Liverpool Beats Manchester...City

Maybe they won't win the #EPL but at least #Liverpool won the #SterlingCup right? 😂 Beautiful ball by #Lallana helps #LFC beat #MCFC. 2017!

Ana Ivanovic Retires

You Know You're #TooOld When: #Ana #Ivanovic Retires (29?!). Entertaining mercurial shotmaker. Prob should've had more wins but always fun.

Moana

#Moana: Delightful! Proof that (a) Disney Animation's surpassed Pixar (b) The Rock can do anything (c) Jemaine steals everything he's in!

RIP Debbie Reynolds

RIP #DebbieReynolds. An absolute legend in my house growing up thanks to Singin', Tammy, etc. Hollywood's Golden Age is all but gone Sigh...

Paterson

#Paterson: So Jarmusch-ianly deadpan that when its fierce beating heart catches up with you, what an impact! Lovely, elegant, funny, & sad.

Toni Erdmann

#ToniErdmann: Fantastic deadpan existential German comedy (is there any other kind?) One of the year's very best! That Birthday Party..woah!

RIP Carrie Fisher

RIP #CarrieFisher. Yes, like everyone else I discovered as Princess Leia, but she was so good in everything she did. This is so sad.

Silence

#Silence: At first I was disappointed...then I realised this wasn't Endo's Silence, but (most definitively) Scorsese's. Quite unforgettable!

Article: Cheetah Study

https://www.panthera.org/cms/sites/default/files/Cheetah%20Infographic_Final_NewMaps_Panthera.pdf

RIP George Michael

RIP #GeorgeMichael?! What?! Talk about the soundtrack of my life...his music was always there. Gawd, 2016 had to sneak another one in there.

Cavaliers Beat Warriors 2016 Xmas

A Christmas Miracle(-ous) non-call at the end! It doesn't mean anything but great win for #LeBron & #Cavs (i.e. #Kyrie?!) against #Warriors.

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays 2016

#MerryChristmas World...I mean #HappyHolidays! :-)

20th Century Women

#20thCenturyWomen: Just wonderful! More than just a showcase for the peerless Bening. First-rate ensemble but kid Zumann steals the show.

Roger Federer NYT Interview

Dude @christophclarey you gave me a heart attack with that headline: "...The End"?! Excellent #Federer interview! http://ow.ly/EKml307j2pq

Julieta

#Julieta: Minor key Almodovar is still a wonder to behold. Moving, Sirk-ian mediation on grief, guilt, & the things that (un)bind families.

India Thrashes England in Home Test Series 2016

(Poor) #ENG, playing #IND at home has become like playing #WestIndies & #AUS at their height, esp w/ #Virat & (stat king) #RAshwin! #INDvENG

Allied

#Allied: Two gorgeous movie stars, fantastic director, espionage, romance, epic WWII backdrop...should've been the perfect big-screen movie.

Steelers Beat Bengals

Thank G*d for #Boswell, #Timmons & #Bengals bungling! Great come-from-self-inflicted-wounds #Steelers win. Next up: hated #Ravens! #HereWeGo 

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

#RogueOne: (5th) Best #StarWars Movie, Ever! Terrifically exciting grown-up direction by Gilroy, er, I mean Edwards ;-) PS Fantastic ending!

Clive Lloyd Interview

In my house growing up #CliveLloyd was the *original* #CaptainFantastic! :-) Fantastic interview by @ListerProd: http://ow.ly/Z0DN307d4ZL

Neruda

#Neruda: A meta-biopic that kinda demystifies, deconstructs and deifies the legend at the same time…so another #Larrain? :-) Cast is aces.

RIP Craig Sager

RIP #CraigSager. Essential to my life as an NBA fan. Made it all look like such fun. Very sad given that we thought he was going to make it.

RIP Alan Thicke

RIP #AlanThicke. Caught snippets of him on Growing Pain, um growing up. He was always tongue-in-cheek great in everything else he did. Sad.

The Handmaiden

#TheHandmaiden: Gonzo De Palma-esque Mills & Boon, ie Chan-wook Park! Luridly entertaining. Stellar perfs. Oscar-worthy costume/prod design.

Steelers Beat the Bills

It's a good thing I took #LeVeon with the first pick in my draft! PS. Good thing the #Steelers have him too! ;-) Great win today. #HereWeGo 

Liverpool Bad Draw vs. West Ham United

A draw-that-feels-like-a-loss for #LFC vs relegation-worthy #WHU. Was that awful #Bournemouth loss the beginning of the end? #Liverpool #EPL

RIP John Glenn

RIP #JohnGlenn. Always heard about him & Yuri Gagarin growing up. Didn't realize that the senator & astronaut were the same person! Legend.

Adoree' Jackson Wins Jim Thorpe Award

Congrats to #Adoree' on winning the #JimThorpe Award (though let's be honest, he deserved to be a #Heisman finalist too). #USC #Trojans

RIP Margaret Whitton

RIP #MargaretWhitton. Loved her in The Secret Of My Success & of course Major League. Underrated actress who deserved better from Hollywood

RIP Jayalalithaa

RIP #Jayalalithaa. Larger than life (South) Indian politician (aren't they all?) History will decide her legacy but her impact is undeniable

Nocturnal Animals

#NocturnalAnimals: Tremendous Wong-Kar-Wai-Meets-Kieslowski-Meets-Almodovar-Meets-Lynch romantic-melodrama-film-noir! Tom Ford does it again

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

#FantasticBeasts: Perhaps not quite the powerful allegory for multiculturalism/inclusion critics would have you believe but still pretty fun

RIP Andrew Sachs

RIP #AndrewSachs. Loved him in #FawltyTowers (no way it's possible today) & "Clanger." So effortlessly funny & endearing. Loved that guy!

Nico Rosberg Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Nico #Rosberg Retires(?!). Wasn't his biggest fan but feel bad that #LewisHamilton drove him out in his prime

Jackie

#Jackie: AKA Natalie Portman's Oscar reel. Entertainingly show-offy film designed for maximum awards-season impact. Mica Levi's score wow!!!

RIP Joe McKnight

RIP #JoeMcKnight. He was great at USC and would have had a good NFL career with proper coaching. Gone way too soon at 28. Very sad.

R Ashwin Profile

Great #RAshwin profile by @the_kk. If India only plays home tests he should become the greatest cricketer ever. http://ow.ly/rFs0306Isvu

Del Potro Helps Argentina Win Davis Cup

PS. The Magical Year of #DelPo continues! #DelPotro miraculous comeback vs #Cilic/#CRO helps #ARG win first #DavisCup Next year's wide open!

Arrival

#Arrival: Villeneuve is now the master of the elevated genre film. Beautifully crafted thinking (wo)man's sci-fi. Renner & Adams are great!

The Edge of Seventeen

#TheEdgeOfSeventeen: The spirit of John Hughes is alive & well in kid director Craig! Funny, lacerating, moving performance by Steinfeld.

USC Manhandles Notre Dame

Glad to see #USC (aka #Adoree) & #SamDarnold thrash insufferable #BrianKelly/#NotreDame. Is it too late to get back on #Trojans bandwagon?!

Peter Debruge Lion Takedown

I love @AskDebruge, but the snark in his evisceration of #Lion is beneath him. Leave that to the millennials Pete, you're better than this!

Lion

#Lion: The kind of feel-good we could all do with right about now!Little Sunny & All-Grown-Up Dev hold the entire thing together. Fantastic.

Steelers Hammer Colts

#Steelers are probably thankful that #AndrewLuck didn't play...& #MikeMitchell did. Poor kid #Tolzien was in over his head. #HereWeGo #TNF 

Steven Gerrard Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: Steven #Gerrard Retires. My all-time fave. As much defined by failure as by success. Glad I got to see him.

Rules Don't Apply

#RulesDontApply: Old-school, but charming…much like its star/director/writer/producer. The kids are good but it's Beatty who makes it fun.

Steelers Beat Browns

"Thank G*d for the #Browns" - #AFCNorth. Much-needed win for #Steelers today. Congrats to #JamesHarrison on breaking the sack record!

Andy Murray Beats Djokovic to Cement No. 1

Winter may be coming but the (Poor) #AndyMurray Era in #tennis is here! Great win over #Djokovic to cement No 1. Next year'll be crazy. #ATP

RIP Sharon Jones

RIP #SharonJones. What a powerful performer. Proof that it's never too late to follow your dreams. Cliched, but in her case, true. Very sad.

Divines

#Divines: Fantastic! *This* is how you make a debut film! Amamra absolutely burns through the screen. Director Benyamina has a long future.

Presidential Medal Of Freedom Honorees 2016

So...Greatest #MedalofFreedom Class, Ever! ?

.@POTUS just named the 21 recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom. Check out the full list here: go.wh.gov/EzRYBq

Corey Seager and Dave Roberts Win Awards

Congrats #Corey #Seager on winning #NL #ROTY & #DaveRoberts for manager of the year. So, the #Dodgers are only a year away...again? ;-)

RIP Gwen Ifill

RIP Gwen Ifill. Calm, reassuring face of that much-maligned institution: the TV news. Her debate moderation remain high-water marks.

Steelers Lose Heartbreaker to Cowboys

Aw dude, where's Dick #LeBeau when you need him?! Heartbreaking(/playoff-hunt-ending) loss for the #Steelers. At least #BigBen's back.

India Draws with England 2016 Test 1

Umm, wait, #IND has to "fight" for a Test draw at home(!) while #ENG has the "upper hand" moving forward?! Did not see that coming! #INDvENG

Manchester by the Sea

#ManchesterByTheSea: Male weepie melodrama elevated by expert Lonergan touch & unexpected (gallows) humor. Young Hedges steals the film.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

#BillyLynn:The (cinema) revolution will be televised in 4K 3D HFR (120FPS)! Admirable effort by Ang Lee to give us a glimpse into the future

RIP Leonard Cohen

RIP Leonard Cohen. Discovered him on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack(?!). Not a music critic but I enjoyed his contemplative melancholy.

RIP Raoul Coutard

RIP #RaoulCoutard. Legendary French New Wave cinematographer Shot Breathless which I saw wo subtitles...I dont speak French...still amazing!

My Life as a Zucchini

#MyLifeAsAZucchini: Rare kids film that doesn't talk down to its intended audience. Lovely little stopmotion gem. Beautiful & much-needed.

Hacksaw Ridge

#HacksawRidge: Gibson is not the nicest guy, but he can direct the bl**dy h*ll out of a movie! Fantastic (but not for the faint of heart)!

Kamal's Harris First Indian-American Senator

Congrats to #KamalaHarris on becoming the first #IndianAmerican senator! #desipower!

Confederates in the Attic

To #JDVance/#HillbillyElegy-esque #Trump-supporters-thinkpieces worshippers: Just (re)read #TonyHorwitz's incredible #ConfederatesInTheAttic

South Africa Comes Back to Beat Australia

Woah! What happened?! #AUS had a winning hand at home...& collapsed?! #RSA lost their best players...& won?! Wha?! #AUSvSA PS #Rabada is 21!

