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

A Complete Unknown
2024
Silence
2016
Mr. Scorsese
2025
Gangs of New York
2002
The Age of Innocence
1993
Strange Days
1995
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
De-Lovely
2004
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
Street Scenes 1970
1970

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
Writing
8
Crew
1
2025
Mr. Scorsese
as Self
2019
Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'
as Self
2019
An American Named Kazan
as Self
2017
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
2008
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self
2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
1990
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
1988
Movies Are My Life
as Self
1970
Street Scenes 1970
as Self