The 1971 World Cup of women's soccer gets its due in Copa 71, the 2023 TIFF Docs opener by James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay.
Keep ReadingAn interview with Copa 71 directors James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay about their TIFF Docs opener on an unsung women's soccer championship.
Keep ReadingRevisiting the 2014 documentary Next Goal Wins ahead of Taika Waititi's take on the American Samoan soccer team's inspiring underdog tale.
Keep ReadingAllihopa: The Dalkurd Story is that rare exception, a feel-good Kurdish documentary with its portrait of a soccer team.
Keep ReadingThey Call Us Warriors (Nos chamam guerreiras) (Venezuela, 83 min.) Dir. Edwin Corona Ramos, David Alonso, Jennifer Socorro Post-script title cards sometimes cheapen the story that precedes then. They can be mawkish, on
Keep ReadingArtists Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno examined football (soccer) and its most controversial figure in Zidane.
Keep Reading“In a real tragedy, it is not the hero who perishes; it is the chorus.” — Joseph Brodsky On May 29, 1985, in the final of the annual tournament to decide Europe’s best football
Keep Reading