Films like Flirt (Hal Hartley).

Flirt (Hal Hartley) (1995) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Simple Men (1992) poster
1. Simple Men1992

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Trust (Hal Hartley) (1990) poster
2. Trust (Hal Hartley)1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Irma Vep (1996) (1996) poster
3. Irma Vep1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Henry Fool (1997) poster
4. Henry Fool1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ariel (1988) poster
5. Ariel1988

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sherman's March (1985) poster
6. Sherman's March1985

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006) poster
7. The Postmodern Life of My Aunt2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Slacker (Linklater 1990) (1990) poster
8. Slacker (Linklater 1990)1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Silvia Prieto (1999) poster
9. Silvia Prieto1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Funny Bones (1995) (1995) poster
10. Funny Bones1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Salaam Cinema (1995) poster
11. Salaam Cinema1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a chilly detachment.

The Magic Gloves (2003) poster
12. The Magic Gloves2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Flirt (Hal Hartley)’s neighbours — where are yours?

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