Dear Basketball
2017. 5 minutes. Unrated. “Bryant for the win!” Dear Basketball is Kobe Bryant’s end of career love letter to the sport that changed his life. Executed in graphite, Bryant reminisces about being a six-year old boy, rolling up his father’s tube socks and making free throws into his trash can (depicted as a basketball hoop mounted on his bedroom door. Moments from his career are rendered into animated moments....
127 Hours
“These stones never move, they’ve been here for centuries.” 2010. 94 min. Rated R. While hiking through Blue John Canyon in Utah, climber Aron Ralston (James Franco) is caught by his forearm when the rock he’s standing on gives way and pinions him against the wall in a crevice. I’m not much of a climber (but enojy a little rock-scrambling). I prefer company in the great outdoors. I’m sort of...
Saawariya
“When someone reads a book, I will miss you. When someone sneezes, I will miss you. When someone laughs while he cries and cries while he laughs, I will miss you.” 2007. 138 minutes. Rated PG. I am not at all up on my Russian authors. I didn’t know what a palanquin was until I Googled it. I’ve only seen two other Bollywood movies–Monsoon Wedding and Bride and Prejudice (“Slumdog Millionaire doesn’t count,” says my friend...
