The Lady in the Van Magazine"'s Elise Nakhnikian said the film is all about the "fastidious, somewhat timid, and reclusive playwright Alan Bennett", and stated the film's "annoying glibness is neatly summarized" by the line: "In life, going downhill is an uphill job". The Lady in the Van The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the novel of the same name created by Alan Bennett. It was written by Alan Bennett, and it tells the (mostly) true story of his interactions with Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who
The Lady and the Hooligan seeks revenge with the help of his father and some of his friends. The hooligan is stabbed to death in a fight. Before dying, he asks his mother to call the schoolmistress. After the schoolmistress has kissed him on the lips, he closes his eyes and dies. On 1 May (May Day), 1919, the film was shown in mass viewings in Moscow and Leningrad. The film includes "fast-paced editing and (limited) shot-reverse-shot editing patterns." The Lady and the Hooligan The Lady and the Hooligan (original title: ) is a 1918 Russian silent film co-directed by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Yevgeni Slavinsky.