Hal Hartley

Divine Trash

Steve Yeager

John Waters, Divine

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

Trust

Hal Hartley

Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan

After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.

The Unbelievable Truth

Hal Hartley

Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke

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...

Surviving Desire

Hal Hartley

Martin Donovan, Mary B. Ward

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 two become lovers.

In Bad Taste

Steve Yeager

John Waters, Susan Lowe

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 is also discussed.

Simple Men

Hal Hartley

Robert John Burke, Bill Sage

Dennis is a handsome and bookish college student. His brother, Bill, is a roughhewn ladies' man and thief. Together they search for their dad, confront their expectations of each other, themselves, and their attitudes towards women.

Henry Fool

Hal Hartley

Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak

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

Opera No. 1

Hal Hartley

Patricia Dunnock, Parker Posey

Short film by Hal Hartley with Parker Posey and Adrienne Shelley.

Flirt

Hal Hartley

Bill Sage, Parker Posey

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 he might be in love with. Later incorporated into a feature film of the same name.

Theory of Achievement

Hal Hartley

Bob Gosse, Jessica Sager

This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk" Brookylnites who would love to make something of their lives -- assuming they can pay the rent first.

Amateur

Hal Hartley

Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan

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 is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.

Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences

Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly

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

Ambition

Hal Hartley

George Feaster, Hannah Sullivan

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 frustration and violence.

Meanwhile

Hal Hartley

D.J. Mendel, Danielle Meyer

Meanwhile concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He produces online advertising and he’s written a big fat novel. He’s also a pretty good drummer. But success eludes him. For Joe can’t keep himself from fixing other people’s problems. His own ambitions are constantly interrupted by his willingness and ability to go out of his way for others.

The Book of Life

Hal Hartley

Martin Donovan, PJ Harvey

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 Apocalypse? It is December 31, 1999 and New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdelina discuss and debate the end of the world, the opening of the seven seals, and the essence of being human.

Flirt

Hal Hartley

Bill Sage, Dwight Ewell

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do?