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A. O. Scott

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Cormac McCarthy, Riding Into a Bloodred Sunset

He was the last of a generational cohort of writers who redefined American prose. → Read More

What Tucker Carlson’s Text Message Says About His Code of Whiteness

The racial ideology revealed in the former Fox News host’s text message. → Read More

‘Dead for a Dollar’ Review: How the Western’s Done

Walter Hill’s lean, mean shoot-’em-up is a master class in B-movie craft. → Read More

‘Both Sides of the Blade’ Review: Who Do You Love?

In the latest film from Claire Denis, Juliette Binoche plays a Parisian radio journalist in a romantic quandary. → Read More

Are the Movies Liberal?

Everyone knows Hollywood is progressive. But look at the films it churns out. They tell another story. → Read More

‘Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood’ Review: OK, Boomer

Richard Linklater’s new animated film tells the story of the moon landing with some tongue-in-cheek revisionism. → Read More

‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way

Renate Reinsve stars in Joachim Trier’s funny-sad story of a woman on the verge of figuring herself out. → Read More

‘Futura’ Review: Youth, Italian Style

Three filmmakers travel Italy in the midst of the pandemic, listening to young people talk about their fears and aspirations. → Read More

And the 2022 Oscar Nominees Should Be

The nominations will be announced Feb. 8. Here’s what our critics wish academy voters would put on their ballots. → Read More

‘The Hand of God’ Review: A Portrait of the Cineaste as a Young Man

Paolo Sorrentino’s autobiographical drama about growing up in Naples is sensual, sad and occasionally sublime. → Read More

‘Red Rocket’ Review: All My XXX’s Live in Texas

A porn star returns to his hometown in Sean Baker’s latest slice of hard-luck Americana. → Read More

‘House of Gucci’ Review: Murder, Italian-Style

Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino and Jared Leto serve up a heaping platter of prosciutto in Ridley Scott’s tale of family treachery. → Read More

‘Spencer’ Review: Prisoner of the House of Windsor

Kristen Stewart stars as an anguished, rebellious Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s answer to “The Crown.” → Read More

‘The French Dispatch’ Review: Remember Magazines?

Wes Anderson pays antic tribute to the old New Yorker and its far-flung correspondents. → Read More

‘The Velvet Underground’ Review: And Me, I’m in a Rock ’n’ Roll Band

Todd Haynes’s documentary paints a jagged, revelatory portrait of the New York avant-garde scene of the 1960s. → Read More

Is Moviegoing Undemocratic?

The plan to distribute the art-house film “Memoria” in one theater at a time has set off a heated debate over whether the idea is elitist or inspired. → Read More

‘No Time to Die’ Review: His Word Is His Bond

The 25th episode in the venerable franchise — and Daniel Craig’s last as 007 — finds its hero in a somber mood. → Read More

The New York Film Festival Is Back, and Our Critics Have Favorites

Their notable titles include the opening-night movie, “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” directed by a solo Joel Coen and starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. → Read More

‘Cry Macho’ Review: The Good, the Bad and the Poultry

In his latest film, Clint Eastwood drives across Mexico with a troubled young man and a combative rooster. → Read More

In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life

Though his novels and short stories — published over six decades, beginning in 1934 — are set in an older, more decorous America, he grapples with themes that feel shockingly contemporary. → Read More