Celeb Sighting: Andy Garcia

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Andy Garcia driving around Hollywood in a gigantic Escalade, looking very good for his age.

Clayton Kershaw Wins the CY Young (2013)

Nice! #Kershaw wins #CyYoung! Too bad #Puig got hosed for #ROTY. Maybe they'll make up for #Kemp and give the #MVP to #Hanley! ;-) #Dodgers

The Lunchbox (Dabba)

The Lunchbox (#Dabba): Oh man can't believe young(!) Batra made such a great film first time out! Somewhere Hrishikesh Mukherjee is smiling.

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave: My G*d! What a film! Unrelenting & unforgettable! Just hand the Oscars to McQueen, Nyong'o & Ejiofor & call it a day!

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks: aka Oscaring Ms. Thompson! Yup, she's as great as advertised. Good ol' Hanks & esp Giamatti totally elevate the material.

Emma Thompson Q&A

Hoo boy! They should give Emma Thompson an #Oscar for her tour-de-bl**dy-force Q&A with Leonard Maltin alone What a performance! @SidGrauman

The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises: Beautiful, elegiac, bittersweet. At turns unnerving & charming, it's the perfect (if sad) swansong for the great Miyazaki.

Oregon Upset by Stanford

Sad to see #Pac12 lose a #BCS title shot again. #Ducks lose another must-win game. Let's hope Famous #Jameis brings down the Evil Empire!

The National - Lean (Catching Fire Soundtrack)

Uh-oh, looks like I may have to watch #CatchingFire after all! Check out TBH's fave @The_National's "#Lean": http://t.co/xmbmyJSdRY

Roger Federer - Coffee Machine Ad

Nice! #Federer may not be able to serve it up quite like he used to on the #tennis court but he's great at coffee! http://t.co/ipiFDIYXbc

Diwali Rocket to Mars

The perfect way to celebrate #Diwali: Send a rocket to Mars! Great achievement for #India...pending a successful landing. :-)

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips: Expertly crafted by master filmmaker Greengrass, though it gets too much at the climax. Abdi is a searing screen presence.

Indian Batsmen Thrash Australia

#Shikhar, #Kohli, #Rohit have reached #BigPapi level. Hopefully they did it naturally. Big win for #India due to crazy ODI rules. #IndvAus

The Counselor

The Counselor: Looks like old man Cormac's been reading his own press Loved Ridley's precise dark direction of the over-written/wrought mess

All Is Lost

All Is Lost: Brave effort by Chandor to make a contemplative, melancholy survival film. Redford is extraordinary. The ending is... ! ;-)

Red Sox Win the World Series 2013

Great, the #RedSox won the #WorldSeries. As if those fans weren't insufferable enough already. Happy for the city of #Boston though. #MLB

Allen Iverson Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: Allen #Iverson retires. Man, did I love seeing him play in Philly, and man, do I feel really old now.

Lions Love and Lies

Lions Love and Lies: Eccentric, funny and, like Varda herself, way ahead of its time in its proto-reality TV/meta-Kaufman-esque look at LA.

RIP Marcia Wallace

Belated RIP Marcia Wallace. Loved her as Edna Krabappel on the Simpsons I'm also old enough to remember her as Carol on the Bob Newhart Show

RIP Lou Reed

RIP Lou Reed. It may have taken a bunch of cover songs to finally get into his music, but once I started it was amazing.

RIP Manna Dey

RIP Manna Dey. One of my grandfather's favorite singers. Met him on a plane once, he was gracious to all of us.

Celeb Sighting: Skip Lievsay

2nd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Skip Lievsay, mixer on #Gravity. I think my fanboy drooling may have freaked him out! :-)

NY Times Story About Narendra Dabholkar

Sad story about a courageous man battling superstition in #India: Narendra #Dabholkar via @nytimes http://t.co/5KR90VrJuM

Steelers Beat the Ravens (Finally!)

Well TBH never stopped believin'! Great gutty, bl**dy win for the #Steelers against the irritating #Ravens. Thank G*d for #Suisham! #NFL

Steelers and Ravens Aren't CBS Game of the Week

How the mighty have fallen! The #Texans & #Chiefs (Andy Reid whatevs) are the #CBS game of the week over the #Steelers and #Ravens Sad #NFL

Ship of Theseus

Ship of Theseus: Bl**dy hell! A landmark in Indian cinema! Slightly overwritten (young director!), but stunningly put together. Brilliant!

