Dan Sallitt

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Dan Sallitt is an American critic, screenwriter and film director known for his microbudget filmmaking and "cinephile" film criticism. Born on 27 July 1955 in Pennsylvania, Sallitt moved to Los Angeles in 1976 where he became first-string film critic of the Los Angeles Reader from 1983 to 1985. He has written film criticism for many outlets, including Slate, the Chicago Reader, MUBI.com, Masters of Cinema, and the Toronto Film Festival. He maintains the film blog Thanks for the Use of the Hall.

Most Popular Dan Sallitt Trailers

Total trailers found: 15

The Unspeakable Act Trailer (2012)

24 June 2012

17-year-old Jackie is in distress as her older brother Matthew gets his first girlfriend and prepares for college.

Ghost Phone Trailer (2013)

19 December 2013

William Pierce (Nelson Franklin) is a practical, rational man who suddenly finds himself face to face with the paranormal when he starts receiving phone calls from the dead on the cell phone his recently-deceased fiancée (Melissa Ordway) left behind.

Hermia & Helena Trailer (2016)

09 September 2016

Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York to attend an artistic residency to develop a Spanish translation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Caterina Trailer (2019)

06 October 2019

Caterina was born in South America but lives in New York. Her willingness to make close emotional connections to others is as much of a burden as it is a gift.

Honeymoon Trailer (1998)

26 September 1998

Mimi and Michael are close friends after a brief and unsuccessful dating interlude years before. Michael has remained in love with Mimi over the years, but Mimi, who has just broken up with her long-time boyfriend, seems willing to try romance with Michael a second time.

Polly Perverse Strikes Again! Trailer (1986)

05 December 1986

Out of Nick Huxley's past comes Theresa, a social disease who sleeps with anything that moves and who has decided that she wants Nick back.

Fourteen Trailer (2019)

08 August 2019

Twentysomething Brooklynites Mara and Jo have been close friends since middle school. Gradually, it becomes apparent that the increasingly unstable Jo has troubles that may be the result of substance abuse, or an even deeper problem.

Notes on an Appearance Trailer (2018)

21 February 2018

A young man disappears amid talk of violence and demagoguery, leaving behind an obscure cache of letters, postcards, and notebooks.

On Red River Trailer (2013)

28 October 2013

Dan Sallitt in conversation with Jaime N. Christley about Red River

Dan Sallitt Trailer (2013)

16 September 2013

Interview with filmmaker and critic Dan Sallitt. Recorded July 2013.

The Hardest Working Cat in Showbiz Trailer (2021)

16 May 2021

Explore the legend of Hollywood’s most celebrated cat, Orangey, in this adaptation of Dan Sallitt’s essay of the same name.

Be My Baby Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

A well-observed, plausibly troubled love story

This Closeness Trailer (2024)

07 June 2024

In Philadelphia for the weekend, Tessa and Ben, a couple on the rocks, rent a room in the apartment of Adam, a reclusive stranger who quickly becomes an unwilling voyeur to the most private parts of the couple’s life.

All the Ships at Sea Trailer (2004)

07 February 2004

Evelyn Bell, a Catholic professor of theology, and her younger sister Virginia are reunited after many years when Virginia returns home in a depression after being ejected from a religious cult.

Red Giant Trailer (2021)

22 September 2021