Biography

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

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

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The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

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The Business End: Violence in Cinema

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The Craft of Dirty Harry

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Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

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A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

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Movies Are My Life

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Street Scenes 1970

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