gotten harder to do. And also, the feeling of disconnection between the critic and the audience feels much stronger And the gulf feels much wider."[11]

Television edit

In 2006 and 2007, Scott served as a guest critic on Ebert & Roeper during Roger Ebert's absence due to thyroid cancer.

Between 2002 and 2014, Scott made 15 appearances on Charlie Rose, where he predicted the Academy Award winners and spoke about recently released films. He often appeared alongside David Denby of The New Yorker and Janet Maslin of The New York Times and guest-hosted the program on a number of occasions.

On August 5, 2009, it was announced that Scott, along with Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips, would take over hosting duties on At the Movies from Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, who would no longer be involved with the show.[12] Scott and Phillips began their duties when the show started its new season on September 5, 2009.[13] The show was canceled after one season due to low ratings, concluding its run in August 2010.[14]

Academia edit

Scott is a professor of film criticism at Wesleyan University.[15] As of 2023, he is no longer listed as being on the faculty at Wesleyan.[16]

Personal life edit

Scott is married to Justine Henning, and they have two children.[1][17]

Accolades edit

Scott was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism "for his incisive film reviews that, with aplomb, embrace a wide spectrum of movies and often explore their connection to larger issues in society or the arts".[18]

Preferences edit

Favorites edit

In a 2009 interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Scott named the following five films as his favorites of all time.[19]

  1. La Dolce Vita
  2. The Godfather
  3. Sullivan's Travels
  4. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
  5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

When asked to name the best of 21st century, Scott listed along with Manohla Dargis: [20]

  1. There Will Be Blood (USA, 2007)
  2. Spirited Away (Japan, 2001)
  3. Million Dollar Baby (USA, 2004)
  4. A Touch of Sin (China, 2013)
  5. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania, 2006)
  6. Yi Yi (Taiwan, 2000)
  7. Inside Out (USA, 2015)
  8. Boyhood (USA, 2014)
  9. Summer Hours (France, 2009)
  10. The Hurt Locker (USA, 2009)

Best of the year edit

Since becoming a film critic, Scott has named these films the best of the year:

Filmography edit

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Tales of the City: Hanif Kureshi's Rough Guide to London Himself
2002–2014 Charlie Rose Guest/Guest Host 15 episodes
2006–2010 At the Movies Guest Host/Co-Host 66 episodes
2008 American Masters Himself Episode: "You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story"
2009 For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism Himself
2010 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Guest Expert 5 episodes
The View Himself 1 episode
TCM Guest Programmer Himself Episode: "U.S. Critics"
Up To The Minute Guest Film Critic 1 episode
2011 The Early Show Himself 1 episode
2013–2016 Jeopardy! Video Clue Presenter 5 episodes
2014 Life Itself Himself
CBS This Morning Himself 3 episodes
2015 Remembering David Carr Himself
2016 PBS NewsHour Himself 1 episode
Generation X Himself 2 episodes
2017 Spielberg Himself
2021 WTF with Marc Maron Himself Episode: "A.O. Scott"

Bibliography edit

  • Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth. Penguin Press. 2016. ISBN 978-1594204838.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "A. O. Scott". The New York Times. from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Scott, Joan Wallach. . Institute for Advanced Study. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Eli Wallach, BA '36". The Alcalde. 88 (4). Emmis Communications: 28. March 2000. ISSN 1535-993X. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. ^ Scott, A. O. (October 4, 2009). "Jewish History, Popcorn Included". The New York Times. p. AR1. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Amazing Human Launching Pads". New York. September 26, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  6. ^ Prouty (1996). Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993–1994. Taylor & Francis. p. 113. ISBN 9780824037970.
  7. ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  8. ^ "Staff News From Culture". The New York Times Company. March 9, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  9. ^ Wood, Michael (February 3, 2016). "Review : In Better Living Through Criticism AO Scott Offers Insight". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  10. ^ "From Culture to Book Review: A New Chapter for A.O. Scott". The New York Times Company. February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  11. ^ Barbaro, Michael. "Our Film Critic on Why He's Done With the Movies". The Daily. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  12. ^ Goldwert, Lindsay; Praetorious, Dean (August 5, 2009). "'At the Movies' Drops Hosts Lyons, Mankiewicz". ABC News. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  13. ^ Phil Rosenthal (August 5, 2009). "Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips, N.Y. Times' A. O. Scott take over 'At the Movies'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  14. ^ Rosenthal, Phil (March 24, 2010). "Tower Ticker: Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  15. ^ "A. O. Scott". The School of The New York Times. from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  16. ^ Wesleyan University Website as of 5 November 2023. [1]
  17. ^ Shih, Cynthia W. (May 29, 2013). "A.O. Scott". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  18. ^ The Pulitzer Prizes
  19. ^ "Five Favorite Films With A.O. Scott". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  20. ^ "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far". The New York Times. June 9, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

