What’s the value of criticism, be it literary, film or art? Who decides who’s qualified to be an arbiter of taste? The New York Times’ chief film critic A.O. Scott, who deemed Boyhood the best film of 2014 and publicly sparred with Spike Lee over the gentrification of Brooklyn, says critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, civil action and interpersonal life. Drawing on the long tradition of criticism from Aristotle to Susan Sontag, with detours through animated Pixar films and the songs of Chuck Berry, Scott maintains that real criticism allows true creativity to thrive.
A.O. 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. His top ten films list for 2014 is as follows: Boyhood, Ida, Citizenfour, Leviathan, Selma, Love is Strange, We Are The Best!, Mr Turner, Dear White People, and The Babadook.
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A.O. 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. His top ten films list for 2014 is as follows: Boyhood, Ida, Citizenfour, Leviathan, Selma, Love is Strange, We Are The Best!, Mr Turner, Dear White People, and The Babadook.
What’s the value of criticism, be it literary, film or art? Who decides who’s qualified to be an arbiter of taste? The New York Times’ chief film critic A.O. Scott, who deemed Boyhood the best film of 2014 and publicly sparred with Spike Lee over the gentrification of Brooklyn, says critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, civil action and interpersonal life. Drawing on the long tradition of criticism from Aristotle to Susan Sontag, with detours through animated Pixar films and the songs of Chuck Berry, Scott maintains that real criticism allows true creativity to thrive.
A.O. 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. His top ten films list for 2014 is as follows: Boyhood, Ida, Citizenfour, Leviathan, Selma, Love is Strange, We Are The Best!, Mr Turner, Dear White People, and The Babadook.
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A.O. 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. His top ten films list for 2014 is as follows: Boyhood, Ida, Citizenfour, Leviathan, Selma, Love is Strange, We Are The Best!, Mr Turner, Dear White People, and The Babadook.
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