Movie critic gossip bleg

Our dear beloved Co-chief Film Critic of Record, A.O. Scott, has recently had his lovely photo demoted to the third slot of the NYT movie page, leaving the perpetually photoless Manohla Dargis in the top spot. And instead of highlight a few of Scott’s current recommendations, the site cryptically states that “A.O. Scott is on book leave until May.” How mysterious! It’s almost Lynchian, really. Even the always well-informed first film prof of the internet, the Cinetrix, is at a loss for relevant book-related information, which is shocking in the way that finding out Wikipedia had no entry on Firefly would be. This has all the makings of a Franklin W. Dixon novel, and don’t even try to tell me that’s a psuedonymn. So, if anyone out there in internet film land works at the NSA and has the wiretapped goods on Scott’s forthcoming tome, step forth and chime in. Details, people!