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Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and critic. He is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with Manohla Dargis.
Scott was born to two historians. His mother, Joan Wallach Scott, is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. His father, Donald Scott, is a professor of American history at CUNY. He is also a great nephew of the actor Eli Wallach.
Scott attended public schools in Providence, Rhode Island—including Classical High School—before graduating magna cum laude from Harvard in 1988 with a degree in literature.
He has a son named Ezra and a daughter named Carmen.
Scott began his career at The New York Review of Books, where he served as an assistant to Robert B. Silvers. He then served as book critic for Newsday, and also as a contributor to The New York Review of Books and Slate magazine.
He joined The New York Times' Arts section in January 2000,...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal - — Did you hear the one about the guy who lived in the land of Uz, who was perfect and upright and feared God? His name was Job. In the new movie version, “A Serious Man,” some details have been changed. He's called Larry Gopnik and he lives in Minnesota … |
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