LA Galaxy Out of Playoffs / Liverpool on Top

PPPS. #LAGalaxy gets knocked out of #MLS playoffs & #Liverpool finds itself atop the #EPL! Poor Stevie #Gerrard it ended with a whimper #LFC

Dominika Cibulkova Wins WTA Finals 2016

PPS. Not that anyone noticed but post-#Serena #WTA Finals were pretty awesome. In-#Domi-table win :-), another #Kerber final & #Sveta...!

Andy Murray Becomes No. 1

PS. I, for one, welcome the new #AndyMurray era in #tennis...G*d help us all! ;-) Now the #BigFour legacy is complete. #Isner played well.

Steelers Lose to Ravens (Again)

Another entry in the Worst #Steelers Game, Ever! canon which always seems to come against hated #Ravens #EliRogers & #ArtieBurns played well

California Chrome Loses Breeders Cup 2016

Bad luck for #CaliforniaChrome & good-guy #Espinoza. #Arrogate was too strong at the end. Of course it had to be #Baffert! #BreedersCup

Loving

#Loving: Tremendously affecting. Edgerton is very good, Negga is incredible. I personally owe a great debt of gratitude to the Lovings.

Doctor Strange

#DoctorStrange: Tremendous tongue-in-cheek fun! It's like they took House & put him in Inception/2001/Groundhog Day(?!)! Yes Tilda steals it

The Eagle Huntress

#TheEagleHuntress: Wonderful, inspirational, required viewing for parents everywhere. Niblett does Oscar-level cinematography. Great stuff!

Article: AFM: Oscars Offerings Replace Genre Movies as Indie Industry Struggles - The Hollywood Reporter

AFM: Oscars Offerings Replace Genre Movies as Indie Industry Struggles
- The Hollywood Reporter

https://apple.news/AkAMjvsreQpuXr7ebAss4kA

Cleveland Indians Deserve New Major League Movie

Take heart #Indians fans...I think we're getting a new #MajorLeague movie out of this, no? #Believeland #WorldSeries

Cubs (Finally) Win World Series!

What a bl**dy #WorldSeries! #Cubs - No longer lovable...or losers! #Indians - Classic close-but-no...like their namesake cricket team (😂)!

Ray Allen Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #RayAllen Retires. Loved him from #HeGotGame & Bucks/Sonics/Celtics & Heat! (LeBron owes him!) #JumpShotJesus

Fire at Sea

#FireAtSea: Death by a thousand (languid) cuts. So lyrically gentle that you don't realise at what point your heart is shattered by it all.

The Girl on the Train

#TheGirlOnTheTrain: Better than the (terrible/entertaining) book. Blunt is incredible in an A-List starmaking role! Good fun all around.

LeBron James Triple-Double First Game of Season

Oh hey, during the #WorldSeries hoopla, #LeBron just snuck in a triple-double against (hapless) #Knicks  & hated #DRose. Welcome back #NBA !

Arian Foster Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Arian #Foster Retires. Played at an all-time level (when healthy). What a great, rare, colorful character!

Adam Vinatieri Breaks NFL Record

You Know You're #TooOld When: Adam #Vinatieri breaks #NFL consecutive FG record, held by #Vanderjagt(?!). He has to get into #HOF, right?

Mike Greenberg Should Give Kershaw a Break

@Espngreeny Give the poor kid a break. He's carried the Dodgers up until today. Hendricks just happened to pitch the game of his life.

Dodgers Lose to Cubs 2016 NLCS Gm. 6

Terrible loss for #Dodgers & esp #Clayton #Kershaw. #Hendricks(?!) was lightsout #Cubs not so lovable anymore hope #Indians keep them losers

Keeping Up With the Joneses

#KeepingUpWithTheJoneses: Not bad at all, deserves better than its sad box office fate. Terrific cast chemistry. Isla totally steals it!

Moonlight

#Moonlight: Achingly heartfelt, delicate & haunting. Beautifully crafted by Jenkins. Fantastic cast esp kids Sanders & Rhodes. A must-watch!

LA Sparks Win WNBA Title

At least the #Sparks won the #WNBA in a come-from-behind thriller over #Lynx! Enjoy it #LA, last basketball championship for a long time! ;)

Dodgers Lose to Cubs 2016 NLCS Gm. 5

Man, that was an 8th inning from h*ll! Bad loss for #Dodgers. #Cubs (rapidly becoming insufferable) have momentum. Its up to #Kershaw! #NLCS

Dodgers Lose to Cubs 2016 NLCS Gm. 4

Uh-oh last thing #Dodgers needed was for the #Cubs bats to wake up! Poor kid #JulioUrias hope he can brush this off. Nervous for Gm 5! #NLCS

The Accountant

#TheAccountant: Ben gets his own thinking-man’s action franchise. Good fun, esp if you don't *think* about plot…character development...etc.

Rich Hill Beats Cubs 2016 NLCS Gm. 3

So, #RichHill pitched the "perfect" game for the #Dodgers...good thing #DaveRoberts left him in! ;-) #Cubs fans - freaking out yet?! #NLCS

Certain Women

#CertainWomen: Another superb Reichardt! Sneaks up on you & resonates long after it’s over. Gladstone steals it One of the year’s very best!

American Honey

#AmericanHoney: Astonishing whirling devastating requiem for the American Dream. Arnold does wonders with young cast, esp Lane. DP Ryan wow!

Kershaw Beats the Cubs

Seriously what was that about #Clayton #Kershaw not being clutch in the postseason?! Great win for #Dodgers #Cubs fans gettin nervous! #NLCS

Steelers Lose to Dolphins

Another game #Steelers should've won against #Dolphins that they lose. Sigh. Hope #BigBen's okay. At least #Ravens lost, thx #OBJ! #HereWeGo 

Do Not Resist

#DoNotResist: Intense, frightening you-are-*there*doc that crystallizes the loaded concept of the militarization of the police. Must watch!

The Weeknd - False Alarm

#FalseAlarm - best song @BlocParty never did or #HardcoreHenry sequel you didn't realise you wanted?! @theweeknd http://ow.ly/4CPZ305cA0w

Christine

#Christine: Extraordinary Oscar-worthy performance by Hall! Tight-knit ensemble handled very well by director Campos. Great, unnerving film.

Dodgers Beat Nationals to Win NLDS

What was that about #Clayton #Kershaw not being clutch in the post-season?! Great win for #Dodgers over close-but-no-cigar #Dusty #NLDS #MLB

Se Ri Pak Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #SeRiPak Retires. Outside of Tiger she's probably had the biggest impact on modern golf. Wish I had her swing.

David Ortiz (Big Papi) Retires

You Know You're Too Old When David #Ortiz Retires Thx to stirring #BostonStrong speech all cracks papered over Undeserving  #HOF-er #BigPapi

RIP Andrjez Wajda

RIP Andrjez Wajda. Great Polish filmmaker who challenged his audiences as much as he challenged the establishment. Incredible legacy.

Steelers Beat Jets

Good, somewhat tougher-than-expected win for #Steelers against hapless #Jets. Good to have #LeVeon back. Hello #SammieCoates!! #HereWeGo!

The Birth of a Nation

#TheBirthOfANation: Uneven but passionate, complex, compelling, unforgettable cinematic experience...if you can separate film from filmmaker

Rangana Herath Article

Great article by @andrewffernando on that lovable cult hero of #cricket: #Rangana #Herath. Fantastic read. https://t.co/fjZSvKmAnK

Celeb Sighting: David Walton

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: #DavidWalton, forced into expressing his undying gratitude for vegan food by the very grateful waiter.

India Beats New Zealand at Eden Gardens

Leave #Pujara's strike rate alone! Good win for #IND over #NZL at historic #EdenGardens. Great to see fellow Bong #Saha win MOTM. #INDvNZ

Dick Enberg Retires

PS. You Know You're Too Old When: Dick #Enberg Retires. Discovered him through tennis - didn't realise he did every...single...sport! #OhMy

Deepwater Horizon

#DeepwaterHorizon: Brutally nerve-wracking! Nuance never let Berg stand in the way of action. Marky Mark's great but this is Kurt's movie!

Steelers Thrash Chiefs

So, it was #LeVeon all along! Apparently the offense and the defense missed the kid! Great win for #Steelers. It's still early but #HereWeGo 

USA Wins Ryder Cup 2016

Congrats #USA. Kids salvaged #Tiger/#Lefty's #RyderCup legacies. #Rory's took a big hit today from #Reed. #EUR gets a taste of own medicine.

The Age of Shadows

#TheAgeOfShadows: Fantastic! Just bl**dy fantastic! Epic, exciting spy-thriller, betrayal around every corner! Stunning noir cinematography!

The Magnificent Seven

#TheMagnificentSeven: It’s not as good as the original, but it’s still a lot of fun to see Denzel do his bad-a** thing! Nice work by Fuqua.

RIP Arnold Palmer

RIP #Arnold #Palmer. From as far back as I can remember I was always aware of #Arnie thanks to my father. Incredible impact. #ArniesArmy

Vin Scully Retires

"I've needed you more much more than you've needed me." With all due respect, Mr. #Scully, I beg to differ! #ThankYouVin #VinScully #Dodgers

Jose Fernandez Dies

RIP #JoseFernandez. What a great, fun pitcher to watch. Gone way, way too soon. What an incredible future he had in store. Really sad...

Kevin Garnett Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: Kevin #Garnett retires. Lucky to see him play live back in the day - jaw-dropping...& I wasn't even a fan! #KG

Tanna

#Tanna: Astonishingly beautiful & deeply moving. Lovely perfs by entire cast of non-pros Deserves to be seen on as big a screen as possible!

RIP Curtis Hanson

RIP #CurtisHanson: Aw man, this is really sad. One of my all-time favourite directors. Loved all his movies. Loved him talking about movies.

London Road

#LondonRoad: Perhaps the most unusual serial killer movie I’ve seen in a long time. Commands your attention, even if it doesn't quite work.

Steelers Beat Bengals

Here it is again: Thank G*d for #DeAngelo! Good, gutty win for #Steelers, for once they got the calls. PS. Hello #Xavier #Grimble! #HereWeGo 

RIP Edward Albee

RIP Edward Albee. Like most others I knew him through "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Quite the shot across my sheltered young bow.

Del Potro Beats Andy Murray in Epic Davis Cup Match

Man this feel-good #DelPo story just keeps on goin'! Beats (Poor) #AndyMurray in *epic* #DavisCup clash! PS. Kudos to AM for playing at all.

Snowden

#Snowden: [Redacted]

Ramnaresh Sarwan Retires

You Know Youre Too Old When: #Ramnaresh #Sarwan retires For a batsman who was supposedly under the radar he scored a lot of runs #WestIndies

Sania Mirza New Yorker Article

Yup, @marypilon is right, #Sania #Mirza is a trailblazer for #IND both on and off the court Nice article #SaniaMirza http://ow.ly/HUMM3046VRj

Sing Street

#SingStreet: Another Carney special, a sweet lil’ proto-musical with enough 80s nostalgic cuteness to make Netflix jealous. Kids are great.

DeAngelo Williams Plays Well in Steelers Win

#AB is awesome as ever, but I've said it once I've said it a 1000 times: Thank G*d for #DeAngelo! PS. #EliRogers! #Steelers #HereWeGo #MNF

Huge Fourth-And-One Call From Mike Tomlin

#Tomlin: #Steelers #CoachForLife!!!!!!