External links edit

  • A. O. Scott at IMDb  
  • A. O. Scott: New York Times biography
  • A. O. Scott: New York Times articles
  • A. O. Scott: New York Times movie reviews
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Preceded by Chief film critic of The New York Times
(with Manohla Dargis)

2000–2023
Succeeded by
Manohla Dargis

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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 shared with Manohla Dargis In 2023 he moved to The New York Times Book Review A O ScottScott in 2016BornAnthony Oliver Scott 1966 07 10 July 10 1966 age 57 Northampton Massachusetts U S Other namesTony ScottAlma materHarvard UniversityOccupationsFilm critic literary critic authorSpouseJustine Henning m 1991 wbr Children2ParentJoan Wallach Scott mother RelativesEli Wallach great uncle Anne Jackson great aunt Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Print 2 2 Television 2 3 Academia 3 Personal life 4 Accolades 5 Preferences 5 1 Favorites 5 2 Best of the year 6 Filmography 7 Bibliography 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEarly life and education editScott was born on July 10 1966 in Northampton Massachusetts 1 Both of his parents were professors His mother Joan Wallach Scott is the Harold F Linder Professor at the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey 2 His father Donald Scott was a professor of American history at the City University of New York He is a great nephew of the married acting couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson his maternal grandfather was Eli s brother 3 Scott identifies as Jewish 4 He attended public schools in Providence Rhode Island including Classical High School before graduating magna cum laude from Harvard in 1988 with a degree in literature Career editPrint edit Scott began his career at The New York Review of Books where he served as an assistant to Robert B Silvers 5 Scott then served as book critic for Newsday while also serving as a contributor to The New York Review of Books and Slate In 1993 he wrote television reviews for Variety using the name Tony Scott 6 He joined The New York Times Arts section in January 2000 following Janet Maslin s retirement from film criticism Maslin continues to review genre fiction for the paper In 2004 he became chief critic following Elvis Mitchell s resignation Scott and the other film critics at the Times host a video podcast on the subject of film called Critics Picks 7 On March 9 2020 The New York Times announced that Scott would take a one year break from his role as co chief film critic and assume the title of critic at large writing bigger cross topic essays 8 Better Living Through Criticism a book on art criticism by Scott was published in 2016 9 Scott left his role as a film critic in March 2023 and joined The New York Times Book Review 10 About his departure from film criticism he said I have found that the way that I ve practiced it has gotten harder to do And also the feeling of disconnection between the critic and the audience feels much stronger And the gulf feels much wider 11 Television edit In 2006 and 2007 Scott served as a guest critic on Ebert amp Roeper during Roger Ebert s absence due to thyroid cancer Between 2002 and 2014 Scott made 15 appearances on Charlie Rose where he predicted the Academy Award winners and spoke about recently released films He often appeared alongside David Denby of The New Yorker and Janet Maslin of The New York Times and guest hosted the program on a number of occasions On August 5 2009 it was announced that Scott along with Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips would take over hosting duties on At the Movies from Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz who would no longer be involved with the show 12 Scott and Phillips began their duties when the show started its new season on September 5 2009 13 The show was canceled after one season due to low ratings concluding its run in August 2010 14 Academia edit Scott is a professor of film criticism at Wesleyan University 15 As of 2023 he is no longer listed as being on the faculty at Wesleyan 16 Personal life editScott is married to Justine Henning and they have two children 1 17 Accolades editScott was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his incisive film reviews that with aplomb embrace a wide spectrum of movies and often explore their connection to larger issues in society or the arts 18 Preferences editFavorites edit In a 2009 interview with Rotten Tomatoes Scott named the following five films as his favorites of all time 19 La Dolce Vita The Godfather Sullivan s Travels McCabe and Mrs Miller