Explaining a Movie on Instagram: "The Basketball Diaries (1995) tells the true story of Jim Carroll, a talented high school basketball player whose life spirals out of control when drugs take over. Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a raw, unsettling performance that captures the speed of the fall as his character trades the court for the streets. Based on Carroll’s memoir, the film is less about basketball than the slow erosion of innocence. It shows how easy it is to slip, how hard it is to climb back