John C. "Jay" Cocks Jr. (born January 12, 1944) is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Kenyon College. Before shifting to screenplay writing, he was a critic for Time, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, among other magazines.
Known for
8.1
TV
Mr. Scorsese
2025
4.3
Movie
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
5.5
Movie
Street Scenes 1970
1970
6.2
Movie
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
6.8
Movie
Movies Are My Life
1988
5.8
Movie
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
7.0
Movie
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
6.0
Movie
An American Named Kazan
2019
9.0
Movie
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
8.0
Movie
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
8.0
Movie
The Scorsese Machine
1990
6.0
Movie
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
Filmography(15)
15 titles across Movies & TV
8.1
TV
Mr. Scorsese
2025
0
Movie
Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'
2019
6.0
Movie
An American Named Kazan
2019
6.0
Movie
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
4.5
Movie
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
5.8
Movie
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
8.0
Movie
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
6.0
Movie
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
4.3
Movie
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
6.2
Movie
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
7.0
Movie
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