Sully

#Sully: No one deconstructs American male heroism like Clint (well, okay, Scorsese) & no one does (wounded) American male heroism like Hanks

Wawrinka Backhand / Djokovic Rejection by Fans

#Stanimal 1HBH is a fearsome thing of beauty. #Djoker always gracious (defeat or victory) cant understand why hes not liked by fans #USOpen

Wawrinka Upsets Djokovic to Win US Open 2016

Apologies to #Serena/#Pliskova & #Rafa/#Pouille but #Djokovic losing the title to #Wawrinka is the biggest #USOpen upset! #Stanimal the Man!

Postcards From Gander: 9-11 15 Years Later

Re-posting my little 9-11 remembrance piece from five years ago...

If it’s one thing I have come to realize in my advancing years, it’s that time moves fast, very fast. And sadly, as it moves inexorably to the, well, I don’t want to get too morose here, but as it moves towards whatever it is that it moves to, it also starts to fade. Experiences that were so vivid and immediate tend to fade, and this fading accelerates the more that time advances.

It is, therefore, perhaps not that difficult to believe then that it has already been 10 years since that day when the world that we knew changed forever. It is also not that difficult to believe that the images, the, sounds, the everything from that day, once so overwhelming and inescapable, have also begun to fade, splintering into fragments scattered around your mind, coming into sharp focus when you least expect it, retreating when you try to grab at them.

What has not faded, however, are the emotions, all of them, from that day.

I fell asleep, like I normally did during my grad student days at USC, on the couch in Los Angeles. My clock radio came on, like it normally did, in the early morning. I was planning to doze in and out while listening to my radio, like I normally did, but something was different. From my half-awake state I could make out the sounds of sirens and chaos and a breathless reporter talking about something. For a split second I thought that this was a cruel update of that legendary Orson Welles “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, that’s how bewildering it all seemed at the time. Grudgingly, I managed to get off the couch and switch the TV on.

I was awake now.

It was impossible to comprehend what was being shown to me. It just did not seem possible that what was happening was happening. I just sat there, letting it all wash over me, too overwhelmed to react in any way.

Then it dawned on me that my father was supposed to fly into New York and head straight into work at the UN building that morning.

At this point it was still difficult to know exactly what was going on. We knew that the Towers had been attacked and there were other hijacked planes in the air. We had no idea if it the entire country was under attack. Nothing was certain, nothing made sense.

I tried calling my sister in Bayside, Queens. I couldn't get through. I tried calling my father's cellphone. I couldn't get through. I tried calling my mother's cellphone. I couldn't get through. I called my grandmother in Calcutta. I couldn’t get through. I called my other grandmother in Calcutta. I couldn’t get through. I called my aunt in Liverpool. This time I got through.

My aunt knew that my mother was on a plane flying from Delhi to Calcutta. She did not know much beyond that. She said she would call my grandmother in Calcutta.

I called my ex-girlfriend (who would soon after go back to being my girlfriend, my fiancee, and then my wife) at her place in downtown Los Angeles. I told her what was happening. I was happy she was safe, but those buildings downtown could be a target. Perhaps she would consider joining me?

At this point in time the only thing I knew was that my sister was somewhere in New York, my mother was somewhere between Delhi and Calcutta, and my father was...somewhere.

The doorbell rang. My heart leapt. It was my future wife. I didn't want to be alone. I felt better now that she was there.

Another phone call. This time it was my aunt. She had spoken to my grandmother. My mother was indeed on her way to Calcutta, but since she was on a plane, no one could get a hold of her. Apparently, she had seen my father off earlier. He was, apparently, en route to New York. Except we had no idea if he had landed, if he was in the UN building, or if he was in Europe still waiting for his connecting flight.

My friend Shubho called from Orange County. His father had been visiting the UN when it happened. Everyone within the UN had been safely evacuated, so if my father had indeed been there he would be safe.

I tried my sister again. Miraculously, even though we had been told that the phone lines were jammed, I got through! She was in Bayside. She wanted to go check on her friends in Manhattan. No! Before I could help it I was yelling at her, telling her that everything was falling to pieces, nothing was working, that the safest place for her to be was at home. There was a silence on the other end and I felt terrible. She was out there all by herself, no family, no friends, and no idea if she would have them again. For once, I tried not be an overbearing older brother and instruct her on what to do. This time, I tried to comfort her and reason with her. She should stay where she was and once we knew that everything was safe, she could then go out and try to see how her friends were doing. I would let her know as soon as we heard from our parents. It's funny, she said, the last time we were all together we went to have drinks at Windows on the World.

My friend Toad called me from Greenwich Village, Manhattan. He had walked back to his dorm room after classes had been cancelled at NYU. He was there with our friend Sud, who had been evacuated from 7 World Trade Center. I was stunned, Sud had been there, right in the middle of it all, and he had found his way back to a friend. The phone lines were unreliable and Toad had more calls to make, but he assured me that while they were both not terribly sound, they were, nonetheless, safe.

My future wife's sister called her from Northern Virginia. She had been at the Pentagon when it happened, but had managed to get to safety. She was shaken up but all right. She had been one of the lucky ones.

Slowly, through the mist of all this uncertainty and fear, connections were starting to be re-established. Some of our loved ones were safe, the uncertainty and fear were beginning, ever so slightly, to recede.

I called my aunt to tell her my sister was safe. The message was relayed to my grandmother.

A short while later my aunt called me to tell me that my mother had called her from my grandmother's in Calcutta. She had reached safely. She was happy to hear that my sister was safe. She had checked and my father had indeed made his connection in Europe. I told her that if he had landed and made his way to UN he would have been safe.

So we sat there, my future wife and I. Trying, if not to make sense of what was happening, but at the very least be of some small comfort to each other.

My mother kept calling my aunt who, in turn, kept calling me, but there weren't any more updates. I couldn't get through to the airlines, I couldn't get through to the UN, I couldn't even get through to my sister any more.

The uncertainty and fear were beginning to come back.

And then, just like that, the phone rang.

It was my father.

He was speaking softly. He was all right. He had borrowed a fellow passenger's cellphone and didn't have much time because everyone was trying to contact their families. He was still on the plane. They had landed in a place called Gander, which was in a place called Newfoundland, which was, as it turned out, in Canada. He didn't have much information beyond that. Most importantly, he was safe.

Those were the happiest phone calls I have ever had to make. My aunt was thrilled to hear the news. She called me back to tell me that my mother, my grandmother, my other grandmother were all just as thrilled. It took me multiple tries, but I managed to get through to my sister, who was also thrilled. As it turns out, my sister is also a strong, independent-minded woman, and once she had gotten her bearings she would make it out to Union Square via Flushing, Astoria, the bus, the 7-train, the subway, the streets, and find a temporary solace in the company of her friends and the larger grieving Lower Manhattan community that would gather there to take that first tentative step towards healing.

Everyone was still in shock, but for our family, selfishly, we were beginning to deal with what happened. The uncertainty and the fear did give way to melancholy and an awful sadness. But for us there was also gratitude. We were the lucky ones.

The phone became central to our lives for next few days. My father called us from Appleton, which was a few miles away from Gander. The passengers from about 45 diverted flights were being housed at a school gymnasium after having been kept on the landed planes at an abandoned military airfield for the first 24 hours. They were also being fed, clothed, bathed, serenaded, and taken care of by complete strangers. These strangers, the people of Appleton/Gander, did everything they could to buoy the spirits of these passengers, so they did not feel as alone. If the passengers needed anything, anything at all, they would give them the shirts off their back, literally (in my father's case it was socks, shorts, a couple of polo shirts, a moose-sighting trip, even a commemorative souvenir from the local golf course).

The airlines were, on the other hand, no help at all. But, as it often happens when you put groups of people together in difficult circumstances, they banded together to find solutions. Some of them managed to fly across to Detroit, hop into a rented car, and then drive through straight to New York. My mother (nervously, she would later admit), would fly back from visiting my grandmother once they started allowing international flights. I would fly back during Thanksgiving (sitting next to some nuns who were going to minister to the First Responders; I still have the rosaries they gave me, right there on my desk, I see them everyday). I would see my father and my mother and my sister and my future wife and her sister (and even Toad and Sud). We were together again.

Later that year, when we were all slowly getting back on our feet, with slowly being the operative word, I found a postcard that had been buried under a mountain of to-do items. It was from my father. He had sent it during his time at Appleton/Gander. It said he was having a wonderful time there (even during the worst of times he always managed to sound unfailingly reassuring), he was trying to figure out what to do next, but it was incredible how warm and welcoming the locals were, and how it continued to amaze him that it was in the worst of times that the best of humanity revealed itself. He was deeply touched by this kindness of people he had never met before and would probably never see again, and he would not forget it for as long as he lived.

I was stunned. My father was, like most fathers, a fairly stolid, unsentimental, solid oak tree of a man. For him to be so open about his feelings, to his son, was unexpected (he has softened considerably since then; time affects us all). A lot had happened on that day, and we were all still trying to work through what it meant, what it would mean, I guess we were still trying to work through everything. I realized that perhaps more than anything, I was grateful. I was grateful for being able to connect with my little family across 5 cities, 4 countries, 3 continents when it seemed like all connections were being torn apart. I was grateful that I was able to re-connect with the woman who would go on to become my wife and become part of my family and I of hers. I was grateful for being able to connect with my friends. But most of all, I was grateful for that community half a world away, that community that came together to take care of perfect strangers and become a family that provided shelter for my father.

We were the lucky ones.

Kerber Beats Pliskova to Win US Open 2016

Great win for Fightin' #Angelique #Kerber, battling to the bitter end. Tough luck for fun, young #Pliskova, but her future's bright. #USOpen 

Yao Ming, Allen Iverson, and Shaquille O'Neal Hall of Fame

You Know You're #TooOld When: #Yao, #Iverson, & #Shaq are induced into #NBA #HOF. As if I needed further reminders of my long-faded youth!

Celeb Sighting: Beck

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: #Beck...taking it *all* in at the Doug Aitken opening at #MOCA. Scouting for a music video director?!

Kicks

#Kicks: Like most young directors Tipping mistakes style for substance. Still, interesting debut with visual panache & cast, esp Siriboe.

Cam Newton Gets No Calls

If #Brady or #Brees had gotten hit as many times as #Cam did they'd have thrown a 100 flags! #DoubleStandard #Panthers #Broncos #NFL

Serena Upset by Pliskova at US Open 2016

Woah! All due apologies to #Rafa & #Pouille...biggest #USOpen upset #Pliskova over #Serena! Tall, big-serving, streaky #CZE sounds familiar!

Roger Federer Absence Felt at US Open

Yes, @ChuckCulpepper1, a post-#Federer #tennis landscape is terrifying. Thank G*d we still have #Serena! #USOpen http://ow.ly/TICJ303QlpN

Complete Unknown

#CompleteUnknown: Such a pleasure to see heavyweights Weisz & Shannon do their thing. Intriguing character-identity study by Marston.

