Sometimes the Beat Can Get in the Way of the Rhythm: A Conversation with Kent Jones on Late Fame

Kent Jones has long been one of cinema’s greatest thinkers, so to simply refer to him as a director seems a gross oversimplification for what has been a lifetime spent serving cinema. Jones’ contributions are innumerable — his given titles at varying points in his career have been: film critic, editor-at-large for Film Comment, video archivist and co-director for Martin Scorsese, programmer at Film Forum, Associate Director of Programming at Film Society of Lincoln Center, director of the New York...