Arts Movie Review: 'The Lady In The Van' 4:07pm December 03, 2015 by Bob Mondello Arts & Life Movies Movie Reviews Share URL copied to clipboard! Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings) and Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith) are both forceful personalities, but The Lady in the Van excels at brining out undercurrents of frailty. Nicola Dove / Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Play Pause There was an error loading the media player. Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. 300x250 Ad More All Things Considered Science Days are getting slightly longer — and it's due to climate change by Lauren Sommer What happened to the glamorous days of airline travel? You pay for what you get by Erika Beras 300x250 Ad Support quality journalism, like the story above, with your gift right now. Donate