Roger Federer Gets Old

.@brianphillips was breaking my heart about #Roger #Federer over at #Grantland. Now he's doing it again @nytimes!

Isner & Sock Beat Tiafoe & Fritz US Open 2016

Clash of (rapidly dwindling American) #tennis generations #Isner/#Sock dig deep to beat young #Tiafoe/#Fritz Kids've talent & heart! #USOpen 

Mechanic: Resurrection

#MechanicResurrection: Lean mean B-movie killin’ machine…ie the unbreakable #Statham! We gotta get him into a better action franchise!

RIP Gene Wilder

RIP #Gene #Wilder. One of my very favourite actors growing up before I even knew what a legend he was. We’re all going to miss him very much

The Night Of

#TheNightOf: Expertly crafted very good slowburn. How great was Turturro! Ridiculous “twists” forgiven thanks to that aww-some final shot!

West Indies India Florida T20 Match

Woah! That #T20 in Florida was apparently insane! Can't believe #WestIndies scored 245...& #IND 244! We need #cricket in #Olympics! #WIvIND

In Order of Disappearance

#InOrderOfDisappearance: Awe-bl**dy-some! Brutal, violent, funny. Stellar showcase for the great #Stellan #Skarsgard. We need a franchise!

Refugee (Annenberg Space)

#Refugee (@AnnenbergSpace): Powerful, heartbreaking images that humanize the faces at the center of the global struggle. Very moving.

Ixcanul

#Ixcanul: Stunning vistas (courtesy of DP Arteaga) and wonderful, lived-in perfs by (non-pros!) Coroy & Telon help transcend rote story.

RIP Steven Hill

RIP Steven Hill. Beloved DA Adam Schiff for all of us #LawAndOrder loyalists. Welcome screen presence in a bunch of movies on top of that.

War Dogs

#WarDogs: Jonah doing what he does best playing an unlikeable d-bag He makes Teller sympathetic! Entertaining step-up from director Phillips

Kubo and the Two Strings

#KuboAndTheTwoStrings: Simply fantastic! One of the best films of the year animated or otherwise! Allergy sniffles come on strong at the end

Great Olympic Games

The stars shone: #AllysonFelix, #MoFarah, #Semenya, etc. #VanNiekerk & #Ayana smashed records. But this was #Biles's & #Bolt's #Olympics !

Brazil Football Gold Made It All Worthwhile

So, looks like having the #Olympics in #Rio2016 was worth it for #BRA after all with the #football #gold, huh? #Neymar sure thinks so!

Usain Bolt Wins 4x100 for Jamaica!

*He* won it! #Usain #Bolt! #GOAT! Greatest #Olympian in my lifetime (tied w #CarlLewis)! #TripleTriple #Olympics  #Rio2016  #JAM PS. #Asafa?!

PV Sindhu Wins Silver in Badminton

Congrats to #PVSindhu, stepping out of #Saina #Nehwal's (sizable) shadow to win #IND  a #silver  medal in #badminton ! #Olympics  #Rio2016 

Morris From America

#MorrisFromAmerica: Absolutely delightful coming-of-age/fish-(way)-out-of-water. Kid Markees is an instant star, in his first ever movie!

Usain Bolt Wins the 200m!

I mean, what else is left to say? I think he looked a little disappointed?(!) But we weren't! #TripleTriple, here we go! #Usain #Bolt #200m

Andrew Siciliano Great Job with Gold Zone

For everyone (justifiably) complaining about @nbc's #olympics coverage y'all just need to #GoldZone & chill with the great @AndrewSiciliano!

The Secret Life of Pets

#TheSecretLifeOfPets: I liked it better when it was called #ToyStory (/2/3 & upcoming 4?!) Proof positive that I’ll watch Hart in *anything*

RIP Fyvush Finkel

RIP Fyvush Finkel. Always enjoyed his warm, welcoming, avuncular presence, especially in the stuff he did for David E. Kelley.

Sakshi Malik Wins Bronze for India!

Yaaaaaas!! #Sakshi #Malik makes an unbelievable comeback to win #bronze  in #wrestling . #IND  won't go medal-less at the #Olympics ! Whew!

The Little Prince

#TheLittlePrince: Stopmotion passages of the legendary book are heartbreakingly beautiful. Lovely little animation gem, unfairly overlooked.

Sausage Party

#SausageParty: Come for the insanely profane R-rated animated(?!) fun…stay for that MPAA-heart-attack-inducing final scene(!!!). Holy bleep!

Thiago Braz da Silva Wins Unlikely Pole Vault Gold

Now that's what the #Olympics  is all about! Kid wins #gold  on his final attempt in front of his home fans! #Thiago #Braz #DaSilva #polevault

Allyson Felix Heartbreaking Loss / Rudisha Wins

Bad luck for #Allyson #Felix, #Shaunae wins #gold  for, um, #400m #diving ?! What the?! Great run by #Rudisha to win #800m. #Olympics  #Rio2016 

Hell or High Water

#HellOrHighWater: A mid-budget studio drama about real people that’s actually good! Remember those?! Great stuff from the cast, esp Pine.

Usain Bolt Wins Third Straight Olympics 100m

A performance for the ages from #Usain #Bolt! For a second there I thought he was gonna come in...second! As if! #100m #olympics  #athletics 

Time for the Olympics to Move Past Phelps

Now that the interminable #Phelps coronation (& not-enough kudos for #Ledecky)'s complete we can get to the good stuff #athletics! #Olympics

Dipa Karmakar Comes Fourth in Vault

Well done #Dipa #Karmakar! Came thisclose to winning a medal for #IND . Gracefully shouldered the hopes of a billion people. #olympics  #vault

India Hockey Out of Olympics But Cricket Beats West Indies

Bad luck for #IND  #hockey . Good win v #WI for 2nd-non-Asian away test series win since 2005. @BCCI lets put #cricket in #Olympics ! #WIvIND

RIP Kenny Baker

RIP #KennyBaker. Safe to say he brought happiness to millions (billions even?) of kids around the world just like me. #R2D2 #StarWars

Alex Rodriguez Retires

You Know You're #TooOld When: #ARod retires. Always liked him. Thisclose to 700HR, #Yankees pay $21M to not play. Truly a match made in h*ll

Disorder

#Disorder: Expert thriller/Hollywood-calling-card for young Winocour. Great stuff from Kruger & esp Schoenaerts - kid deserves to be a star!

RIP John Saunders

RIP #JohnSaunders. Less flashy than the rest of his @espn brethren. Enjoyed his calm & reassuring presence, esp on The Sports Reporters.

Serena Upset at 2016 Olympics

Massive #tennis  upset! Outa-sorts #Serena loses to clean-hitting #Svitolina. #Madison #Keys, nation turns it lonely #Olympics  eyes to you!

Ichiro Suzuki Gets 3000 Hits

Meanwhile, in the most underappreciated sports story, #Ichiro #Suzuki gets #3000 hits. Great (stat) achievement; what #baseball is built on.

Olympics 2016: Del Potro Wins, Serena/Venus/Brazil Lose

The (miraculous) #DelPo comeback continues! #Djoker gracious in (rare) defeat. Bad luck for #Serena & (esp) #Venus. Poor #BRA! #Olympics

SuicideSquad

#SuicideSquad: We were promised a dark twisted (meta) superhero fantasy...not a corporate-movie-franchise universe-expanding CG-slugfest!

Feherty Furyk Quote

David #Feherty: "Jim #Furyk has a swing like a man trying to kill a snake in a phone booth." 😂

Jim Furyk Shoots a 58 in Tournament Play!

I ran into Jim #Furyk during a tournament once, he was hilariously sarcastic about the state of his game. He's happier today! #58! #JimFuryk

West Indies Fighting Draw Against India

Kudos to #Roston #Chase fighting to a draw for undermanned #WestIndies. Kudos to #Rahane & #Rahul(who?) on stats-padding centuries. #WIvIND

Bennett Brothers Article on ESPN

I've liked #Martellus since  #HardKnocks. Now I like him (& Michael #Bennett) even more! Excellent read! @minakimes http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17201639/seahawks-michael-bennett-patriots-martellus-bennett-vs-everyone

Captain Fantastic

#CaptainFantastic: Simply, uh, fantastic! When #GavinBelson isn’t CEOing the [bleep] out of #Hooli he goes off & makes a great little movie!

Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters (LACMA)

#AtHomeWithMonsters: The stuff my nightmares are made of! It’s only 5% of #DelToro’s (in)famous collection, I'd pass out at #BleakHouse!

Jason Bourne

#JasonBourne: Yeah baby, #Bourne’s back and be…well, maybe not *better* than ever, but just as awesome as ever. Athens & Vegas sequences...!

RIP #JackDavis

RIP #JackDavis. Legendary illustrator. #MADMagazine was such a important part of my childhood and I always loved his movie parodies & covers

Amare Stoudemire Retires

You Know You're #TooOld When: #Amare #Stoudemire retires. Loved his time with the Nash-Suns. Surefire #HOF-er...if it weren't for his knees.

Roger Federer Shuts Down for the Year

#Roger #Federer quitting on 2016 means we're in end-with-a-whimper territory. 2017 #GOAT retirement tour? #Sigh

RIP Marni Nixon

RIP Marni Nixon. The wonderful voice behind a bevy of famous faces (West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The King & I...). What a great career.

India Wins First Test Against West Indies 2016

Great away Test win for #IND (in spite a glorified minor-league #WestIndies team). Nice work by #Virat to declare after his 200 ;) #WIvIND

Star Trek Beyond

#StarTrekBeyond: Tremendously funny, exciting, & dumb…aka the perfect summer movie! New recruit #Boutella is a welcome a**-kicking addition.

RIP Denny Green

RIP Denny Green. Yeah, I remember that awesome post-game rant, but I also remember those awesome years with the Vikings. Pioneering coach.

Stranger Things

#StrangerThings: Best 80s-Movies-Mad Libs, Ever! Good (Stephen King-Meets-Spielberg YA) fun. Kid Millie is sensational. PS. #Winona's back!

NYT Article About the Final VCR

End of an (awesome) era! I remember my father coming home with our Sony Betamax...soooooo long ago! @Jonesieman #VCR http://ow.ly/xFnt302uh3E

RIP Garry Marshall

RIP Garry Marshall. Discovered him through Pretty Woman...& his subsequent hilarious on-screen cameos. Left a huge imprint as a producer.

Ghostbusters

#Ghostbusters: Look, (according to us fanboys) nothing (in the entire universe) can be as good as the original, but this is pretty good.

Stenson Beats Mickelson to Win the British Open

Bad luck for #Lefty #Mickelson but he ran into an all-time #Henrik #Stenson! Incredible golf! PS @NBC where's the #Beef?! #Johnston #TheOpen

Finding Dory

#FindingDory: How soon can we get #FindingHank! He steals the show in a(nother) paint-by-numbers #Pixar sequel that is still funny & sweet!

Tim Duncan Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #TimDuncan retires. One of the greatest players of all time, also the most celebrated "under"rated player ever

Portugal Beats Hometown France to Win 2016 Euros

Naturally, #France lost in heartbreaking fashion. Naturally, #Portugal won without #CR7. Crazy #Euro finals! (#RuiPatricio saved #POR) #FRA 

Andy Murray Wins 2016 Wimbledon

Congrats to (Poor) Andy #Murray on winning #Wimbledon when the nation turned  its lonely post-#Brexit eyes to him (& #Watson in mixed dubs)!

