A. O. Scott Film Critic Retired from Film Criticism


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A,O Scott

In 2023, he moved to the The New York Times Review of Books.

  • In a 2009 interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Scott named the following five films as his favorites of all time. [15]
    La Dolce Vita
    The Godfather
    Sullivan’s Travels
    McCabe and Mrs. Miller
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance


  • Florida Project The Best film of the year 2017 NY times

    A.O. Scott puts “The Florida Project” at No. 1 and writes that it “managed to be both the most joyful and the most heartbreaking movie of the year.” Scott praised director Sean Baker, supporting actor Willem Dafoe and leading lady Brooklynn Prince, who is 7 and lives in Winter Springs. Scott adds that Brooklynn’s performance as Moonee “has earned a place in the canon of American mischief alongside the likes of Eloise and Tom Sawyer.”

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    Dec 11, 2007 actor Ion Fiscuteanu
    (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu)

    Actor Ion Fiscuteanu, a Star of Romanian Stage and Film, Dies at 70 (NYtimes)
    A, O Scott on Romanian New Wave

    New York Times critic A.O. Scott has recorded several pieces on films coming out of Romania, called Romanian Cinema Rising, in light of the current hype surrounding Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days.