FLIRT (1996) screens at IFC Center in New York Wednesday April 4 at 8pm. Tickets available here. Hal and members of the cast will be present. This is the first digitally restored 16×9 version of the film ever screened. What Hal says: “The best work I’ve ever done.”

Hal’s “whimsical yet deeply serious” (The New York Times) groundbreaking 1998 digital feature, The Book of Life, will receive a special screening at the IFC Center in New York on Thursday, March 21 at 8pm. Tickets available here.

The first 100 ticket-holders to enter will receive a copy of the original soundtrack CD with music by David Byrne, PJ Harvey, Yo La Tengo, Joey Sweeny and others.

Hal Hartley’s first feature film since 2006 is now available on DVD!

“Meanwhile is a riveting return to the intimate philosophical storytelling that characterizes Hartley’s cinema in the era of The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), Simple Men (1992), and Amateur (1994). It doesn’t drag its coattails in the romantic glory of those films, however, being fully attuned to the harsh realities of 21^st century survival.” —Graham Fuller, Artinfo

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. Having just broken up with his girlfriend in Brooklyn, Joe walks over the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan and has a troubling encounter with a women whom he suspects might jump. As he goes about his day, taking care of his own business and helping various strangers with their everyday hassles, he hears on the radio that someone has, in fact, jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge. With his bank account temporarily frozen on account of unpaid taxes, he must traverse the entire length of Manhattan to get the keys to a friend’s apartment, giving away the few dollars he has along the way. Is Joe Fulton responsible and selfless to a fault? Maybe. He is certainly the all time hardest working unsuccessful over-achiever in New York.

The film is 60 minutes long and unrated. Contains mild nudity and mild profanity. The DVD is presented in the film’s original 16:9 anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio, with a 5.1 English surround sound mix and no subtitles. NTSC versions are available for customers in North America, Japan, and Northwestern parts of South America. PAL versions are available for customers in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the rest of South America. Neither DVD has region coding.

Original music by Hal Hartley, featuring songs by Matty Charles and The Valentines, Pete Galub and The Annuals, and The Lost Patrol.

01. Chelsea (00:34)
02. Matty Charles and The Valentines – Satellite (03:44)
03. Bridge (01:07)
04. Train (02:45)
05. Garment (00:22)
06. Financial (02:19)
07. Stumble (01:08)
08. Matty Charles and The Valentines – Dandy Man (02:22)
09. Hell’s Kitchen (01:08)
10. The Lost Patrol – Nobody There (02:55)
Listen to this song at our website.
12. Soho (02:38)
13. Tribeca (01:25)
14. Pete Galub and The Annuals – I Will Not Be Denied (04:46)
15. Gramercy (01:15)
16. Pete Galub and The Annuals – Caroline (02:44)
17. Flatiron (01:00)
18. Upper East Side (02:42)
19. DUMBO (00:55)
20. Matty Charles and The Valentines – Always Something New (02:26)
21. All Other Stations (CD only bonus track) (06:25)

A beautiful 18″ x 24″ poster signed by filmmaker Hal Hartley.

Limited Quantity available.

MEANWHILE will screen at the magnificent Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens on Thursday, March 8 at 7pm. Hal will introduce the film and do a Q&A afterwards.

DVDs of MEANWHILE will be available for purchase at the screening, as will the original soundtrack CD (which includes over six more minutes of music than the downloadable version, by the way!)

Wednesday, February 29 at 8pm

The 8pm show is sold out! A second show has been added at 9:45pm.

IFC Center
323 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Hal Hartley in person

Tickets on sale now

The DVD & Soundtrack will be available for purchase on our website in early March 2012.

Hal, editor Kyle Gilman, and star D.J. Mendel discuss the music in Meanwhile and Hal’s composing process.

Editor Kyle Gilman talks about the production workflow of Meanwhile and the newer ways to watch movies.

Another new song from Meanwhile which will be included on the CD.