Tag: Netherlands
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The universal comical tropes of ‘Football Parents’ (2025)
Soccer Moms and Soccer Dads, the Dutch Netflix series Football Parents (Voetbalouders) is for you — if you want to see all the archetypes of you and your fellow team parents personified and exaggerated in film. Writer-Director-Star Ilse Warringa has pulled characters from her 15 years on the touchlines of youth football so that you…
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‘Fixed!’ (2020) – how to play the match-fixing game
Once you’ve served prison time for match fixing, what is the easiest way to keep making money? Claim yourself notorious, become a consultant, and get paid to give interviews about corruption in FIFA. The story of match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal first broke in 2010, when as a FIFA Match Agent, Perumal arranged an international friendly…
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‘StreetKids United 2: The Girls of Rio’ (2015) raises awareness
Last month, I reviewed Zebras, a low-budget documentary which followed the Argentine boys team that competed in the 2014 Street Kids World Cup in Brazil. StreetKids United 2: The Girls of Rio is a slicker production by Director Maria Clara, following a team of girls from Rio who compete in the same tournament.
