Flirt

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley. Starring: Bill Sage, Parker Posey, Dwight Ewell, Miho..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Amateur

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley. Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Lowensohn and..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Simple Men

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley. Starring: Robert Burke, William Sage, Karen Sillas, Elina..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fay Grim

The lunatic charm of Parker Posey is the best reason to see this wild, borderline-screwball sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 film, Henry Fool.

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley. Starring: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Henry Fool

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley. Starring: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey,..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book of Life

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley. Starring: Martin Donovan, P.J. Harvey, Thomas Jay Ryan..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Thousand Seen by - (Part One)

"...on the upcoming century shift. Part 1 contains American Hal Hartley's The Book of Life and Frenchman Laurent Cantet's..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen by – (Part Two)

"...on the upcoming century shift. Part 1 contains American Hal Hartley's The Book of Life and Frenchman Laurent Cantet's..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aubrey Plaza Takes a Dramatic Turn

Aubrey Plaza discusses acting dramatic in Ned Rifle

"...In Ned Rifle, the final installment of writer/director Hal Hartley's Henry Fool trilogy, actress Aubrey Plaza takes a..."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Russ Espinoza

My New Gun

"...his wife -- seems almost to be a lost Hal Hartley (The Unbelievable Truth, Trust) film. Like Hartley, Stacy..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Eye

In this Hong Kong horror remake, Jessica Alba stars as a blind violinist whose cure turns out to be worse than the disease.

"...to see the dead, who are everywhere (but not Haley Joel Osment, who is nowhere and presumed post-pubescent). As..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Risk

"...complex character, something the actress only hinted at in Hal Hartley's Simple Men. While there are some narrative leaps..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Hexed

"...point on should try harder to stick with director Hal Hartley, for whom she has starred in two really..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roadside Prophets

"...-- right alongside W.T. Morgan's A Matter of Degrees, Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth, and Rick Linklater's Slacker, among..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trust

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley. Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson, Edie..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...have scared off more than a few potential recidivists. Lethal Weapon 4 and Air Bud 2 are the main..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...– "In Images We Trust: Hal Hartley Interviews Jean-Luc Godard," Filmmaker, Fall 1994..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Brothers, starring Jason Schwartzman and Tunde Adebimpe, and Todd Rohal’s bringing Uncle Kent 2 (the first Uncle Kent being..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Silent Hill: Revelation

Watch out for the demons that inhabit Silent Hill.

"...game-based) nightmare is like sleepwalking into the world’s dullest Halloween party...."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Romance & Cigarettes

John Turturro directs this oddball musical in which the stars (the eclectic cast of James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, and Mandy Moore) lip-sync and dance to popular songs.

"...first act of the film – which recalls early Hal Hartley with its working-class milieu and stilted yet grandiose..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Puccini for Beginners

A lesbian on the rebound falls for both a guy and a gal in this rom-com with roots in old Hollywood screwball comedies.

"...comedy made me pine for Adrienne Shelly, the former Hal Hartley ingenue whose tentative, restive warmth and skewed beauty..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Judy Berlin

"...a tender touch; it's about as far away from Hal Hartley as you can get, but the two share..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Olympia

"...be an Olympic javelin-thrower. Ed (Young, previously seen in Hal Hartley's Simple Men and Amateurs) is Olympia's manager, a..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hollow Reed

"...performances -- Donovan (best known for his work with Hal Hartley), Richardson (rapidly becoming the crown jewel in the..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Portrait of a Lady

Jane Campion brings her modern sensibilities to this story of Henry James’ 1870s heroine Isabel Archer, a young, sharp-minded, American woman abroad who inherits unexpected wealth and uses it to live as she likes, traveling and rejecting numerous suitors until she falls into an unwise marriage that nearly becomes her ruination.

"...Die For). As her sickly cousin and biggest admirer, Hal Hartley regular Martin Donovan makes a strong impression, as..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Walking and Talking

"...Spiller's previous experience photographing New York City for director Hal Hartley's films gives Walking and Talking its authenticity, and..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Chronicle Recommends: Foolish Films

They're no geniuses, but these fools make for fun films

"...(James Urbaniak) reticent, bullied, and unassuming garbage man in Hal Hartley’s 1997 dramedy. A talentless novelist, Henry gives Simon..."

April 1, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Here Comes the Sun

On a breather from The Sopranos, actress Edie Falco soaks it up in John Sayles' Sunshine State.

"...pieces: films by Nick Gomez and fellow Long Islander Hal Hartley, and a star turn in 1999's indie award-winner..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...P. Scholz; Ed: Toni Blye; with Anthony Rapp, Julie Halston, Camryn Manheim...."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...director Michael Winterbottom (Butterfly Kiss) and stars Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave) and Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility) in a..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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