"Bend It Like Beckham" was directed by Gurinder Chadha. In Reel Life: Jules's father, Alan Paxton (Frank Harper), diagrams for his wife how the offsides rule works, using sea-salt and mustard jars ...

These words, shouted with utter disgust by Jess in Bend It Like Beckham, resonated with me from ... I can still feel my heart racing every time Jules longingly gayzes (gay gazes) across the ...

Bend It Like Beckham Jess and Jules share a dream of playing football, but also face a shared barrier: their parents. Can the girls overcome cultural and gender expectations to achieve their goals?

Her teammate Jules (Keira Knightley ... of mainly family and friends more than two decades ago. But the Bend It Like Beckham‘s mainstream success alone wasn’t going to address systemic ...