First Look 2012: Cultural Olympiad Films

Date
6 January 2012

I don’t know if you’ve heard but the Olympics is happening in London this summer (I know –they’ve kept it under wraps!) and alongside the big celebration of sporty types there’s a cultural Olympiad that is assembling its own world-class talent. There’s plenty of highlights, but for now why not whet your appetite for new films from Mike Leigh and Lynne Ramsey, featuring a London family’s sporting obsessions and a poetic meditation on swimming respectively.

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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