Movies - June 9, 2007
Realism makes "Offside" feel right
The film -- one of at least three made in 2006 with the title “Offside” -- barely has any football in it at all. Filmed in large part during Iran’s World Cup 2005 qualifier against Bahrain, “Offside” is the story of women forced to disguise themselves as men -- with varying degrees of success -- to slip past stadium security and see the match.
Tags: Offside, Iran, Tehran, soccer, Jafar Panahi, Bend it Like Beckham

Movies - Feb. 25, 2005
"Bride and Prejudice" aimed squarely at "Bend It" crowd
Gurinder Chadha, director of "Bend it Like Beckham" may not draw in American teen girls to see her latest film, "Bride and Prejudice," with soccer, but she ought to get them anyway with her featherweight "Bollywood" reading of Jane Austen's classic novel "Pride and Prejudice."
Tags: Bend it Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice, India, Bollywood, Gurinder Chadha, Aishwarya Rai, Nadira Babbar, Namrata Shirodkar, I dream of Jeannie