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another.Iwasworried Your Sister’s inevitable: nice-but-bland Barlow Step On by HappyMondays wasthe ’s Sister might feed intothat ‘See, all wasn’t goingtoscupper his knighthood anthem forEightiesMadchester during that lesbian neededwas apenis all hopesbymakingthe RoyalFamily sit that brief period when Manchester was acute filmsblur the along’,but it makes sense if youwatch through the SexPistols’ God Save the the centre of the universe and there was the film.” Queen.It’snotable toothat,unless you no higher goal than droppinganEand boundary between BorninOhio,Shelton movedto count Paul McCartney at the Jubilee doingsome freaky dancingatthe Seattle when shewas 18 months old and the inclusion of some Beatlestunes Haçienda nightclub. gayand straight. with her father,alawyer,and mother,a here, there is no overlap.EvenSir Cliff Song 2 by Blur and Wonderwall by developmental psychologist,who didn’t makeitontoUnderworld’slist. Oasis are the bigsongs by the warring divorcedwhen shewas 8; shehas Much more significantly,Underworld bigguns of Britpop,amid-Nineties Real emotionsare “fabulous”step-parents. At 7she began and DannyBoyle have represented the reinvention of chirpy,cheeryBritishlife writingand at 11 acting. “I wasdoing right and proper history of British through the hedonistic prism of youth. amessyaffair,she lots of painting, takingphotographs. I Theleakedplaylist music.They have painted afar truer Youcan drawaline between Britpop wasexplodingcreatively.Iwasvery picture of Britain’s complex landscape and AllDay and Allofthe Night by the tells Tim Teeman tomboyish, androgynous.”Her mother’s forthe openingof than youmight expectfromsuch a Kinks and She Loves You by the Beatles, sister, asinger,and father’s brother,a ruthlessly slick global concernasthe andevenLionelBart’s FoodGlorious tischilly and raining in Seattle, sculptor, were role models. Adolescence theOlympicsmixes Olympic Games. FoodandIrwinKostal’s Bedknobs and but insideawarm coffeeshop the “squashed” her,however.“It wasabout Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory may Broomsticks:allshow asideoftheBritish film directorLynn Shelton is comingofage sexually.Ifelt betrayed speak of stiffupper lips and civicpride, characterthatwantsescapismanddour, laughingoverrecently describing by my body which became very thecrowd-pleasers but the theme tune to CoronationStreet grittyreality—allatthe sametime. herself as a“shybisexual”. “What womanly.Itscrewed up my head and evokes gloomy, rain-soaked streets and Somechoicesaremoresurprising. does that even mean?” sheasks, my friendships. From being on apar andthe cool.It Hilda Odgen giving her Stan an earful IPredictaRiotisastudentunion incredulous. “The interviewer with boys, suddenly you’re objectified. in the Rover’s. The Eton Boating Song favourite,butisn’tincludingitonthe Imisheard. Maybe Isaid It wasverymuch, ‘You’re lookingatme, Bornpicky:Rick makesyou proud tells us that class and privilege go to the anniversaryofthesummerriotsasking Smith andKarlHyde ‘shy-sexual’. I’vebeen married, don’tlookatme, lookatme’.Ihave heartofBritishlife, while the Jam’s fortrouble?MichaelJackson’s have chosen thegreat monogamously,toaman forover20 visceral memoriesofthat time.” to be British, says Going Underground speaks of suburbia, isanincongruous(ifgreat)songonthis sounds of Great Britain, years, but I’vehad sex with and fallen Shelton refound “that thread of frustration, and the dream of escape by mostly Britishplaylist,andI’mnot includingBig