Maggie Smith Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

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Two elderly women, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat and the other in a long, light-coloured coat, standing together in an ornate interior setting.
Review

Downton Abbey: A New Era

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

The sprawl­ing peri­od dra­ma returns to the big screen for a gid­dy swirl of lawns and pen­guin suits.

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An elderly person in warm clothing wrapped in a striped scarf, standing next to a blue vehicle.
Review

The Lady in the Van

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Alan Bennett’s hit auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal play from 1999 receives a mild but qui­et­ly mag­i­cal screen adaptation.

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A man and woman in traditional Indian wedding attire, with the man wearing a light-coloured tunic and turban, and the woman wearing a red and gold embroidered dress and head covering.
Review

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A return to that sun­ny out­post for the elder­ly and infirm ush­ers light­ly dimin­ish­ing returns.

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