The other night I realized it had been awhile since I’d hear about any new work from writer/director Hal Hartley. I was under the impression that his most recent film had been 2006′s Fay Grim (the sequel to my favorite Hartley film, 1997 Henry Fool). But a quick check of IMDb revealed that he had released a slew of films in 2010, much to my delight and confusion.

I was confused because I could not fathom how Hartley could have released so many projects (Accomplice; Adventure; A/Muse; Implied Harmonies; and The Apologies) in one year. So I took my curiosity to Twitter (“OK, anybody else out there Hal Hartley fans? According to imdb he has multiple projects in 2010, anybody seen one of them?”) in hopes of finding out more info from a fellow Hartley fan.

I did not receive a reply from a fellow Hartley fan, but rather an explanation came via a tweet from Hartley’s company (Possible Films): “They’re part of a collection of new short films. You can see one of them on our website. http://bit.ly/4Vo7wZ“. The link takes you to the three-minute short film, Accomplice, which is described as “An artist-criminal far from home asks his assistant to pirate a rare videotape before the German Post Office Authorities come to confiscate it. Part of the PF2: Possible Films Volume 2 short film collection.”

Go visit the site and explore, because that short film is just one part of a Hartley treasure trove. Hartley is clearly utilizing the Internet to a great extent to grant fans the means to purchase not only some of his films, but also his music.