How Criticism Can Improve Our Lives

As a chief film critic for “The New York Times,” A.O. Scott helps to set the national conversation we have about movies. This hour, guest host Lauren Silverman will talk with him about his approach to writing reviews – and about criticism’s role in fostering creativity – which he writes about in “Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth” (Penguin Press).