The Sports Film

Next Goal Wins (2014)

This documentary follows American Samoa’s heroic efforts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, and treats this subject in ways somewhat distinctive from…

Jun 28 •

Love Lies Bleeding

This 1980s-set erotic thriller transforms the conventions of the genre through its same-sex couple protagonists, queering the world of bodybuilding it…

May 26 •

This filmic treatment of the lives of the Von Erich family uses wrestling as a moving metaphor for both Reaganomics and toxic masculinity.

Mar 10 •

The biopic of the Italian sportscar manufacturing mogul depicts a man struggling to keep the different aspects of his life in a suitable order.

Jan 24 •

Using the familiar tropes of the feelgood sports film, Next Goal Wins gently challenges Western social priorities, and affirms gender nonconformity…

Jan 10 •

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