The Red Balloon is storytelling at its simplest and most beautiful. This thirty minute short film follows a little boy through the streets of Paris as a red balloon captures his attention on his morning walk to school. The balloon…
I knew my cousin Kathryn Hahn had a movie coming out called "Afternoon Delight". What she didn't tell me in her infinite humility is that she's the lead in the movie, which was written and directed by Jill Soloway. When…
I've been without cable for about five years now. In my last year as a subscriber to Time Warner Cable, my package included internet, basic cable and one premium channel (HBO). My monthly tab was $144. I don't miss it…
Baz Luhrmann's deafeningly-hyped interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is many things. It's excessive, it's artificial and it is, indeed, visually arresting. And it's a great study on a guy who works so tragically hard to acquire all…
Homosexual acts were illegal in England and Wales until the Sexual Offenses Act in 1967. Despite the law, police in 1960s England tended to be somewhat lax about actually enforcing an antiquated law that even then seemed an affront to…
After the dizzying number of "definitive" Bond box sets with documentary after documentary, Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 proves to be just that: a film that digs deep into Bond's origins, creation and continuation with never-before told…
In this episode of the George Hahn Podcast, I talk about this past weekend's mind-blowing episode of Downton Abbey (no spoilers, promise) and the premiere of House of Cards, an original series produced by and released through Netflix. Based on…
As Vesper Lynd famously said to 007 in Casino Royale: "There are dinner jackets and dinner jackets. This is the latter." While there was a whole lot of handsome at the 70th Annual Golden Globes last night, there was a…
For SKYFALL, veteran Harry Potter costume designer Jany Temime did an outstanding job suiting up Daniel Craig in his third turn as James Bond. With suits made by Tom Ford, Craig cut a most impressive figure. His Bond is a…
Roman Polanski's singular classic film adaptation of Ira Levin's novel Rosemary's Baby remains one of the greatest supernatural/horror films ever made. At it's core, it is also a bit of a women's liberation tale wearing a thriller costume, following the…