A.O. Scott

This year’s Academy Awards and the way streaming has changed the movie business.

With the recent news that longtime New York Times film critic, A.O. Scott, is transferring to the New York Times Book Review, we invite him to look back on his career in movies.

We look back at the best on-screen performances of 2022.

New York Times film critic A.O. Scott joins us to share his thoughts on "Nope," the latest film from director Jordan Peele. 

Oscar predictions with A.O. Scott & Kyle Buchanan.

A.O. Scott, chief film critic at The New York Times, joins us to discuss the Academy Award nominations, New York City movie theater reopenings, and the future of the film industry.

The New York Times has compiled a list of the Best Performers of 2020 and “The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (So Far).” 

A look at the top performers of the year.

The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and 'The New York Times' launch "One Film, One New York" campaign where it's up to New Yorkers to vote on the most iconic film shot in NYC. 

Each generation laments that young people don’t have a clue, but three cultural critics point to why everyone’s confused about what adulthood means, and how our T.V.s reflect that.

The Wolf of Wall Street depicts drugs, sex and financial misdeeds - portraying the true story of disgraced Jordan Belfort. NY Times film critic A.O. Scott and Bloomberg Businessweek's...

Mark Danner, frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and author of Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror, and A.O. Scott, New York Times chief film critic, discuss the film, the controversial torture scenes, and the experience of watching a film based on the recent past.

Antonio Mendez, former CIA technical operations officer, author of Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History, and A. O. Scott, chief film critic at The New York Times, discuss the events depicted in the new movie "Argo" and Mendez’s role in it.

 

A.O. Scott, chief film critic of The New York Times, and Dana Stevens, Slate's film critic and co-host of Slate's "Culture Gabfest," compare notes on this year's Oscar nominations (just released this morning), and discuss recent changes in the requirements for best documentary.

Bruce Springsteen released his album "The Rising" less than a year after the September 11 attacks. We look back at that powerful album with New York Times film critic A.O. Scott.

Happy 70th, Bob Dylan! Well, almost. Here in New York, the Film Forum movie theater is celebrating the troubadour's upcoming birthday with a double feature of two films that celebrate a younger Dylan: the 1967 documentary “Don’t Look Back” and “The Other Side of the Mirror,” a compilation of Dylan’s appearances at the Newport Folk Festival. New York Times film critic A.O. Scott recently took in both movies and joins us to share his reaction.

The reviews for Franco and Hathaway as Oscar hosts are decidedly mixed. A.O. Scott, chief film critic for the New York Times, recaps last night's Academy Awards ceremony.

What were your highlights? Lowlights? Surprises? Let us know!

A.O. Scott, chief film critic for the New York Times, and Dana Stevens, film critic and co-host of Culture Gabfest  for Slate.com, review today's Oscar nominations.

Listeners: Who got snubbed? What movie, actor, or director should have gotten nominated but didn't. Call in or comment here!

One way to beat the heat wave: escape to a dark and cool movie theater.  A.O. Scott, chief film critic for the New York Times, reviews recently released and upcoming summer films - and talks about the nature of reviews.

Tell us what you've seen, what you liked, and what you're looking forward to in this season's summer films. What are your favorite and least favorite summer movies this year?

Today, a new movie called "The Kids are All Right" hits theaters, and for A.O. Scott, film critic from The New York Times, it inspired him to ask: “are the kids REALLY all right?”

In a new article called “They Grow Up So Quickly, Don’t They?”, he looks at this summer’s new releases that speak to the state of childhood and adolescence and family today.