Celeb Sighting: Michael Ovitz

2nd-Best Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Michael Ovitz, skulking around the streets of Beverly Hills, talking to himself (or his bluetooth headset:-)

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel Trailer

I wanna hate it, but can't help but love #WesAnderson's #GrandBudapestHotel trailer starring TBH's fave Ralph Fiennes http://t.co/njR9GWZf9t

India Beat Australia & Dodgers Beat Cardinals

First #India pull off a stunning win against #Australia (#Shikhar! #Dhawan!). Then #Dodgers thump #Cardinals. #Cricket/#Baseball heaven!

Dravid and Tendulkar CLT20 Finals

Umm, so yeah, two of our biggest superstars shuffled off into the sunset (again?!) Once again #Dravid played second fiddle to #Sachin #CLT20

Shubho Bijoya

Shubho #Bijoya to all my fellow Bengalis and the world in general. Doesn't the New Year seem to come quicker every year? :-)

Dodgers Lose to Beltran

Great, just bl**dy great! Can't believe #Beltran decided to redeem himself for his infamous called strike... against the #Dodgers! #NLCS

RIP Kumar Pallana

RIP Kumar Pallana. Gentle screen presence courtesy of Wes Anderson, his own life story reads like an Anderson film.

Celeb Sighting: Emeril Lagasse

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: #Emeril Lagasse in WeHo looking for a place to eat. Bam!

Gravity (3rd Time!)

#Gravity: 3rd time in 4 days may be too much But man it's right up there with Turrell's Perceptual Cell as an incredible sensory experience!

Rush

#Rush: Howard's back! You whipper-snapper directors out there: This is how you make a big entertaining movie! Bruhl steals the whole film!

Gravity (Second Viewing)

#Gravity: 2nd time you forget plot & behold its chilly genius. The tiny human dot against the infinite starfield will haunt my eternal sleep

Gravity

#Gravity: Incredible DP work by the great Lubezki. Amazing music by Price. A giant bl**dy leap for filmkind by genius Cuaron! @wbpictures

Gravity!

#Gravity: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alfonso Cuaron Day!

What day is it? #Alfonso #Cuaron day of course! Can't wait for #Gravity tonight! We know it's going to be the Best Movie, Ever! @wbpictures

RIP Tom Clancy

RIP Tom Clancy. Not sure if his books were great works of literature but they were terrifically exciting and I actually read them.

Mariano, Pettitte, Helton Retire

You Know You're Too Old When: #Mariano #Rivera, #Pettitte, #Helton retire. All in my own #HOF (Pettitte Aw-Shucks > PEDs). #Yankees #Rockies

PRI's The World Tweet

@PratikBasu Thanks for listening! Discover new bands from our #GlobalHit Twitter list (we update daily): http://t.co/3sA6N3RjOr

Steelers Lose to the Vikings

Aw man, heart-breaking (era-ending?!) loss for the #Steelers. On the other hand, as TBH said, they looked like the Best 0-4 Team, Ever! #NFL

Too Old: Discover Bastille on NPR

You Know You're Too Old When: You find out about an awesome new band...on @NPR?! #Bastille @BASTILLEdan @pritheworld http://t.co/eA2GZ6czLO

Yevgeny Kafelnikov HOF Snub

Look, I'm happy for the #Tennis #HOF nominees, but it's an absolute crime that #Kafelnikov is not in. #TskTsk #ATP

Small Black - "Breathless"

Yup, nothing makes you feel older than an awsome music video celebrating youth, sweet youth! #Breathless by @SmallBlk http://t.co/uR6LsI4t7f

Madras Cafe

Madras Cafe: Ol' college try tackling a complex, controversial subject. Nice to see Bollywood making these kinds of films. Good first step.

Steelers Lose to Bears

Don't know what's more heartbreaking: TBH still believing in the #Steelers in the 3rd quarter or me benching the #Bears defense in fantasy.

