Repost-Opening Today: Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait

Perhaps the most original and technically striking films I saw at Rotterdam was Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno’s Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. [...]

Gutted, Indeed.

I don’t have the strength or willpower to write about last night’s defeat, so I’ll let the always (usually?) spot-on Tom Hall do my talking for me, here. Sigh.

22 Hours And Counting….C’mon You REDS!

So….it’s about 22 hours until the kickoff of the Champions League Final which for the second time in three years pits the Rossoneri of Ac Milan (Booooo!) against the Reds of Liverpool FC (HUZZAH!). This year the final is taking place in Athens, Greece. Kick off is at 2:45pm EDT and we’ll be watching it [...]

José Has A….Yorkie!?

José Mourinho has a Yorkie? [...]

Italian Police Brutality-Roma v. Manchester United

BBC coverage of the shocking display of brutality by the Italian Carabinieri during a match between AS Roma and Manchester United in the European Champions League. [...]

IFFR 07: Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait

Perhaps the most original and technically striking films I saw at Rotterdam was Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno’s Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. [...]

Racism Will Out…Apparently

Remember a couple of years ago when I wrote a couple of pieces about racists and fascists in European football? Well, it seems that they still keep getting away with it. [...]

Some Great (Some Not) Missing Comments

So apparently I had the junk filter on my blog set a little bit too high and several legitimate comments were deemed junk by the filter and thus were not emailed to me for approval. I am generally of a mind to publish them and then respond to them, if needed. Thus, I apologize to Claire (the bigot), Tully, Dickmac, Manohla Dargis, Richard Schenkman and others whose comments were inadvertently left off the blog. As a bit of a “make good,” I will post them all in full here, complete with links to the original posts and I will, over the next day or so, reply to some of them on the original posts, themselves. Even Claire’s Anti-Semitic rant (whose email address I was extremely tempted to post…) [...]

Gelsenkirchen: Pre-Game

A couple of snaps from Gelsenkirrchen before the US match against the Czech Republic. [...]

World Cup Entry #1: Some Thoughts On The Cup

My thoughts from my first few days of my three-week trip to Germany to attend the 2006 FIFA World Cup! [...]