Films with: Hartley, Hal

Amateur

A crackpot ex-nun who writes pornographic short stories crosses paths with an amnesiac wandering the streets of New York City. When they set out to uncover his identity, they come face to face with his unsavory past--including a vengeful porno actress and ruthless corporate assassins hot on their trail.

DVD 3465

Book of life

In this dark comedy about the Apocalypse, Jesus (Martin Donovan) arrives at JFK Airport with his assistant, Magdalena (P.J. Harvey). He transfers the "Book of Life" to computer disk and battles the Devil (Thomas Jay Ryan) for human souls, with second thoughts about whether these lives are worth saving.

DVD 1141

Girl from Monday

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

DVD 4394

Henry Fool

Simon Grim, a nerdy young sanitation worker who lives in Queens with his depressed mother and promiscuous sister, turns out to be a brilliant poet and an overnight literary sensation, after being encouraged to write down his ideas by Henry Fool, a boozy pseudo-intellectual who rents the Grim family basement.

DVD 2995

No such thing

Beatrice works at a sleazy tabloid TV news show, run by a producer eager for something different. The producer sends her camera crew to Iceland in search of something new and unusual, but the show's crew doesn't survive their first encounter with the local monster, and Beatrice is sent to find out what happened to them. She ends up taking on the reclusive monster and takes him from the remote island and brings him into the media spotlight in New York City.

DVD 1651

Possible films short works by Hal Hartley, 1994-2004.

Six previously unreleased short films and videos. From the quiet and thoughtful to the loud and ridiculous, this arresting collection of short work by Hal Hartley reveals the tireless experimentation, curiousity, and playfulness that lies behind his many feature films.

DVD 3475

Simple men

Two brothers go after their father, a former all-star shortstop and mad-bomber anarchist, when he breaks out of jail, and discover on their trek through deepest, darkest Long Island that sometimes even the oddest things really are just what they seem.

DVD 2937

Surviving desire a film /

Offbeat romance about a college student who seduces her professor. Also included are two shorts: "Theory of achievement" and "Ambition."

DVD 1671

Unbelievable truth

A romantic comedy involving a quirky model, a handsome ex-convict, and a murder.

DVD 1841