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A.O. Scott Says Goodbye to Film Criticism

A.O. Scott conducts his own exit interview as he moves to a new post after more than two decades of reviewing films.

‘Moving On’ Review: Cracking Jokes and Settling Scores

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda team up in an awkward comedy about two women contemplating the murder of a predatory man.

This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor

After breathing a sigh of relief that the night went smoothly, our critics examine the acting wins as well as the track records of studios...

’65’ Review: An Extraterrestrial Adam Driver Lands on Earth

Millions of years ago, a guy from another planet landed on this one. Like most survivors, he had a moody little girl with him.

‘La Civil’ Review: A Mother’s Desperation

The violence of Mexico’s drug cartels is the backdrop for Teodora Ana Mihai’s first dramatic feature.

‘Dancing the Twist in Bamako’ Review: Youth in Revolt

Robert Guédiguian’s jaunty new film places a young romance against the backdrop of post-colonial Mali in the early 1960s.

Why A.I. Movies Couldn’t Prepare Us for Bing’s Chatbot

Instead of the chilling rationality of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” we get the messy awfulness of Microsoft’s Sydney. Call it the banality of...

‘Pacifiction’ Review: Trouble in Paradise

Albert Serra’s languorous new film is a dreamy meditation on post-colonial geopolitics.

‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe

Liam Neeson and Neil Jordan try to breathe new life into Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled hero.

‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Review: Stripping Down to Bare Essentials

Channing Tatum returns as Florida’s favorite male exotic dancer, romancing a restless socialite played by Salma Hayek Pinault.