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Phil Hall (US writer)

Phil Hall(born 1964) is an American writer and film critic.

Writing

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Hall is a writer/editor for the online Cinema Crazed and was a contributing editor for the online magazineFilm Threat[1][2][3]and the author of several film-related books, includingThe Encyclopedia of Underground Movies: Films from the Fringes of Cinema(2004),Independent Film Distribution(2006),The History of Independent Cinema(2009),The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time(2013),In Search of Lost Films(2016),The Weirdest Movie Ever Made: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film(2018),Jesus Christ Movie Star(2021) and100 Years of Wall Street Crooks(2022).[3][4][5][6]He has also written forThe New York Times,New York Daily NewsandAmerican Movie ClassicsMagazine.[7][8][9][10]Hall is a member of theOnline Film Critics Society.[11]

Hall is a senior enterprise editor for Westfair Communications’Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journal,and was an editor and research analyst for the financial site Profit Confidential.[12][13]He has written for Progress in Lending and he was formerly an editor for two mortgage banking magazines,Secondary Marketing ExecutiveandServicing Management,and the daily MortgageOrb news site.[14]

Hall also authoredMoby Dick: The Radio Play,an audio theater adaptation ofHerman Melville'sMoby-Dickwhich was performed on the radio seriesNutmeg Junctionand was published as an e-book.[15]

Other work

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Hall is the director of the New England Underground Film Festival, an annual event held inConnecticut.[16]He was the director of theNew Haven Underground Film Festivalin 2008,[15]and previously programmed the Light+Screen Film Festival in New York.[17]Hall also served as a member of the Governing Committee of theOnline Film Critics Society.[18]He is also the host of theSoundCloudpodcastThe Online Movie Show with Phil Hall.[19]

From 1994 to 2004, Hall was the president of Open City Communications, aNew York City-basedpublic relationsagency.[20]

Film work

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A 20-minute documentary short by Leszek Drozd titledA Writer Named Phil Hallfeatured Hall talking about his career in the media, the books he authored, and his advice for young writers who want to get published.[21][22]

Hall has also appeared as an actor in a number of independently produced films, including theBikini Bloodbathseries of horror-comedies,Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beastand theMichael LeggecomedyMonochromia.[16][23][24]

References

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  1. ^Felix Vasquez Jr. (September 12, 2018)."Cinema Crazed's Phil Hall Meets Bigfoot in New Book" The Weirdest Movie Ever Made "".Cinema Crazed.Retrieved2009-09-12.
  2. ^Patrick Ferrucci,"Head Underground: Taking a look at the real independents,"New Haven Register, September 26, 2008
  3. ^abJoe Meyers (August 29, 2013)."Beloved Hollywood turkeys from 'Mommie Dearest' to 'Plan 9'".Connecticut Post. Archived fromthe originalon July 3, 2009.Retrieved2013-09-19.
  4. ^"Oct. 2013 interview with Phil Hall on Outsight Radio Hours".Archive.org.6 October 2013.Retrieved10 November2013.
  5. ^Susan Dunne (June 28, 2009)."Film Book's Story is Fully Independent".Hartford Courant.Retrieved2009-09-12.
  6. ^Christopher Arnott (October 29, 2022)."From fraudsters to swindlers to Mafia masterminds, Southington author uncovers '100 Years of Wall Street Crooks'".Hartford Courant.Retrieved2022-11-01.
  7. ^Ricky Flake (August 20, 2009)."Independent movies, recordings and a birthday present".Biloxi Sun-Herald, Biloxi, MS.Retrieved2009-09-21.
  8. ^Jedd Beaudoin (September 15, 2016)."'In Search of Lost Films' Leaves One Imagining the Possibilities ".Pop Matters.Retrieved2016-10-04.
  9. ^Joe Meyers (October 15, 2018)."Fairfield writer explores history of 1967 Bigfoot film".Connecticut Post.Retrieved2018-12-02.
  10. ^"Cinematic Jesus".WAG Magazine. March 26, 2021.Retrieved2021-07-23.
  11. ^"Our Members".Online Film Critics Society. 28 May 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-03.Retrieved2014-10-02.
  12. ^Georgette Gouveia (December 10, 2019)."Author, author!".WAG Magazine.Retrieved2020-08-02.
  13. ^"Phil Hall, B.A."Profit Confidential.Retrieved2016-10-04.
  14. ^Anthony Garritano (September 2013)."Color Commentary"(PDF).Today’s Mortgage Executive Magazine.Retrieved2013-09-19.
  15. ^abAmanda Cuda,"Fairfield resident releases ‘Moby Dick’ radio play as an e-book,"Connecticut Post, July 20, 2020
  16. ^abSusan Dunne (October 2, 2012)."Underground Film Festival At La Paloma"(PDF).Hartford Courant.Retrieved2013-09-19.
  17. ^Mike Chaiken (September 25, 2008)."Deep in the Celluloid Underground".Bristol Observer, Bristol, CT.Retrieved2009-09-21.
  18. ^David Sterritt (May 28, 2004)."Online Film Critics Get Mixed Reviews".Christian Science Monitor.Retrieved2013-09-19.
  19. ^"Fairfield Podcaster Dives Into Second Season Of Cinema-Focused Program".Ridgefield Daily Voice. November 29, 2017.Retrieved2018-12-02.
  20. ^Wendy Mitchell (April 23, 2004)."Sundance Grants; AIVF Change; Gen Art Winners; Acquisitions News & More".IndieWire.Retrieved2013-09-19.
  21. ^Betty Jo Tucker,"On Being a Writer",ReelTalk Movie Reviews
  22. ^Film Threat coverage
  23. ^Don Sumner (August 6, 2012)."Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash (2008) Review".Best Horror Movies.Retrieved2013-09-19.
  24. ^Duane L. Martin (September 4, 2013)."Film Reviews: Monochromia".Rogue Cinema.Retrieved2013-09-19.
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