Nayak

Nayak: Looser, edgier, jazzier Ray. Tour-de-force from a (way) against-type Kumar (our legendary tragic-romantic Bengali hero) @SidGrauman

Devi

Devi: Still powerful and sadly relevant even after all these years. Those final images still scar your brain. @SidGrauman

RIP Ken Norton

RIP Ken Norton. Went toe-to-toe with Ali and more than held his own. Remember when heavyweight boxing was great? Sigh...

Bobby Cannavale Reads a NYT Graphic Novel

Yes, the great Bobby #Cannavale can read anything; including a grahic novel from @nytimes (?!). "Tomato Can Blues" http://t.co/uGHnkWoZ06

Steelers Lose to Bengals on MNF

Hoo boy! I knew this was going to be a lost #Steelers season. But TBH is gonna hold on to that one nice-looking TD pass to #Moye. #MNF #NFL

Zimbabwe Wins a Test

It's not often that the minnows are allowed to shine. Great win for underdog #Zimbabwe & the spirit of #Cricket. #ZimvPak

Mayweather Beats Canelo

As the @BBC commentators said of #Azharuddin/#Gower: like picking dandelions. @FloydMayweather completely outclassed @TeamCanelo. #TheOne

Mayweather Beating Canelo

It's over. Poor kid #Canelo is being out-boxed/punched/fast-ed by #Mayweather. Welcome to the big time young man. Fight back! #TheOne

RIP Ray Dolby

RIP Ray Dolby. I'm old enough to remember Dolby NR on cassettes. Movies would not be what they were if not for him.

Charulata

Charulata: My Bengali card should be revoked for waiting this long to see this romantic masterpiece. Beautiful & heartbreaking. @SidGrauman

Jalsaghar

Jalsaghar: Sadly the metaphor for Bengal's grand decline in the face of commercial progress rings true 50 years later. Biswas is magnificent

10 Years!

@gingerm @evolutionofaman @susievdepianto Look how skinny I am! No wonder I'm smiling. 10 years?! Time flies when you're having fun :-)

Prisoners

#Prisoners: Nice sub-Haneke effort by Villeneuve. Comes close to transcending genre roots. Great stuff from Deakins, Gyllenhaal & Jackman.

Aparajito

Aparajito: Melancholy examination of making a new life against the constraints of tradition. Still apropos some 60 years later! @TheAcademy

Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali: Still devastating after all these years. Something new every time. Sly critique of gender roles this time out. @TheAcademy

Serena Wins US Open 2013

Congrats #Serena on overcoming a tough #Vika & winning the #USOpen. Very close to taking #GOAT from #Steffi/#Navratilova...but not yet. #WTA

Steelers Worse Than Pirates?!

I hated to tell TBH, but the writing had been on the wall all along that the #Pirates would have a better season than the #Steelers! #NFL

Salinger

#Salinger: Sensational. Tawdry. Compelling. Engrossing. Entertaining. Yo snooty critics: never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

Futurama - Jurassic Bark

Everyone else also thinks that #JurassicBark is the best #Futurama?! When did this happen! Also, I'm sad it's gone. http://t.co/oHhPG7gHOe

Tweet from @dashmeshstud

@PratikBasu please Basu it was s really bad movie, somewhere along the way they just lost the plot

Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain: Who better than to make an awesome parody of a Michael Bay film than the awesome...Michael Bay! Surprisingly dark...& awesome!

Federer Loses to Robredo at US Open

Wow! I don't think I've ever seen a more depressed #Federer. Don't let them convince you otherwise, he's still #GOAT (for now) #USOpen #ATP

Kids Like You & Me

Kids Like You & Me: A for effort. Tries valiantly to showcase the manic energy of the #BlackLips...in the Middle East! Nice try. @cinefamily

RIP David Frost

RIP David Frost. Loved watching him on TV back when I was a kid.

2 Guns

2 Guns: Lotsa fun seeing Paxton trying to out-ham (very cute) screen couple Wahlberg & Washington Always great when everyone's having a lark

The Grandmaster

The Grandmaster: The awesome kung-fu is window dressing for what makes Wong Kar-wai great: Brooding. Beautiful. Romantic. Longing. Loved it!

