Hal Hartley Movies

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

21 monologues written by American playwrights form a sort of fractured portrait of the American collective psyche. Ranging from the sad to the...

An ambitious and idealistic young actress comes to Berlin to convince an American ex-pat filmmaker that she must be his next muse - the leading lady...

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

A documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and fellow film-makers. The life and death of the actor Divine...

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

Hartley and his wife, Miho Nikaido, travel to Japan to see her parents and reflect on 12 years of marriage, her career ambitions, and the adventures...

Meanwhile concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He...

A sort of birthday card for Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.

A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.

This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young,...

A behind the scenes look, including an interview with Hal Hartley, surrounding his play "Soon," a production inspired by the 1993 events in Waco,...

Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm. Flirtation turns to lust and the...

Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over...

Follows a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the attention of beautiful women, but who encounters only...

A series of impromptu interviews with Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly, and some of Hartley's other most frequent collaborators on his style, career, and...

A short documentary about the making of 'Fay Grim.'

Over one night in New York City, lives of disparate strangers intersect by fate and circumstance.

The job, should you choose to accept it: two young women playing out roles associated with the purchasing of real estate. Questions regarding the...

A documentary concerning the periods between the actual takes during the production of Hartley's short film "Iris," revealing the imagination,...