Serena Wins Wimbledon to Equal Steffi Graf's Record

Hey #Steffi, you've got company! Congrats to #Serena overcoming an always-game #Kerber to win #22 (& #14 in dubs!) #GOAT! #Venus #Wimbledon 

Federer Heartbreaking Loss to Raonic 2016 Wimbledon

Argh! It was #Raonic all along! #Federer's #18 will never happen but its good to see him #GOAT-ing un-gently into the good night! #Wimbledon

Incredible Federer Comeback at Wimbledon!

Just when I lose faith...#Federer pulls off another #GOAT-ing against the dying of the light win (over a shell-shocked #Cilic)! #Wimbledon!

RIP Abbas Kiarostami

RIP Abbas Kiarostami. Great Iranian director of lovely, humanist cinema. I'm not an expert by any means but I loved the ones I'd seen.

Federer Beats Steve Johnson 2016 Wimbledon

#Federer in full #GOAT-#Maestro flow is a wonderful sight to behold (poor #SteveJohnson)! #Cilic looms large tho...duh-duh-duh! #Wimbledon 

RIP Michael Cimino

RIP Michael Cimino. Legendary director, infamous for his legendary wipeout. Luckily, he was reassessed fairly before his passing.

Iceland Bows Out 2016 Euro

Sadly, #Iceland's magical run comes to an end against an on-point #France. #ISL  did give all of us little guys hope though! #Euro #FRA 

Celeb Sighting: Chuck Liddell

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Chuck Liddell...on his bike...bicycle that is...with a baby trailer?! Ah, domesticity... ;-)

Querrey Upsets Djokovic 2016 Wimbledon!

Huge #Euro-esque #Wimbledon  upset! #Querrey holds his nerve to upend an out-of-sorts #Djoker! Can #Federer capitalize?! Can my weak heart?!

Our Kind of Traitor

#OurKindOfTraitor: Lesser #LeCarre, but entertaining nonetheless thanks to the great Stellan Skarsgard (aka Tarzan’s dad). Good fun.

Wales Upsets Belgium

Another #Euro shocker! (Tiny) #Wales upsets #Belgium's alleged #GoldenGeneration. Somewhere, #IanRush is smiling. #WAL #BEL 

Federer Safely Through to 2016 Wimbledon 2nd Week

#GOAT-like win for #Federer. #Serena (poor #McHale), #Venus, #DelPo(!) battle through. #Djoker saved by rain...c'mon #Querrey! #Wimbledon 

Federer Beats British Underdog Marcus Willis

Sadly, #Marcus #Willis's excellent #Wimbledon  adventure comes to an end against (a very unconvincing) #Federer (#GOAT 99mph 1st serve?!).

RIP Bud Spencer

RIP Bud Spencer. So much of my childhood was wrapped up in his movies (so many with Terence Hill). He was an Olympian?! What a life!

Iceland Upsets England!!!!!

Yaaaas!!! Greatest Upset, Ever? (well, maybe no...but still...!!!) #Iceland upsets #England at #Euro!!! #ISL #ENG #EURO2016 

Federer Wimbledon 2016 First Round Tough Test

Good #Wimbledon 1st Day: #Federer (#GOAT?) wins (unconvincingly, sigh!), #Giorgi loses (but entertains), #Querrey/#Sock win... & #Willis!!!!

RIP Bill Cunningham

RIP Bill Cunningham. Elevated "street" photography. He was too nice to do worst dressed, so I never made it on his portfolio. :-)

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

#HuntForTheWilderpeople: Awe-bl**dy-some! Feel-good movie of the year cut through my cynical heart. Waititi, kid Dennison, & esp Neill - !

Britain Votes to Leave EU

Wait, wha?! #Brexit!

The Neon Demon

#TheNeonDemon: Restrained/creepy until it turns into NWR-territory. Jena steals it Incredible stuff from DP Braier & great composer Martinez

ESPN 30 For 30 "Believeland" Needs to be Updated

Looks like @espn will have to update #Believeland. #30For30

Anton Yelchin

RIP #Anton #Yelchin. I had the unbelievable honor of getting to work with him. He really was the nicest, kindest even to "civilians" like me

Federer Loses to Zverev

Now the teens are getting into the act! #GOAT Swan Song (The Long Goodbye) hits another bump. #Federer loses to *kid* #Zverev. #sigh #Halle

Tickled

#Tickled: One of the craziest creepiest insane-est twisty-est documentaries you’ll ever see! Kudos to Farrier & Reeve for not backing down.

Craig Sager on ESPN Sidelines

PS. How awesome was it to see Craig #Sager on the sidelines today! Very good of #ESPN & #TNT. Best of luck, man, best of luck. #CraigSager!

Cavaliers Beat Warriors 2016 NBA Finals Gm. 6

Whew! #Cavs let the #Warriors come back a bit too much for comfort...but Thank G*d for #LeBron! #Game7...what I expected all along! ;-)

Amazing Gareth Bale Goal Against England

(The Other) #Bale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clayton Kershaw Deserves Cy Young

#Wilbon & his #Cubs-lovin' media brethren are itchin' to give #Arrieta the #CyYoung, but it's gotta be #Kershaw! 10-1, 1.58 ERA, 133K...7BB!

Cavaliers Beat Warriors 2016 NBA Finals Gm. 5

Guess the King wasn't ready to be dead quite as yet! #LeBron (#Cavs) make a #Federer-esque last stand...thanks #Draymond (lack thereof) #NBA

Federer Loses to Thiem

Sigh, #GOAT Swan Song (aka The Long Goodbye) takes another sad turn. #Federer wastes MPs & loses (again) to #Thiem. He fought to the end tho

The Fits

#TheFits: Extraordinary! An astonishing film debut for *young* director Holmer & kid actress Hightower (she's sensational!). A must-watch!

De Palma

#DePalma: Fun, engaging walk down (B-movie-ish/always entertaining) cinematic memory lane. The (great) De Palma is a wonderful storyteller.

Cavs (Finally) Beat Warriors 2016 NBA Finals Gm. 3

Guess that $90M for #Tristan was worth it, huh! Great #Federer-esque 3rd-set tiebreak win for #LeBron (#Cavs). Now comes the hard part! #NBA

Cavaliers Get Hammered 2016 NBA Finals Gm. 2

Can't even make a #Federer-#Djokovic comparison; Fed usually goes out in 4-5 tough sets. #LeBron (ie. #Cavs) are staring at a #Curry sweep!

Djokovic Wins 2016 French Open

Tough for (Poor) #Murray with another close-but-no-cigar effort, but nothing was gonna stop #Djokovic from history! #DjokerSlam! #FrenchOpen 

Muguruza Upsets Serena to Win 2016 French Open

Young Spaniard upsets heavily-favored all-timer to win #FrenchOpen  - sound familiar? ;) Tough break for #Serena but #Muguruza was too good.

RIP Muhammad Ali

RIP #Muhammad #Ali. Shocking. From as far back as I could remember *everyone* knew about Ali. Hard to imagine this world without him in it.

2016 French Open Finals Set

The SFs were as drab as the weather (& tournament) but we got the Fs we expected all along: #Serena-#Muguruza / #Nole-#Murray. #FrenchOpen 

Cavaliers Get Blown Out By Warriors 2016 NBA Playoffs Game 1

Sigh, there was a brief second there where #LeBron (& #Cavs) looked like they had a shot. It's only Gm 1 but I'm despondent. #Warriors #NBA

Venus / Shelby Rogers Lose 2016 French Open

Tough luck for #Venus & #Shelby. #Stanimal-#Murray SF should be a corker as could (all-but-certain?) #Serena-#Muguruza Finals. #FrenchOpen 

X-Men: Apocalypse

#XMenApocalypse: Better/more interesting than expected…until all h*ll breaks loose. Peters steals it & younger cast is a breath of fresh air

Steph & Warriors Lucky to Have Klay Thompson

As much as I love #Steph, #Warriors/#Kerr should thank the heavens for #Klay. So lucky to have discretely-delineated 1+1A. #SplashBrothers

Warriors Come Back to Beat Thunder 2016 NBA WCF

What did #RudyT say again? As much as I love #Russ+#KD when the lights shone brightest...Sadly for #LeBron this was probably the #NBAFinals.

Thunder Meltdown vs Warriors Third Quarter

That #Warriors-#OKC 3Q was like a #Djokovic-#Murray 13-11 4th set tiebreak. The final "set" is a come-at-the-king mere formality. #NBA

Real Madrid Wins Champions League 2016

#Zinedine #Zidane leads #RealMadrid to a #ChampionsLeague title...has a nice familiar ring to it, eh? Of course, #CR7 & #Bale chipped in...

Cavs Beat Raptors to Reach NBA Finals

All of #BelieveLand can sleep easy...until the #Thunder come a-rollin' But that's a story for another day #LeBron 6th straight finals! #Cavs

Crazy Day at French Open 2016!

Bad luck for #JackSock, (#DrIvo) #Karlovoc & #Kvitova (0-6 7-6 0-6!) Good for (Poor) Andy #Murray & battlin' #Isner. #Rafa, sigh #FrenchOpen 

Warriors Beat the Thunder Gm. 5 2016 NBA Playoffs

Hmm...#Warriors "escape"with a (9-pt) win against the #Thunder. #StephCurry needs to step it up for Game 6 which promises to be a humdinger!

Thunder Beat Warriors Gm. 4 2016 NBA Playoffs

So, is the world ready for a #Thunder-#Raptors Finals?! What effect will the ratings have on #Disney's earnings?! #NBA

Mike Mascott Reply

not ready!

Cavs Thrash Raptors Gm. 5 2016 NBA Playoffs

Whew! Guess I can exhale...until Game 6! Luckily, #Raptors went Raptors. Great stuff from #LeBron (i.e. #Cabs) &, wait for it, #KLove! #NBA

Kolkata Knight Riders Lose in Playoffs 2016 IPL

Bad luck for #KKR for losing out to some team called #Sunrisers. Apparently, it was all riding on #Yusuf. Oh well, there's always next #IPL

Thunder Thrash Warriors Gm. 4

So, is the world ready for a #Thunder-#Raptors Finals?! What effect will the ratings have on #Disney's earnings?! #NBA

RIP Burt Kwouk

RIP Burt Kwouk. Loved him as Cato in the Pink Panther films. Those sequences with Peter Sellers were classic (& actually pretty violent!).

Raptors Tie Up Series with Cavaliers

Uh-oh just what I was afraid of, "overmatched" #Raptors have made a series of it! #LeBron (& #Cavs) aren't gonna waltz thru after all 😰 #NBA

The Nice Guys

#TheNiceGuys: Crowe + (Noted Physical Comedian?!) Gosling = Match Made in Bro-Mantic (R-Rated Screwball Comedy?!) Heaven! We need a sequel!

