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A.O. SCOTT

Photo of A.O. Scott Film critic for The New York Times.

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A. O. (Tony) 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.

A. O. Scott graduated with a B.A. degree in Literature (magna cum laude) from Harvard College in 1988 and was a grad-school dropout (from Johns Hopkins, in American Literature). He has also served on the editorial staffs of Lingua Franca and The New York Review of Books.

He was born on July 10, 1966 and lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

-Biography from The Times.


Reviews

Cannes 2003 A. O. Scott reports on the
highs and lows of this year's
Cannes International Film Festival.
New York Times Movies Reviews and recommendations from A. O. Scott.
A. O. Scott reviews the work of David Foster Wallace, among others.