10 Tuesday June 19 2012 | the times arts artsfilm From theClash to Corrie: Hannah,her sister STUART ISETT this is London 2012 calling andtheir lover another.Iwasworried Your Sister’s inevitable: nice-but-bland Barlow Step On by HappyMondays wasthe Lynn Shelton’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 Billie Jean 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 Humpday,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 Mark Duplass and Joshua had been “a total theatre slut”at appeal and ironic reference, would put When David Bowie 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 (Emily Blunt) 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”. Laggies,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