The Referees – review
This French documentary, the lingua franca of which is Euro-England, is an impressionistic account of half-a-dozen football referees as they go about their duties during the 2008 European Championship finals in Austria and Switzerland. This is the even...
The readers’ room | What you thought of G2 this week
Hen-keepers flock together, Hollywood rom-coms strike a blow against gender equality – and Beckham's pants✒ Let's begin with the chicken and the egg. On Tuesday, Leo Hickman came out as one of 500,000 Britons keeping hens. "There's just no going ba...
The Referees – review
This very diverting film gives us a quasi-telepathic access to the tense, internal world of a group of football refs during Euro 2008They have a strange tendency to run backwards. Why? This documentary on international football referees doesn't say. Bu...
Sir Geoff Hurst crosses the line into film with acting role
Three-goal hero of England's 1966 World Cup win set to play football agent in Danny Donnelly's new film Payback SeasonThe England World Cup-winning striker Sir Geoff Hurst has signed up for a role in a new British film about a young man who swaps life ...
Trailer trash
Ayrton Senna's greatest rival emerges from obscurity, Oxford's pub life is corrupted, and Bolton supporters bask in their club's heroic war effortWandering freeMakers of a film about the heroic exploits of Bolton Wanderers FC during the second world wa...
The 10 best sports films – in pictures
Philip French's celluloid championsPhilip French
Keira Knightley and David Beckham, as portrayed by John Squire
The actor and the footballer are among the famous faces to feature in a new exhibition by the former Stone Roses guitarist. But you may have trouble telling which is which ...Keira Knightley, Woody Allen and David Beckham are among the famous faces to ...
United: Filming the story of the Busby Babes and the Munich air crash – video
David Tennant, Dougray Scott and director James Strong talk to Barney Ronay on the set of United, a BBC film telling the true story of Manchester United and the 1958 Munich air disaster in which 23 people diedLaurence TophamBarney Ronay
Ken Loach applauds Bath City’s bid to woo Polish supporters
Film director hopes his favourite team will be cheered on in Polish, but some fans are unhappy with offer of cheap ticketsA football club is attempting to boost its crowds and reach out to a minority community by offering an 80% discount on matchday ti...
Footballers in the movies
Today's questions use the lights, camera, action approach
Video | Africa United: ‘They obey me, however short I am’
Paul MacInnes talks to the child stars of World Cup road movie Africa United about being bossy, coining catchphrases and blowing things upPaul MacInnesHenry Barnes
Sounds Jewish podcast: May 2011