Hal Hartley Movies

In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restrain Walter, the angry husband of a woman he thinks...

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

A comical mini opera following the exploits of two goddesses interfering with the lives of mortals. Mistaken identities, miscast spells, and...

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

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...

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

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 short documentary about the making of 'Fay Grim.'

The mundane circumstances of a city under siege.

Man talking about the United States of America.

Self-funded Hal Hartley project shot on 16mm with a focus on a somewhat bizarre romance.

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

Joseph Fulton, a famous director, wants to work at a cemetery. Meanwhile, he has his last will and testament drawn up. His girlfriend thinks he's...

A commercially realistic but artistically conflicted playwright lends his Berlin apartment to a young actress friend so she can rehearse her drama...

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...

Excerpts from performances of Hal Hartley's play "Soon", a production inspired by the 1993 events in Waco, Texas involving the religious sect called...

Louis Andriessen's opera, based on Dante's Divine Comedy, plays out as a combination of a stage production and filmed elements, which sees Dante as a...

An artist-criminal far from home asks his assistant to pirate a rare videotape before the German Post Office Authorities come to confiscate it.

A hot summer day on a country road. A young woman in her bridal dress gets kicked out of a car. Lost and frustrated, she wanders off across a sea of...

This film is the visual component of the multi-media collaboration between the composer Louis Andriessen and Hal Hartley.