Hal Hartley

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 ...

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

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 ...

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did…

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

Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, ...

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 ...

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 minimalist, atmospheric, meditation on the theme of “Love” or “Amour” that focuses on reconciliation and forgiveness.

The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens if Jesus Christ has second thoughts about the ...

Henry and Fay’s son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother’s life. But his aims are frustrated by the ...

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Japan). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is ...

This short film was packaged on video with Hartley’s featurette “Surviving Desire.” It affectionately examines the lives of a ...

After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. ...

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

Beatrice’s fiancé is killed by a monster in Iceland. The monster is immortal, but longs to die. Beatrice helps him achieve this by ...

A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who ...