Writing • AGE 82
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, Newswe...


Mr. Scorsese
Self
2025

A Complete Unknown
Screenplay
2024

An American Named Kazan
Self
2019

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Self
2017

Silence
Screenplay
2016

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
2008

The Craft of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Self
2007

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007

De-Lovely
Writer
2004

Gangs of New York
Screenplay
2002

Strange Days
Screenplay
1995

The Age of Innocence
Screenplay
1993

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
1993

The Scorsese Machine
Self
1990

Made in Milan
Writer
1990

Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1990

The Last Temptation of Christ
Additional Writing
1988

Movies Are My Life
Self
1988

Street Scenes 1970
Self
1970