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A. O. SCOTT joined the New York Times as a film critic in January 2000. Previously, he was a Sunday book reviewer for Newsday and a frequent contributor to Slate, the New York Review of Books, and many other publications. He has served on the editorial staffs of Lingua Franca and the New York Review of Books. In addition to his film-reviewing duties, A. O. Scott often writes for the Times Magazine and the Book Review. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, N.Y.
He wears his considerable learning lightly – although not apologetically: Scott knows that the arguments he is exploring have a long pedigree. -- Jonathan Derbyshire * Financial Times * It’s a serious tome that raises criticism to the level of art. -- Jonathan Dean * 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. -- Lesley Mcdowell * Independent on Sunday * Jam-packed treasure trove… The result is often deeply rewarding. -- Andrew Barrow * 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. -- Hannah McGill * Independent *
