In this short film, a down-on-his-luck guy muses about life while hanging out in the park.

Film writer Phil Hall puts in an exceptional performance as an anachronistic drunk ranting on a park bench in the short film Uncorked.

Phil Hall, the author of several books on indie cinema, is holding the first ever New England Underground Film Festival in New Haven, CT in October.

Phil Hall covers a ton of territory in his History of Independent Cinema in a highly engaging fashion, from the origins of film to the modern day.

This may be the fifth year for Connecticut’s New Haven Underground Film Festival, but it’s the first year with new festival director Phil Hall.

The New Haven Underground Film Festival has a new fest director this year, journalist Phil Hall, and he’s looking for a few good films.

Michael Mongillo gives the scoop on handing the reigns of the New Haven Underground Film Festival to underground film writer Phil Hall.

Co-directors of the New Haven Underground Film Festival, Michael Mongillo and Todd Dzicek, have stepped down and turned the fest over to writer Phil Hall.

Sheldon Renan’s An Introduction to the American Underground Film, written in the ’60s, is an invaluable encyclopedic reference to the classics.

Though not entirely comprehensive, Phil Hall’s Encyclopedia of Underground Movies is still loaded with great information and is a fun read.