Ben formen and women —the lastwoman audaciousness”ofher early teens in her Will Hodgkinson smart, workingclass people that has entirelysurewhatEricClapton’s decadesago.I’m tendingtoskewabit twentieswhen shestudiedacting, been at the heartofthe Britishpop WonderfulTonightbringstotheparty. capturessomethingoftheromantic straight these days,”Shelton says, photography,paintingand poetry: he leaked soundtrack to experience since the 1960s. Makingmoresenseare modern, urban mysteriesofBritishlife—although “but some people really are straight,” “Actinggavemethe permission to be the Olympicsopening Keymoments in Britishpop culture Britishclassicssuch asPassOutbyTinie WilliamBlake’sJerusalemdoesthat too. the 46-year-old directorsays other people.”She went to NewYork to ceremonymay not have are included. My Generation by The Tempah andBonkersbyDizzeeRascal. Thereshouldbesomeheavymetal: apologetically. work and pursue her relationship with official verification, but Who introducedLondon’s SixtiesMod TheOlympicsaretakingplaceinEast inventedamidthe heavyindustryand Shelton, who wasrecently tippedasa future husband KevinSeal, then an this certainly looks like movement to the world; MikeOldfield’s London;thisistheindigenousmusic. darkhumourof theMidlands;WarPigs Listen to The future Best DirectorOscar-winner,is MTV presenter.“Ididn’t have ahealthy the kind of selection its Tubular Bells wasthe album of choice Addinglesser-knowngrimetracksfrom by BlackSabbath orAceofSpades by known mostfor the 2009 festival hit relationship with acting.”Aturning musical directors Karl forthousands of serious-minded young RollDeep andKano &Mikeyalso Motörhead,perhaps. TimesSpotify ,winner of the Special Jury point came while “gettingraped, T Hyde and Rick Smith of men and afew women who liked pop acknowledgesthat. Still,Hyde andSmithhave represent- playlistofthe Prize at Cannesand many other gongs. mutilated and murderedevery night” Underworld, adance duo with asharp but wanted it to have the intellectual Whatismissing?It’s surprisingthat edthecountryand itspeoplewith The film is about twostraight men in aGrand Guignolpiece. Although she understandingofboth mainstream depthof, say, Tolkien’s The Hobbit. RalphVaughanWilliams,thecomposer accuracy,fromtheDoctorWhotheme besttracks played by and Joshua had been “a total theatre slut”at appeal and ironic reference, would put When performed Star whosemusicreflectspastoralBritishlife toRolling intheDeepby Adele.No thetimes.co.uk/music Leonard who decidetohavegay sex to college, “revellinginthat electrical together.It’salso pretty impressive. Man on Topofthe Pops in 1972, betterthan anyone,is notonthelist. wonderalsothatthey includedBorn win apornfilm-makingprize. “There buzz between youand the audience, Several things strikeyou about the schoolchildren arguedinthe Thereis nofolkorearlymusic.Itwould Slippy,theirownrave classicfrom1995. wasatime Ibelieved anyone could fall it had become toonarcissistic and I songs. First, it’s alot cooler than Gary playground the nextday about whether have beenniceto have medievalsmash It’s atributetothemostpopular British in love with anybody,” Shelton says, wasdealingterribly,likemostactors, Barlow’s Jubilee Concertline-up.That’s he wasaman or awoman. GreensleevesorScarboroughFair,which pastimeofall:drinkinglager. “but some people really are straight, with rejection”. and some really are gay”,though the Takingavideoworkshop,Shelton’s Lynn Shelton, tipped as an Oscar winner afterdirectingYour Sister’s Sister idea of “non-conventional, non-traditional