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Biography
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.
Filmography6 titles

Fourteen
2019Director, Editor, Screenplay
2019Director, Editor, Screenplay

This Closeness
2024Thanks
2024Thanks

All the Ships at Sea
2004Director, Editor, Writer
2004Director, Editor, Writer

Hermia & Helena
2016as Horace
2016as Horace

The Unspeakable Act
2012Director, Editor, Screenplay
2012Director, Editor, Screenplay

Notes on an Appearance
2018
2018