Any Given Sunday (1999)
Second time seeing this one since catching it during the theater release back in '99. Loved watching it again. Stone captured the whole American football zeitgeist perfectly with his typically unflinching, critical, counter-cultural eye. So many excellent performances, especially from Diaz, Foxx, Quaid and especially Pacino, whose pep speech toward the end is one of the finest in contemporary film history and worth the price of admission. The whole has a feel of a racially-charged war zone, but never lacks a redeeming, sardonic, fun and ultimately uplifting sense of humor. Highly recommend, although it was absurdly ignored at the Oscars. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146838/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0