A.O. Scott on the first ten years of 21st-Century movies
A.O. Scott has been covering film for The New York Times for 10 years; he joins us to look back on what’s captured audiences and critics to define the first filmic decade of the 21st Century. He says the most memorable moments were often completely unpredictable. See where “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “There Will Be Blood” and “The Minority Report” fit into Scott’s look back on a decade of film criticsm.
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