The New York Times chief film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever
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.
@aoscott
He wears his considerable learning lightly – although not
apologetically: Scott knows that the arguments he is exploring have
a long pedigree.
*Financial Times*
It’s a serious tome that raises criticism to the level of art.
*Sunday Times*
That he succeeds in speaking to us all…while at the same time
delineating his own specific role in culture, is only one of the
many pleasures to be found in this erudite work.
*Independent on Sunday*
Jam-packed treasure trove… The result is often deeply
rewarding.
*Spectator*
Fluent, learned volume… Conscious of the irony that a culture in
which everyone passionately wants their opinions heard is
systematically devaluing critical thinking and analysis… Reflects
the age-old critic's dilemma of how subjective to be – one of many
fascinating quandaries that are put through the intellectual
wringer here by a calm and clever champion of an unfashionable
art.
*Independent*
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