A.O. Scott

About A.O. Scott

A.O. Scott is chief film critic for The New York Times and distinguished professor of film criticism at Wesleyan University. He is the author of Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth, New York: Penguin Random House, 2017.

Planet of the Apes, 1968, Franklin Schaffner director, starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter (20th Century Fox) — We dread the loss of our culture even as we take it for granted

Blow it up: cultural heritage and film

by A.O. Scott

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inspired by Malian and Western traditions

Malick Sidibé, Back View (2003)