Kolkata Knight Riders Make IPL 2016 Playoffs

Intelligent #T20 cricket from #KKR to move into #IPL playoffs (again). If #Narine can keep it up then #Gambhir & Co. can make a serious run.

James Turrell - "Light Reignfall" (LACMA)

#JamesTurrell #LightReignfall (@LACMA): Back & intense-er than ever! #Antman (that subatomic sequence) meets #Solyaris (#Russian #Solaris)!

Exaggerator Upsets Nyquist at the Preakness

Tough luck for #Nyquist (too fast too soon) but a nice comeback/redemption for #Kent #Desormeaux ( & #Exaggerator). #Preakness

Weiner

#Weiner: Entertaining…cringe-inducing…saddening. Titular character is loathsome, but always compelling. Huma is absolutely heart-breaking.

Oscar Pick: Jeff Nichols & Ruth Negga

Super-early #Oscar pick: #JeffNichols for Best (Adapted?/Original?) Screenplay & #RuthNegga for Best Actress for #Loving. #Oscars

Federer Pulls Out of French Open

Looks like #GOAT Swan Song will be one slow long melancholy slide downhill. #Federer pulls out of #FrenchOpen . GS streak began in 1999 #sigh

Dheepan

#Dheepan: Excruciatingly timely & deeply affecting. Another great Audiard highlighted by leads Jesuthasan, Vinasithamby & esp Kalieaswari.

Murray and Serena Win Rome 2016 Titles

Wait wha?! (Poor) #Murray beat #Djokovic...in a final...on clay?! #Serena won an all-American final?! #FrenchOpen could be very interesting!

A Bigger Splash

#ABiggerSplash: Come for the  Italian vistas G*ddess Tilda & *Peak* Fiennes but stay for the gonzo melodrama! Fabulous stuff from Guadagnino

RIP Darwyn Cooke

RIP #DarwynCooke. I'm by no means a comic book expert, but everything I read by him I loved, esp JL:NF & Parker. Gone way too soon. Sad.

Money Monster

#MoneyMonster: Entertaining thriller highlighted by a good directorial effort by our Jodie & two super movie-star turns by Roberts & Clooney

de Villiers & Kohli Huge IPL Score

Holy [bleep]! The way #ABdV & #Virat #Kohli are going we're probably going to see a #T20 300 before the #IPL is over! The fans need helmets!

Celeb Sighting: Ed Begley Jr.

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Ed Begley Jr. hanging out at an environmental rally in #DTLA. Who woulda guessed? ;-)

Love & Friendship

#LoveAndFriendship: Ah, Stillman & Jane Austen, a match made in literary comedy heaven! Beckinsale shines in this wicked comedy-of-manners.

FOX Cancels The Grinder

Sigh, I guess I was the only one who thought #TheGrinder was one of the funniest network TV shows in a long time. #GrinderRests (4eva)@FOXTV

RIP Tony Cozier

RIP Tony Cozier. Enjoyed listening to him, and later his columns for CricInfo. His passion & love for the West Indies was shared by so many.

Federer Beats Young Zverev

Speaking of #Federer, another artful dismantling, this time vs future (is now) star #Zverev. Sadly he may be injured. Post-#GOAT is imminent

Ovechkin Loses to Crosby (Again)

So this #Ovechkin-#Crosby rivalry is just a rehash of #Federer-#Nadal contretemps Ovi will win #MVP but #Caps crash out to #Penguins (again)

Steph Curry Returns to Beat Blazers

#ImBack indeed! #Steph #Curry puts in an, wait for it, #MVP performance to guide the #Warriors over #Blazers! That OT was completely bonkers

Cavaliers Sweep Hawks 2016 NBA Playoffs

Oof! Bone-headed offense by #LeBron...followed by amazing defense! #Cavs sweep a tougher-than-anticipated #Hawks. Kid #Schroder sure is fun!

Captain America: Civil War

#CaptainAmericaCivilWar: Awe-bl**dy-some! Russo Bros create the best bro-tastic summer movie, ever! New kid Holland steals it as #SpiderMan !

Rahul Sinha ReTweet: Amitava Kumar Essay

Basu please read two essays on granta website by Amitava Kumar one is titled pyre the other I forget... Both are free.

Tales of the Grim Sleeper

#TalesOfTheGrimSleeper: Deeply affecting, under-appreciated/seen documentary about the criminally underreported LA tragedy. A must-watch!

Leicester City Wins the Premier League!!

Congrats #LFC...wait #LCFC?! #Leicester?! @LCFC wins #EPL?! Forget the #30For30, they gotta go full Hollywood! #MajorLeague remake anyone?:)

Roger Federer Latest Withdrawal

Sigh, #GOAT Swan Song seems to be heading towards the not-bang-but-whimper category. #Roger #Federer latest withdrawal is a bad sign #ATP

Clayton Kershaw Amazing Performance

The #Dodgers better thank G*d for #Clayton Bl**dy #Kershaw! Forget about #CyYoung, this is an #MVP stat-line: CG, 0 ER, 14 K, 3 BB & 1 RBI!

The Jungle Book

#TheJungleBook: Fan-frikkin-tastic! The best DangerousBookForBoys-NatGeo mash-up! Idris is great! Golf clap for Favreau (& his VFX army).

Keanu

#Keanu; Pretty funny. Peele’s hilarious, the titular kitten is cute as h*ll, and the supporting cast kicks a** - lots of it. More please!

Clippers Lose Series to Trailblazers 2016 NBA Playoffs

I know it's fashionable to make fun of the #Clippers but those poor chaps played their hearts out, esp polarizing #Austin #Rivers. #NBA

High-Rise

#HighRise: Deliciously demented unsubtle satire from Brit genre wunderkind Wheatley. #Hiddleston & Evans highlight a veddy impressive cast.

Ed Balls Day 2016

Good grief.. but how could I say No? RT @YvetteCooperMP We've insisted he bake a cake. How else would you celebrate?

Tale of Tales

#TaleOfTales: Way-out-there fairy tales not quite suitable for the little ones. Quite a feast for the eyes well directed by Garrone.

RIP Steve Julian

RIP Steve Julian. As Patt Morrison said the singular soothing voice that gently guided you into your day. #KPCC won't be able to replace him

Schmitke

#Schmitke: An absolute gem! Hilarious/unsettling droll comedy that will leave you scratching your head...in a good way. Great perf by Kurth.

Cavaliers Sweep Pistons 2016 NBA Playoffs

Toughest 4-Game Sweep, Ever? #LeBron/#Cavs need to thank #Kyrie for bailing then out vs admirably gritty(& annoying) #Pistons/#StanVan!

The Huntsman: Winter's War

#TheHuntsmanWintersWar: All in good (mindless) fun. Really, we're all here to watch Theron/Blunt/Chastain(?!) kick some much needed a**.

Celeb Sighting: Tom Berninger

2nd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Tom #Berninger grabbing a drink in DTLA. He was even nicer than he comes off in #MistakenForStrangers!

LA Kings Lose to Sharks 2016 NHL Playoffs

Bad luck for the #Kings, & just when I was ready to get back on the bandwagon! ;-) Surprised the #Sharks didn't, you know... #NHL #LAKings

A Hologram for the King

#AHologramForTheKing: Change of pace for always-interesting Tykwer. Not as good as Eggers's book but entertaining nonetheless #Hanx is great

RIP Guy Hamilton

RIP Guy Hamilton. Part of the team behind the Golden Age of Bond. Directed the most iconic one: Goldfinger! Also loved Remo & Mirror Crack'd

RIP Prince

RIP #Prince?! Loved him ever since he managed to infiltrate the impenetrable walls of our remote boarding school in India. Shocking. #sigh

Celeb Sighting: Drew McWeeny

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever: Drew McWeeny. Super-nice and accommodating of his throngs of nerd fanboys (like me)!

RIP Doris Roberts

RIP Doris Roberts. I'm old enough to remember how awesome she was on Remington Steele. So glad she got her deserved showcase with Raymond.

Cavaliers Squeak by Pistons Gm. 1

I knew the series was gonna be closer than people realized but not this close! #LeBron (#Cavs) squeak by #Pistons thx to #Kyrie & #Love(?)!

Federer Loses to Tsonga 2016 Monte Carlo

Sigh, the #GOAT's Last Ride stutters to a halt. #Federer loses a close one to (now worryingly tough) #Tsonga. It's gonna be a long sad year.

Liverpool Stunning Ccomeback vs. Borussia Dortmund

Still not sure what the #Europa league is, but that insane #LFC win against #BVB was just bonkers! #Klopp really is #Liverpool's magic man!

Kobe Bryant Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Kobe #Bryant Retires. Used to be a huge fan (until Eagle) Admired his insatiable drive #NBA won't be the same

Golden State Warriors Win 73 Games

I worship at the altar of #MJ, but we need to turn the page. Congrats to #Warriors on #73! PS. Those '96 #Bulls are becoming annoying no?

Kobe Scores 60 and Leads Lakers to Comeback Win in His Final Game

60?! You can't make this up!!! You would laugh if they ended a movie like this! #Kobe! #Bryant! #Mamba! #Lakers

Kobe Puts Up 50 in Final Game!

Dude! 50?! I mean, #Jazz aren't playing defense but still! #Mamba! #Kobe!

Satyajit Ray Video Essay

Wonderful video essay on the great #SatyajitRay by @LostInTheMovies. They eyes really do have it! ;-) ow.ly/10c2mG

The Boss

#TheBoss: Too bad that it can't quite embrace its true misanthropic black heart. Still pretty funny thanks to the always awesome McCarthy.

Danny Willett Upsets Jordan Spieth to Win 2016 Masters

Gutted for poor #Jordan #Spieth, but kudos to Danny #Willett on shooting 67 to win #Masters. Not a lot of champion golfers from #Sheffield!

Spieth Mounts a Comeback 2016 Masters

#Spieth! Yaaaaaaas!!! If you're going down at least go down fighting. C'mon kid! #Masters!

Jordan Spieth Letting it Slip Away 2016 Masters

#Spieth!!! Oh noooooooo!!! C'mon kid, get it together, some chap called #Willett is right on your tail! #Masters!!

Hardcore Henry

#HardcoreHenry: (Hopefully) not the future of action movies, but a fun, visceral(!) slightly nauseating (I'm old) thrill(!) ride! Copley!

RIP Merle Haggard

RIP #Merle #Haggard. Didn't listen to a lot of country growing up, what little we did listen to included the legendary Merle. We'll miss him

Dodgers Opening Day 2016

It's Time for #Dodger Baseball #Vin #Scully's final #OpeningDay (#sigh) Thx to #MLBtv & loathed #TimeWarner listening to...a radio! #Dodgers

Villanova Wins NCAA

#MarchMadness indeed! Maybe not quite Cinderella this time around but a great win for #Villanova against insufferable #RoyWilliams & #UNC!

Everybody Wants Some!!

#EverybodyWantsSome!!: Good, clean, amiable fun, i.e. classic #Linklater(!!). Great (future)cast highlighted by Powell, Hoechlin & Baker(!!)

West Indies Win Double WT20 Titles!

This is what makes sports so great! #WI pulls off rare #WT20 double by winning the women's & men's title in incredible fashion! Poor #ENG...

