Cop Out

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star in Kevin Smith's painfully unfunny throwback to the Eighties buddy-cop movies.

"...of vitriolic satire aimed at the airline industry – Jay and Silent Bob Get High(er), maybe? – because it's..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

aGLIFF: Like a Virgin on the Runway in Trinidad

Onward through aGLIFF, night 2!

"...Tate, 2007) chronicles the ever-entertaining winner of Project Runway, Jay McCarroll, as he prepares for a show at fashion..."

Sept. 6, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Welcome to the Neighborhood: PJ Raval Heads to Trinidad

Life in the sex change capital of the world

"...much the stuff of fiction that PJ Raval and Jay Hodges initially had trouble believing the place actually existed...."

Aug. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The City of Angels, Air-Kissing Austin

Dispatch from the Los Angeles Film Festival

"...Diaz, in the narrative competition and PJ Raval and Jay Hodges' Trinidad, executive-produced by South by Southwest ex Matt..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

Aligning Body and Mind in an Unlikely Place

Trinidad premieres on LOGO and DVD

"...10.) But as one character astutely points out in Jay Hodges and PJ Raval's fascinating documentary, the hardscrabble town..."

April 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Friday Night Lights gets renewed for two more seasons, and the House passes the incentives bill. Are things looking up for the Texas film industry?

"...be found on Netflix starting April 14... PJ Raval and Jay Hodges' doc Trinidad won the jury award at the..."

April 10, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

'Film News' counts down its Top 10 Austin film stories of 2008

"...Sundance Film Festival. But he also directed (along with Jay Hodges) Trinidad, a doc about the sex-change capital of..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Scott Rudin's Texas bent brings Kimberly Peirce's 'Stop-Loss,' even though it's 'No Country for Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood'

"...has awarded a post-production grant to P.J. Raval and Jay Hodges' Best Kept Secret, a documentary about Trinidad, Colo.,..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Minor 'Miracle': mystery of major Hollywood family film shooting here pretty much solved

"...Word from Bryan Poyser is that the Duplass brothers, Jay and Mark (The Puffy Chair), have just wrapped shooting..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TFPF Grant Recipients

$70,000 to 26 projects

"..."Viva Les Amis," Nancy Higgins (documentary); Best Kept Secret, Jay Hodges and PJ Raval (documentary); "High Stakes," Anne Lewis..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Screens Feature

'Trinidad' Premieres on TV

PJ Raval and Jay Hodges' documentary will air on Showtime this June.

"...night on Showtime. The doc, by PJ Raval and Jay Hodges, is about Trinidad, CO, and its transgendered population..."

June 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Res Publica

A minicalendar for all those who resolved to be a good citizen this year: Jan. 1-8

"...a new documentary by local filmmakers PJ Raval and Jay Hodges about the evolution of Trinidad, Colo., from a..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature

Top Ten Queer Sh*t

Andy's Top Ten queer things, happenings, people, etc. etc.

"...is the subject of Trinidad, an Austin-made documentary by Jay Hodges and PJ Raval. The doc chronicles the lives..."

Dec. 31, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Digging for Change

Cash-strapped but ever hopeful, aGLIFF looks to next year

"...transgender people – the documentary Trinidad by Austin filmmakers Jay Hodges and PJ Raval and the Korean feature Like..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Sneak Peek at 'Trinidad' Tonight

Trinidad sneaks tonight

"...you how supercool it is that PJ Raval and Jay Hodges' documentary Trinidad is premiering at the Los Angeles..."

June 4, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Her hotness Heather Graham makes a movie in town

"...camera jockey, but he's also the director (along with Jay Hodges) of Trinidad, a documentary four years in the..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Los Angeles: Totally Crushing on Austin

A couple of homegrown films hit the L.A. Film Festival

"...competition with each other): PJ Raval's Trinidad (codirected with Jay Hodges and exec-produced by Matt Dentler), examines Trinidad, Colorado,..."

May 7, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Grant Recipients

$125,000 to 18 filmmakers

"...(narrative); Lucas W. Millard, "Western" (narrative); P.J. Raval and Jay Hodges, Best Kept Secret (documentary)..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Feature

Reissues

"...Waters (on Chess) and Memphis Slim (on Chess, United, VeeJay, etc.) that this single-CD reissue can only be recommended..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...before they broke out into opener “Greet Death.” Instrumentalist Jay Demko joined the band’s core four lineup with an..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Staff: Margaret Moser, Michael Corcoran, Richard Dorsett, Luke Torn, Jay Trachtenberg, Michael Whittaker, Brent Grulke, Rob Patterson, Jason Cohen,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, and the likes of Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Clark Terry, Cat..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

"...of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel," the deejay-as-musician vehicle that everyone from Run DMC to DJ Shadow..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Cast List: Kier Tallman, Charly Hogan, Martin Seinsmeir, Kahara Hodges, Ryan Begay, Sarah Natani (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Cypher Director/Screenwriter: Chris Moukarbel, Producers: John Hodges, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Chris Moukarbel, Tierra Whack, Anthony..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Shots

"...sensibility more deeply rooted in the lyricism of Johnny Hodges than the harmolodics of Ornette Coleman. Which is not..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature