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Our Film Critic on Why He’s Done With the Movies

A.O. Scott discusses how American cinema has evolved over his 23 years at The New York Times.

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A.O. Scott started as a film critic at The New York Times in January of 2000. Next month he will move to the Book Review as a critic at large.

After 23 years as a film critic, Mr. Scott discusses why he is done with the movies, and what his decision reveals about the new realities of American cinema.

A.O. Scott, a longtime film critic for The New York Times.

ImageA one-story exterior of a movie theater. It is night time and the neon sign illuminates the image. A man changes the title lettering, reading “A Man Called Otto.”
A worker changes the movie title lettering outside the Mesa Theater in Page, Ariz.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times

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