KnowraA. O. ScottA. O. ScottA. O. Scott is an American film critic, journalist, and author who served as chief film critic for The New York Times.BriefConnectManohla Dargis: Manohla Dargis is an American film critic and co-chief film critic of The New York Times. She shared the Times’ chief film critic role with Scott.Film criticism: Film criticism is the evaluation and interpretation of cinema through reviews, essays, and other forms of analysis. It is the practice that anchors Scott’s newspaper work.Film review: A film review is a published assessment and interpretation of a particular motion picture. Scott’s newspaper criticism often takes this concise, film-specific form.Better Living Through Criticism: Better Living Through Criticism is A. O. Scott’s 2016 book on criticism as a practice of judgment and attention. The book develops Scott’s argument for criticism’s place in everyday cultural life.Roger Ebert: Roger Ebert was an American film critic, journalist, and screenwriter. His influential public-facing criticism offers a different model of American film reviewing.The New York Times: The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851. Scott served as a chief film critic at the newspaper.Cultural journalism: Cultural journalism reports on and interprets art, entertainment, and the institutions surrounding them. Scott’s writing connects individual films to broader cultural debates.The Moviegoer: The Moviegoer is Walker Percy’s 1961 novel about a New Orleans stockbroker searching for meaning. Scott’s title echoes Percy’s novel while framing his own account of moviegoing.Pauline Kael: Pauline Kael was an American film critic known for her essays in The New Yorker. Her forceful, personal criticism helped define the tradition Scott inherited.The New York Times Book Review: The New York Times Book Review is the newspaper’s weekly literary review section. Scott has written about books and literary culture for the Times.Show all 20Linked from 2 pagesRichard RoeperRelated: Scott later joined Ebert as a guest co-host on the program Roeper had shared with him.Peter TraversRelated: Scott is another prominent critic whose work spans newspapers and television.