The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance When asked to name the best of 21st century Scott listed along with Manohla Dargis 20 There Will Be Blood USA 2007 Spirited Away Japan 2001 Million Dollar Baby USA 2004 A Touch of Sin China 2013 The Death of Mr Lazarescu Romania 2006 Yi Yi Taiwan 2000 Inside Out USA 2015 Boyhood USA 2014 Summer Hours France 2009 The Hurt Locker USA 2009 Best of the year edit Since becoming a film critic Scott has named these films the best of the year 2000 Yi Yi 2001 A I Artificial Intelligence 2002 Talk to Her 2003 Master and Commander The Far Side of the World 2004 Million Dollar Baby 2005 The Best of Youth 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima 2007 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2008 Wall E 2009 Where the Wild Things Are 2010 Inside Job 2011 Bridesmaids 2012 Amour 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis 2014 Boyhood 2015 Timbuktu 2016 Moonlight 2017 The Florida Project 2018 Monrovia Indiana 2019 Honeyland 2020 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 2021 Summer of Soul Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised 2022 NopeFilmography editYear Title Role Notes 2001 Tales of the City Hanif Kureshi s Rough Guide to London Himself 2002 2014 Charlie Rose Guest Guest Host 15 episodes 2006 2010 At the Movies Guest Host Co Host 66 episodes 2008 American Masters Himself Episode You Must Remember This The Warner Bros Story 2009 For the Love of Movies The Story of American Film Criticism Himself 2010 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Guest Expert 5 episodes The View Himself 1 episode TCM Guest Programmer Himself Episode U S Critics Up To The Minute Guest Film Critic 1 episode 2011 The Early Show Himself 1 episode 2013 2016 Jeopardy Video Clue Presenter 5 episodes 2014 Life Itself Himself CBS This Morning Himself 3 episodes 2015 Remembering David Carr Himself 2016 PBS NewsHour Himself 1 episode Generation X Himself 2 episodes 2017 Spielberg Himself 2021 WTF with Marc Maron Himself Episode A O Scott Bibliography editBetter Living Through Criticism How to Think About Art Pleasure Beauty and Truth Penguin Press 2016 ISBN 978 1594204838 See also editNew Yorkers in journalismReferences edit a b A O Scott The New York Times Archived from the original on January 6 2015 Retrieved March 22 2015 Scott Joan Wallach The School of Social Science Institute for Advanced Study Archived from the original on December 18 2007 Retrieved March 22 2019 Eli Wallach BA 36 The Alcalde 88 4 Emmis Communications 28 March 2000 ISSN 1535 993X Retrieved May 28 2012 Scott A O October 4 2009 Jewish History Popcorn Included The New York Times p AR1 Retrieved May 28 2017 The Amazing Human Launching Pads New York September 26 2010 Retrieved March 22 2019 Prouty 1996 Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews 1993 1994 Taylor amp Francis p 113 ISBN 9780824037970 Movie Reviews The New York Times Archived from the original on May 28 2017 Retrieved May 28 2017 Staff News From Culture The New York Times Company March 9 2020 Retrieved December 5 2020 Wood Michael February 3 2016 Review In Better Living Through Criticism AO Scott Offers Insight The New York Times Retrieved May 13 2016 From Culture to Book Review A New Chapter for A O Scott The New York Times Company February 21 2023 Retrieved March 11 2023 Barbaro Michael Our Film Critic on Why He s Done With the Movies The Daily Retrieved May 31 2023 Goldwert Lindsay Praetorious Dean August 5 2009 At the Movies Drops Hosts Lyons Mankiewicz ABC News Retrieved July 28 2022 Phil Rosenthal August 5 2009 Chicago Tribune s Michael Phillips N Y Times A O Scott take over At the Movies Chicago Tribune Retrieved July 9 2010 Rosenthal Phil March 24 2010 Tower Ticker Disney ABC cancels At the Movies Siskel and Ebert s old show Chicago Tribune Retrieved July 28 2022 A O Scott The School of The New York Times Archived from the original on June 15 2018 Retrieved March 22 2019 Wesleyan University Website as of 5 November 2023 1 Shih Cynthia W May 29 2013 A O Scott The Harvard Crimson Retrieved November 20 2021 The Pulitzer Prizes Five Favorite Films With A O Scott Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved April 23 2022 The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far The New York Times June 9 2017 Retrieved January 16 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to A O Scott A O Scott at IMDb nbsp A O Scott New York Times biography A O Scott New York Times articles A O Scott New York Times movie reviews Media offices Preceded byElvis Mitchell Chief film critic of The New York Times with Manohla Dargis 2000 2023 Succeeded byManohla 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