Rahul Sinha Tweet 2

Nothing surprises me anymore, the worst pocket of backwardness is North and East, rest are doing well. It's a vicious cycle now.

Bengal vs. Bihar

.@ C'mon Sinha, there's no way #Bengal will sink to the "depths" of #Bihar...right? Right?! I mean, it can't happen...or...

Rahul Sinha Tweet

first it was communists and now it is Mamta who is a clone of Lalu...God save Bengal...

RIP Ronnie Corbett

RIP #RonnieCorbett. Loved him in all those Sorry! & Small Talk reruns I watched growing up. Effortlessly funny. Boy, time moves fast!

India Lose to West Indies 2016 WT20

Despite (another) #Virat #Kohli masterclass & a (rare) #Gayle #T20 failure, #IND are upset by in-full-flight #WI. Hope they win #WT20 finals

Kolkata Overpass Tragedy

Very sad news out of #Kolkata. Thoughts and prayers to all those affected. Sad to see this once-great city continue to struggle.

England Beats New Zealand 2016 WT20

Bad luck for #NZ, but to be fair they were comprehensively beaten by...#ENG?! In a #T20 match?! What the?! It's been that kind of #WT20 

RIP James Noble

RIP James Noble. Loved him on #Benson growing up. Great show and he was fantastic in it. Brings back a lot of memories...

Shane Watson Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #ShaneWatson retires. Entertaining cricketer who may not have fulfilled potential but was always fun. #Watto!

Virat Kohli Beats Australia

Any win against #AUS is great, especially one that propels #IND to #WT20  semis! Thank G*d we live in the #Virat #Kohli era!

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

#BatmanvSuperman: Don't believe the (many) haters, it's actually (kinda) fun. WW & LL were decent & #Batfleck wasn't bad. Not bad at all.

Batman v. Superman

#JoelSchumacher : #TimBurton :: #ZackSnyder : #ChristopherNolan

Federer Withdraws Against Del Potro

Uh-oh! #GOAT's Last Ride off to a sad start. #Federer withdraws against #DelPo in #Miami. My old heart is already buckling under the stress!

RIP Johan Cruyff

RIP Johan Cruyff Growing up my father regaled me with stories of the Dutch maestro. His time with Barca will reverberate for decades to come

RIP Garry Shandling

RIP Garry Shandling. Shocking. Discovered him when he hosted Grammys. Never finished last Larry Sanders eps - couldn't bear for it to end.

India Beats Bangladesh 2016 WT20

Easy to be a cynical #cricket fan nowadays & then that insane #IND - #BAN match comes along! Thank G*d for #Raina & #Dhoni's keeping(?)! #WT20

RIP Andy Grove

RIP Andy Grove, legendary Intel guru. Had a huge impact on me growing up (and so many, many, many others) without me knowing it.

Too Late

#TooLate: 35mm Film-Noir-Parody B-Movie all done in single-take shots. Kudos to the UPM, DP & camera operators for pulling this stunt off!

Serena Loses / Djokovic Wins 2016 Indian Wells

Bad luck for #Serena who ran into a point-to-prove #Vika. As for #Djokovic...alas poor #Raonic, it's #Nole's #Tennis world now! #IndianWells

Ran

#Ran: Stunning! The kind of movie for which the *big* screen was invented! Absolute Peak #Kurosawa. Incredible perfs esp Nakadai & Harada.

India Beats Pakistan 2016 WT20

These #IND-#PAK  matches are always stressful. Good to see the rare bowler-dominated #WT20 contest. Thank G*d for #Virat #Kohli! #EdenGardens

Midnight Special

#MidnightSpecial: Fan-bl**dy-tastic! Yo, #JJAbrams, now this is how you do a #Spielberg homage! Kid director #Nichols is the real deal!

USC Loses to Providence

That was a sad, heartbreaking loss for poor ol' #USC. #Providence is a small school & all, but #Trojans deserved better. #MarchMadness 

Chris Gayle Thrashes England 2016 WT20

You can't stop #ChrisGayle, you can only...no, you can't contain him either! 47-ball century helps mercurial #WI  thrash #ENG . #WT20 , indeed!

Zootopia

#Zootopia: Come for the classic Disney anthropomorphism, stay for the social satire/LAConfidential-esque sprawling mystery! PS. The sloths!

India Loses to New Zealand 2016 WT20

Uh-oh. #IND upset by everyone's 2nd-favourite team #NZL. Not quite the way to open #WT20 on home soil. Hope they can rebound quickly!

Martavis Bryant Suspension

Gutted about #Martavis. Blame #LeGarrette: Insidious influence wrecks #Steelers for years, gets a #Cheatriots #SuperBowl in return! #karma

10 Cloverfield Lane

#10CloverfieldLane: Greatest Sequel-Bait-&-Switch/Future-HBS-Case-Study, Ever! Goodman has to get serious Oscar consideration for this!

Eye in the Sky

#EyeInTheSky: Un-subtle/nuanced but entertaining. Always good to see old pros Mirren & Rickman (sigh) do their thing. Abdi's great, too.

Liverpool Beats Manchester United

Sure it's for something called #UEFA #Europa League but any win by #LFC against #MUFC is to be celebrated right? Power of #Klopp! #Liverpool

RIP George Martin

RIP George Martin. Found out about him in a #Beatles doc when I was a kid - he really was the #FifthBeatle. A great, history-making career.

Megatron Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Megatron Retires (Worrying #NFL trend ?) #Calvin #Johnson was fantabulous, literally: http://ow.ly/ZeA13

Peyton Manning Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Peyton #Manning retires. Redefined #NFL QB-ing/ad pitch-ing. Will those HGH/Tenn allegations be whitewashed?

India Wins 2016 T20 Asia Cup

Nice work by #IND to beat a fighting #BAN & win #AsiaCup. Great stuff from #Dhawan, #Kohli &...#Dhoni. #WT20 is a done deal right? :-)

Knight of Cups

#KnightOfCups: AKA #Malick's #Entourage Or: How a Handsome Successful Screenwriter Dates Beautiful Women But Is Still Miserable in LA...

RIP Bud Collins

RIP Bud Collins. What a long & great journalistic career. Tennis (esp in the US) is a lot less interesting with his passing. Those pants!

RIP Martin Crowe

RIP Martin Crowe. Stylish batsman; his uncommon candor in retirement was refreshing. I'll never forget his glorious run in the 92 World Cup.

Oscars 2016

#Oscars2016: AKA #Leoscars! Loved #MadMax/#Hart/#LouisCK/#Ennio/#Leo speeches; #Grohl/#Gaga perfs & #ChrisRock! Devastated by #Rocky #Oscars 

Oscars Bad Form with Short Doc Winner

PS. #Oscars pay lip service to movies changing the world & then play off #Sharmeen as she talks about #AGirlInTheRiver changing a country.

Lady Gaga Loses the Oscar

I was wrong, #SamSmith wins the most undeserved #Oscar  in the history of all mankind. Nice chap, awful song esp compared to #Gaga.

Sylvester Stallone Loses the Oscar!

The most undeserved #Oscar in the history of mankind! What a self-congratulatory performance by #Rylance. Poor #Sly. #Rocky!!! #Oscars 

Wawrinka Wins Dubai

Congrats to #Stanimal on winning #Dubai. But this first glimpse into post-#Federer #Tennis is terrifying & inconceivably sad. #sigh #RF

Celeb Sighting: Richard Kind

2nd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Richard Kind prowling the pre-Oscar streets of Beverly Hills!

RIP Tony Burton

RIP Tony Burton. So great in all those Rocky movies. That "Hurtin' Bombs" speech from Rocky Balboa is a classic! bit.ly/1TJ1En2

2015 Top 10 Films [6/6]

2015 #Top10 Films: 1. #Anomalisa. 2. #Phoenix. 3. #TheLookOfSilence. 4. #TheRevenant. 5. #MadMaxFuryRoad

2015 Top 10 Films [5/6]

2015 #Top10 Films: 6. #Spotlight. 7. #PeaceOfficer. 8. #ExMachina. 9. #StraightOuttaCompton. 10. #Creed

2015 Top 10 Films [4/6]

2015 #Top10 Films (11-15): #WhatWeDoInTheShadows. #WelcomeToMe. #SteveJobs. #Mustang. #Carol.

2015 Top 10 Films [3/6]

2015 #Top10 Films (16-20): #WhenMarnieWasThere. #WhereToInvadeNext. #Rams. #EmbraceOfTheSerpent. #Spy. (21): #SonOfSaul.

2015 Top 10 Films [2/6]

2015 #Top10 Films Best Reissue: #AboutElly/#TheApuTrilogy. Best 2014 in 2015: #WhiteGod. Sentimental: #StarWarsTheForceAwakens.

2015 Top 10 Films [1/6]

2015 #Top10 Films Best Indian: #Court. Sigh: #Chappie/#Aloha. Worst Movie of the Year: #TheTribe. Most #Oscar-Bait-y: #CartelLand.

2016 Oscar Picks [6/6]

2016 #Oscar Picks Pic: Leo...Revenant. Dir: Leo...AGI (G*d help us all!). Actor: Leo. Actress: Alison Brie/Brit Marling/Brie Larson. #Oscars

2016 Oscar Picks [5/6]

2016 #Oscar Picks Supp Actor: Rocky!. Supp Actress: Vikander. Screenplay (Orig): Spotlight. Screenplay (Adap): Big Short. #Oscars

2016 Oscar Picks [4/6]

2016 #Oscar Picks Foreign: Saul. Docu: Amy. DP: Leo...Chivo (Poor Roger). Toon: Moody Teen (Inside Out). Edit: Mad Max. #Oscars

2016 Oscar Picks [3/6]

2016 #Oscar Picks Music: Morricone (finally!). Song: Gaga. Sound Edit: Leo. Sound Mix: Leo. FX: #SWTFA. #Oscars

2016 Oscar Picks [2/6]

2016 #Oscar Picks Prod Design: Max. Costume: Max. Makeup: Max. #Oscars

2016 Oscar Picks [1/6]

2016 #Oscar Picks Toon Short: Pixar. Docu Short: Shoah. Film Short: Maria. #Oscars

The Gift

#TheGift: Edgerton could be a great director! This is not Haneke-level but comes close! Good to see Bateman (playing against type) & Hall.

Amazing Aga-Vinci Match

I know 10s of people saw but that #Aga-#Vinci match was a shotmaking momentum-see-sawing bonanza! Insane! #Radwanska #WTA #QatarOpen #Doha

Mistress America

#MistressAmerica: Wonder what the titular character would think of Kirke stealing the movie away from Gerwig? Great score by @deanandbritta!

Welcome to Me

#WelcomeToMe: Criminally underappreciated dark comedy of the laugh-till-it-hurts variety. Fabulous ensemble led by an incredible #Wiig!

Brendon McCullum Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Brendon #McCullum retires. Fabulously entertaining cricketer & model for what captain should be. #Baz

RIP Douglas Slocombe

RIP Douglas Slocombe. Legendary DP of the Indiana Jones movies and the great Ealing comedies. So many great movies...

When Marnie Was There

#WhenMarnieWasThere: More restrained than better-known fare, but just as emotional and affecting. Bittersweet melancholy #Ghibli coda.