family structures” improvised, the cast and crew holedup so manyparallels: conception, Simon May Sugababes OF THE NIGHT BITTER SWEET Arctic Monkeys Emeli Sandé appeals to her.She is firmonthe on an island with “incredible gestation, arough edit feels likea Thefull SHIPPINGFORECAST ENOLAGAY The Kinks SYMPHONY VALERIE ABIDE WITH ME subjectofher own, however —“Sorry, home-cookedmeals and campfires. It newbornand when afilm is about to be JERUSALEM OMD SHE LOVES YOU The Verve AmyWinehouse William Monk (music) I’m offthe market. I’m marriedand I’ve fallenfor feels likeI’m kidnapping them. Afriend releasedit’slikewavingitoff to college: playlist Sir HubertParry (music) THE STRIPPER The Beatles FIRESTARTER CREEP HenryFrancis Lyte have ason.” calls it ‘crewtopia’.” ‘Goodbye,good luck’.” William Blake(lyrics) DavidRose Orchestra TIGER FEET Prodigy Radiohead (lyrics) The blurredlinesare savedfor her womenbut these Shelton’s nexttwo films mark change: ForShelton, “It’srare foraromantic NIMROD FOODGLORIOUS Mud BORN SLIPPY UPRISING ECLIPSE movies.Her latest, Your Sister’s Sister, Touchy Feely,about amasseur (DeWitt) comedy to tell its storywithout Elgar FOOD TRAMPLED UNDER Underworld Muse Pink Floyd featuresJack(Duplass), his best friend days I’mtending repulsedbybodiesand her brother,a telegraphingwhat will happen. Iwant ARRIVAL OF THE Lionel Bart FOOT I’M FOREVER RANDOMANTICS THE END Iris () and her sister dentistwho discovers he canheal to makefilms where everylittle step is QUEEN OF SHEBA BEDKNOBSAND LedZeppelin BLOWINGBUBBLES Kano &Mikey J The Beatles Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt) involved to skew straight people, featuresmultiple plotlinesand credible but not what youexpected. Handel BROOMSTICKS AMESSAGETOYOU, Jaan Kenbrovin, John PASS OUT HEYJUDE in an uncomfortable triangle afterJack locations which Shelton found Humanityisapretty messy business. ETON BOATING DAMBUSTERS Irwin Kostal, Richard RUDY Edward Elgar, William Kellette Tinie Tempah The Beatles and Hannah drunkenly sleep together, “head wasturned. People would walk “challenging”. ,starringPaul Some gaymen were pissedoff because SONG MARCH Sherman, Robert The Specials AmyWinehouse, CITY LIGHTS (as BONKERS HEROES even though Jack and Iris love one pastyour photographs, but amoving Rudd and RebeccaHall about the the Humpday guys didn’t have sex. I Captain Algernon Eric Coates Sherman STARMAN DavidBowie before, repeated) (as before, repeated) DavidBowie another.Moreover, Jack is grievingfor image kept them in their seats.”Her friendship between a28-year-old wanted them to, but Iwanted Drummond (music) MUSIC FORTHE WHEN IWAS A DavidBowie SONG 2 PAPER PLANES CORONATION his dead brother and Hannah is a inspirations were her parents’favourite woman and 16-year-old girl, will be the authenticityand didn’t believethey William Johnson Cory ROYALFIREWORKS YOUNGSTER BOHEMIAN Blur M.I.A STREET THEME lesbian. As further secrets are revealed, director, —“Iloved how firstfilm Shelton has directedbut not would have.” Sherecently found herself (lyrics) Handel Rizzle Kicks RHAPSODY BONKERS VIVALAVIDA Eric Spear prepare, as in Humpday,towince: he intersectedcharacters and stories, written, though filmedonthe small on the soundstage of the French LAND OF HOPE AND JAMES BOND THEME GOING Queen Dizzee Rascal Coldplay DOCTOR WHO Shelton unpeels her characters as their especially in Hannah and HerSisters”— scale shelikes.The idea of directinga remakeofHumpday:the director GLORY MontyNorman UNDERGROUND PRETTY VACANT NACHNAONDANEI GALVANIZE