James Blake Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: James #Blake retires. Saw him play. Big game nice guy Sad to see the complete decline of American #Tennis #ATP

Dr. Martin Luther King - "I Have a Dream"

The original "I Have a #Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther #King, courtesy of the @smithsonian http://t.co/AbiKuV9cp6

Duval Beats Stosur in Huge US Open Upset

Heartbreaking loss for #Pospisil. But what a great bl**dy win for young Victoria #Duval over hard-luck #Stosur. Inspiring. #WTA #USOpen

Hopefully Federer is Inspired By Sampras 2002

#Federer Endless Summer turns into The Long Goodbye. Hopefully he's inspired by the last #GOAT (#Sampras) was down http://t.co/WWBgU85Ipb

England Retain the Ashes

Umm, so the #Ashes series was a foregone conclusion but the matches were pretty exciting. Great Test #Cricket marred by idiot umps. #EngvAus

The World's End

The World's End: Best You-Can't-Go-Home-Again-Here-Comes-The-Apocalypse Mash-Up, Ever! Did I detect an underlying bittersweet maturity?! :-)

Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster Day!

It's #Grandmaster Day! Hopefully #WongKarWai's next cinematic masterpiece helps me get over the #Affleck-#Batman nightmare! @WeinsteinFilms

RIP Elmore Leonard

RIP Elmore Leonard. Literary giant. Discovered him way too late in my book reading life. Hopefully I'll have years to catch up.

The Fall

#TheFall: The @netflix show you should be watching is the one not getting any hype! Best crime drama on, um TV?, by bl**dy far! Fantastic!

Elysium

Elysium: Great ideas that don't quite coalesce in a good (not quite great) film. At least Blomkamp is on CNTT (Cameron Nolan Tenure Track).

This Charming Charlie Tumblr

#TheSmiths + #CharlieBrown = Greatest Future Hipster Musical, Ever! (via TBH) This Charming Charlie @OfficialPeanuts http://t.co/GuukZe0Cbo

Marion Bartoli Retires(?!)

You Know You're Too Old When: Marion #Bartoli retires. Crazy/fun/quirky...but a retirement at 28(?!) for a reigning Wimbledon champ?! Wha?!

Too Old: Beaten By a Stroller

You Know You're Too Old When: You're told by @NikePlus you've had your fastest run yet... after you're passed by a lady pushing a stroller.

The National at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery

The National (Hollywood Forever Cemetery): Best Concert, Ever! Intimate. Heart breaking. Perfect for a graveyard in Hollywood. Still reeling

Daughter (Hollywood Forever Cemetery)

Daughter (Hollywood Forever Cemetery): The YA version of Siouxsie-meets-The-xx shoegaze. Perfect for tweenage-graveyard navel-gazing. Lovely

Celeb Sighting: Jim Carrey

2nd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever! [tie]: Jim Carrey (The Cable Guy!) taking notes while watching the opening band for The National! Awesome

Celeb Sighting: Zuleikha Robinson

2nd- Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Zuleikha Robinson. The last time i saw The National in concert Matthew Fox (Jack Shepherd!) was there!

Celeb Sighting: Olivia Wilde

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Olivia Wilde (13!) at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery being conspicuous in her elaborate inconspicuous.

Jason Dufner Wins the PGA Championship

Henceforth #Dufnering will mean Major Champion! Congrats to #Dufner who limped home to the #PGA championship. Sad for crusty vet #Furyk.

Only God Forgives

Only God Forgives: Umm, so, the thing is, when you think about it, well, what I'm trying to say...Great cinematography by Larry Smith! Whew!

The Wolverine

The Wolverine: Awe-bl**dy-some! Best "summer" movie by far. Loved Jackman & all those butt-kicking babes! And, yes, they had ninjas! Ninjas!

Ordinary Welles & PGA Championship at Rochester

Between the rediscovered #OrsonWelles film & #PGA championship looks like my old stomping grounds #Rochester is having a moment. Sweet!

The Killing Season 3 Finale

#TheKilling: Despite the cool Seven-like ending someone needs to put it out of its misery. Thanks for introducing Kinnaman to the world.

Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine: Madoff+Streetcar=Best Woody Since Match Point. Loved Hawkins, Cannavale, Dice Clay (?!) & Blanchett, tour-de-bl**dy-force! Wow

James Turrell - Perceptual Cell

James Turrell - Perceptual Cell: To paraphrase the great Keanu Reeves: Woah! It's like the end of 2001 exploded behind your eyelids! Whew!