Heath Miller Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Heath #Miller retires. Criminally underrated player. #Steelers won't be the same without him #ThankYouHEEEATH

RIP Harper Lee

RIP Harper Lee. As a kid the movie was legendary in my house; I understood the power of its source when I finally read the book. Thank you.

RIP George Gaynes

RIP George Gaynes. Loved him growing up in Punky Brewster & those awesome Police Academy films. What a long and great career.

Kung Fu Panda 3

#KungFuPanda3: Terrific & fun trilogy-capper. Loved the fact they gave Hong & Duk Kim more to do. Is DreamWorks inching ahead of Pixar?!

Kendrick Lamar at the Grammys

Well, my nephew did warn me that #Kendrick #Lamar was amazing! Your move #Grammys...! @TheGRAMMYs @kendricklamar

Venus Williams Wins 49th Career Title

Congrats to #Venus #Williams for defying the odds (& medical issues) to win her 49th(!) title. Great #tennis champ refusing to go quietly...

Deadpool

#Deadpool: Awe-bl**dy-some! Welcome back Ryan Reynolds, all is forgiven! Best (Ultraviolent-Meta-Superhero) Valentine's Day Movie, Ever!

Where To Invade Next Released

Sad to hear about @MMFlint's health issues No matter what your political beliefs #WhereToInvadeNext is a must-see Funny & (gasp) optimistic!

Cam-LeBron Similarity

#Cam 2016=#LeBron 2011: Polarizing uniquely-talented face-of-league falls to well-liked vet. Redemption gets huge ratings. Win for #NFL/#NBA

Denver Broncos Win Super Bowl 50

Love the guy but upcoming #Peyton #Manning (HGH-less) hagiography will be insufferable. #WadePhillips/#Panthers Defense uda real #MVP! #SB50 

SoCal Edison Outage Response

#coldplay and #beyonce did rock! Please enter your address at sce.com/outage for updates on the restoration time.

SB50 Halftime Show

#Coldplay rocked the #SB50  halftime show so much they blew our power out! Where's a desi genny when you need one?! @SCE

Horrible Start for the Panthers

This is *exactly* what I was afraid of! #SB50 effectively over. Cue the insufferable #Peyton apologists (HGH be d*mned) & #Cam haters #Sigh!

Super Bowl 50 Preview

No one giving the #Broncos any chance makes me nervous. I've seen last-leg legends (#Federer!) stumble at the end so hope for #Panthers yet!

Chi-Raq

#ChiRaq: Uneven/overlong urgent Spike polemic that enrages & entertains. Parris is a star in the making! Ably supported by Bassett & Snipes

India Whitewash Australia in T20 Series

Winning a series in Australia is a heck of a thing but to do it the way #IND did is a h*ll of a thing! Incredible effort by #Raina! #AUSvIND

Djokovic Beats Murray to Win Australian Open (Again)

(Poor) #Andy #Murray fought hard but #Djokovic's in peak #Sampras/#Federer/#Rafa #GOAT form. At least big bro #Jamie won the dubs. #AusOpen 

Kerber Upsets Serena to Win Australian Open 2016

Woah! (Unpredictable, unconventional) #Kerber (monumentally) upsets #Serena to win #AusOpen & preserve #Steffi's record)! #SI Cover Jinx?!

Mirza & Hingis Win Australian Open 2016

Congrats to #Sania #Mirza (& #Hingis ;-) on winning #AusOpen  for their third straight(!) Slam. Quite the beginning of a beautiful friendship

RIP Jacques Rivette

RIP Jacques Rivette. One of the legendary cadre of the great French New Wave directors. A true original.

Federer Loses to Djokovic Australian Open 2016

The Swan Song is now sadly in the Fat Lady phase. #Federer goes down (but not without a fight) to #GOAT-mode #Djokovic #Sigh #Sniff #AusOpen 

45 Years

#45Years: Poor Man's Mike Leigh feat compelling perfs from Courtenay & Rampling (recent comments notwithstanding). Pitch perfect ending!

Rostam Leaves Vampire Weekend

RIP #VampireWeekend?! TBH is in mourning now that her fave #Rostam's left the band. How will the indie-preppie music scene survive? @matsoR

Federer Beats Berdych Australian Open 2016

Not sure what'll happen to #GOAT Swan Song against irresistible force #Djoker but I'll enjoy #Federer's stirring win vs #Berdych while I can

RIP Abe Vigoda

RIP Abe Vigoda. Great in the Godfather, and always a welcome screen presence. Loved all the fun stuff he did with Conan. #AbeVigoda

Lleyton Hewitt Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Lleyton #Hewitt (finally) retires. Never his biggest fan but always admired his fighting spirit. #Cmon #Rusty

Federer Beats Goffin at Australian Open 2016

The #GOAT Swan Song glides by kid #Goffin. #Federer in full flight is wonderful to behold; he'll need that & more against #Berdych! #AusOpen 

Insane Liverpool-Norwich City Match

Magical #Klopp turnaround may not happen overnight but today's mad #Liverpool win means better days are ahead! #LFC ow.ly/XrsJd

Shivnarine Chanderpaul Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Shivnarine #Chanderpaul retires. Dogged, determined (& criminally under-appreciated) West Indies cricketer.

Federer Beats Dimitrov Australian Open 2016

Whew! #GOAT Swan Song survives a hiccup against talented #Dimitrov. #Federer comes up huge in tough win vs #BabyFed at #AusOpen. Stressful!

Federer Wins Second Round Australian Open 2016

The #GOAT Swan Song (sorta) hums along. #Federer navigates past tricky #Dolgopolov at #AusOpen. Next: Very tough match vs #BabyFed. Uh-oh!

Joy

#Joy: Another crazy O'Russell that ends up being entertaining. #JLaw deserves that Oscar nom. Great perfs by Ladd, Madsen & Rossellini.

Celeb Sighting: Lena Dunham

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: #Lena #Dunham...gentrifying #Watts. I resisted the urge to ask if the #Bleachers were around ;-)

Celeb Sighting: Gillian Jacobs

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Gillian Jacobs, (not) waiting in queue like the rest of us in #Watts...

Federer Wins Australian Open 2016 Rd. 1

The #GOAT Swan Song gets off to a rousing start. #Federer easily handles #Basilashvili in #AusOpen R1. Next up: tricky #Dolgopolov. #AO2016

Steelers Lose Playoff Game to Broncos

#Steelers defense played their hearts out but come up agonizingly short vs #Broncos Hope they win next week ;-) Lotsa hope for next year tho

India Loses ODI Series to Australia

No such thing as a moral victory? Sure #AUS is 3-0 already, but #IND has fought them tooth & nail. #Rohit & #Sran - yes please! #AUSvIND

Cardinals Beat Packers in Crazy Playoff Game!

Duuuuuude! Whatagame!!! Do feel bad for #Aaron #Rodgers/#Packers..But #Carson #Palmer did the #Cardinals (& #Trojans) proud! #Larry! #ARIvGB

England Thrashes S. Africa to Win Series

Woah! When did #ENG turn into an #Aussie-style juggernaut?! #RSA gets thrashed (again) to lose series & Top Ranking...to #IND!(?) #SAvEnG

LeBron (& Cavs) Lose to the Spurs (Again)

Last night's #LeBron loss = another lost #Cavs Finals Tho the way #JimmyButler's playing they may not even make it. #Spurs + #DavidWest = !!

RIP Alan Rickman

RIP Alan Rickman. Like most I discovered him in Die Hard, but have loved him in everything else. He was becoming a promising director. Sigh.

Saving the Apu Trilogy

See the monumental effort by @Criterion & @TheAcademy to save #Satyajit #Ray's wondrous #TheApuTrilogy. Thank you! ow.ly/WuWDj

State of the Union 2016

Stirring #SOTU! Can't believe Pres. #Obama's tenure is almost over - it went by too fast. "Face the future with confidence" - amen to that!

Amy

#Amy: Another Kapadia special - illuminating & heartbreaking. Like you, I blame...but the truth (as always) is more complicated than that.

Peter Bodo on Life after Federer (and Serena)

No Peter Bodo, there is no life after #Federer & #Serena. #Tennis will fade into gentle obscurity in US. @ESPNTennis

Alabama Wins College Football Championship

As if we needed another reason for #NickSatan to be more insufferable than he already is Poor #Clemson loses a heartbreaker to #Alabama #CFP 

RIP David Bowie

RIP David #Bowie?! Absolutely shocking! He just released a great album Hard to believe. Difficult to imagine music w/o his singular presence

Golden Globes 2016

#GoldenGlobes: Great job by #Gervais, esp the Mel/J-Law+A-Schu "bits" Leo & Kate winning - it's 1997 all over again! Mr. Robot & Rocky!

Djokovic Beats Rafa to Win Qatar Open

Meanwhile, #Djoker's already in #GOAT destroyer-of-worlds form with a thrashing of #Rafa to win #QatarOpen. #ATP: be afraid, be very afraid!

Federer Loses Title to Raonic

Sigh, Sniff, etc. #Federer suffers a turning-of-the-tide loss to young-ish gun #Raonic to lose #Brisbane title. The swan song's gonna be sad

Miraculous Steelers Win!

Miraculous #Steelers win! #BigBen warrior! #Martavis all-time great catch. #Boswell! #Bengals/#Burfict hang your head in shame #Disgraceful!

Room

#Room: Harrowing and intense, yes, but ultimately life-affirming. #Brie deserves all her accolades; kid Tremblay is simply amazing!

Celeb Sighting: Jay Mariotti

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Jay #Mariotti. I resisted the urge to score him on his arguments ;-)

Federer Beats Dimitrov in Brisbane

Good G*d #GOAT, it's way too early in the year to give me heartburn! #Federer  battles to squeak by #BabyFed in #Brisbane. Whew!

Mustang

#Mustang: Familiar yet stirring coming-of-age story. Lovely work by DPs Kids are amazing; that young girl Sensoy gives the year's best perf!

Kodak to Re-release Super 8

Thank G*d for #Millennials! Long live Film! #Super8 

"Kodak to re-release the super 8 film camera, analog/digital hybrid kodak.com/ek/us/en/Consu…"

Oliver Deighton Tweet

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School Boy Scores 1000 Runs

Remarkable achievement! Young school boy #Pranav #Dhanawade scores 1,009! via @ESPNcricinfo ow.ly/WIebI

Making a Murderer

#MakingAMurderer: Just bl**dy insane! No matter on which side you fall, this is superb/slightly-biased TV. As always, it's about class/money

Concussion

#Concussion: By-the-numbers but entertaining/scary/eye-opening look at something most Americans don't want to deal with. Will is great.

Steelers Make the Playoffs!

Thank G*d for #RexRyan/#Bills/#JamesHarrison! Miraculous playoff-clinching by #Steelers! #AFC is kinda wide open - dare I get my hopes up?!

RIP Vilmos Zsigmon

RIP Vilmos Zsigmond. On the very shortlist of the greatest cinematographers. Seems like all the movies I loved growing up were DP-ed by him.

Happy New Year 2016!

#HappyNewYear world! Here's to an awesome #2016!