THEME complicated,messy selves, rather than Noah Baumbach and RobertAltman. Hollywood blockbusterdoesn’t appeal. Yvan Attal filmedeverythingbefore Elgar (music), A. C. TUBULAR BELLS (as before, repeated) SexPistols Tigerstyle featuring Chemical Brothers RonGrainer accordingtothe sexual and emotional Shebegan makingexperimental films, “Myfascination is with relationships at and afterthe men’s fraught kiss, before Benson (lyrics) MikeOldfield WONDERFUL THE REFLEX Kaka Bhaniawala TAKE ME OUT MONTY PYTHON labels they sportonthe surface. “I then documentariesand worked as a their mostmicrocosmic.The more epic, a“slow pushingin” forthe smacker GOING IN DULCI JUBILO TONIGHT Duran Duran BILLIE JEAN Franz Ferdinand THEME (THE don’tunderstand some themesI’m film editor. the more uninterestingthe film- itself. “I can’tbelievethey took my UNDERGROUND arr. MikeOldfield Eric Clapton BLUE MONDAY IPREDICT ARIOT LIBERTY BELL) dealingwith until people explain AfterNew York “sucked”her dryshe makingbecomes. It becomesabout improvisedscriptand wroteitdown. The Jam CHARIOTS OF FIRE GREGORY’S GIRL NewOrder UNDER PRESSURE Kaiser Chiefs John Philip Sousa them,”Shelton admits. and Seal movedbacktoSeattle, where gettingthe perfect crane shot.”Still, Yvan sweetly thought Iwould be MAP OF THE Vangelis, performed by Colin Tully RELAX Queen and David Bowie SHAKE ALEG ABSOLUTE Herfilms interrogate “how people they had ason, Milo,now 13.Her debut directinganepisodeofMadMen in nervous about it,but Ithink it’s f***ing PROBLEMATIQUE LSO CITY LIGHTS Frankie GoesTo NAANTHAAN Roll Deep BEGINNERS define themselves and their relations to film, We Go WayBack (2006), featured 2010 “blew her mind” and sheislooking gorgeous.” Muse 1954 BBCNEWSTHEME William Pitt Hollywood UNGAPPANDA ROLLINGINTHE DavidBowie one another”. In Humpday shewas atwentysomethingversion of herself to createher own TV drama. An Englishplaywright,whose name BIG BEN THE ARCHERS MY GENERATION BACKTOLIFE Ilaiyaraaja featuringS.P. DEEP fascinated by intense male friendships. encounteringher 13-year-old self. Until Shelton “works hard” to balance escapesher,isplanningastage GODSAVETHE THEME The Who Soul II Soul Balasubrahmanyam Adele “You couldn’t make Humpday about now,Shelton has writtenand shot her directingand home-life: Seal is a adaptation. “There wasgoingtobea QUEEN Arthur Wood SATISFACTION STEP ON BONKERS THE HINDU TIMES twostraight women. Notall, but many movies in under afortnight,typically stay-at-home “superdad” to Milo who Bollywood version,”Shelton roars. “I’m SexPistols BLACK AND WHITE RollingStones HappyMondays (as before, repeated) Oasis women canbephysically intimate; forunder $1 million each, featuring is hearing-impaired. Shetriedtoget so glad that didn’t happen. Maybe the LONDONCALLING RAG MY BOYLOLLIPOP SWEET DREAMS IBET YOULOOK WONDERWALL they’d justhavesex. There’ssomething three characters. In Humpday,a pregnant while makingher firstmovie: French version will inspire aspateand The Clash WinifredAtwell Millie Small (ARE MADE OF THIS) GOODONTHE Oasis poignant about twoguys who adore treatment waswritten, the actors “But Iwas ambivalent and didn’t want there’ll be Humpday festivals.”We’re EASTENDERS THEME PUSH THE BUTTON ALL DAYAND ALL Eurythmics DANCEFLOOR HEAVEN each other.The more they tryand constructingthe dialogue; “80 per to cheat Milo or his sibling. Idecided both laughingaswehead intothe rain. connect, the more they bump offone cent”ofYour Sister’s Sister was everybabywould be afilm. There are Your Sister’sSister is released on June 29