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Kent Jones (born 1957) [1] is an American film critic and filmmaker . Biography. Kent Jones grew up in Berkshire County, Massachusetts before attending McGill University in the late 1970s. He then transferred to New York University where he studied filmmaking.
Kent Jones is a filmmaker and writer. His documentaries include A Letter to Elia (2010), codirected with Martin Scorsese, and Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015), and he made his fiction debut with the critically acclaimed Diane (2018).
Jones is a singular film critic, curator and festival programmer. His 2007 book, " Physical Evidence ," demonstrated exemplary range and an authoritative personality. The book culled his pieces from Film Comment, Cahiers du cinema, Village Voice and The New York Times.
Mar 28, 2019 · One of the world's most revered film critics and programmers, Kent Jones discusses why he finally had to make a movie of his own.
Mar 28, 2019 · Film critic, documentarian, and New York Film Festival director Kent Jones has a range of knowledge and influence that’s virtually unrivaled in the critical industry. In his writing, Jones displays a remarkable knack and hunger for tactile detail, examining a film’s aesthetic—and, truly, its soul—with a lively exactitude.
Kent Jones's documentary is inspired by the famous interview of Alfred Hitchcock by the French director François Truffaut – an interview which Truffaut regarded as every bit as important as one...
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Dec 1, 2015 · Kent Jones, now a critic, filmmaker, and director of the New York Film Festival, was among those budding cinephiles on whom Truffaut’s book made a major impression. And tomorrow, Jones’s...
