A.O. Scott

On Tuesday, the oft-thanked Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce this year's Oscar nominations, and for the first time since 1943 there will be ten nominees for Best Picture, instead of five. How will the increased number of films affect the Best Picture race? And what movies won't be nominated, despite the wider playing field?

Business Takeout: New York Times reporter Louise Story assesses the financial implications of Oprah's departure from ABC. Listener Takeout: Listeners tell us whether they'll fall p...

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" hits movie theaters today, and fanatic teenage girls all over the country are making the film a phenomenon before it even opens. Takeaway contributor and...

Washington Takeout: Our Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich on a new report from the Business Roundtable, touted by Senate Democrats, that suggests health care costs will skyrock...

A.O. Scott has been covering film for The New York Times for 10 years; he joins us to look back on what's captured audiences and critics to define the first filmic decade of the 21st ...

[The trailer for the new Cohen Brothers' movie, "A Serious Man"] It's a good weekend to go to the movies, according to The New York Time's film critic (and co-host of...

The Takeaway talks to two movie critics about the anti-blockbuster movies of the summer, particularly foreign films. We talk about the British film "In the Loop," described as a combi...

Sasha Baron Cohen's latest feature film Bruno opens in theaters nationwide today. The film follows a gay Austrian fashion reporter who travels the world flaunting his homosexuality an...

For movie buffs everywhere, summer means one thing: Blockbusters! New York Times film critic A.O. Scott joins The Takeaway with a quick look at the summer's best bets. Above is the ...

The latest summer blockbuster, which opens today, features a train in a starring role. It’s a remake of the 1974 film "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," which starred Walter Mattha...

For months, if not years, the plight of the newspaper industry has been well documented. We've certainly covered it on numerous occasions. Circulation is down, reporters are being lai...