Movie Reviews: The Lady in the Van, Steve Jobs and The Hallow

The Lady in the Van (12A) is the ‘mostly true story’ of what happened when the homeless Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith) parked her tiny camper van in the driveway of playwright Alan Bennett’s (Alex Jennings) Camden Town home

Opening in the 1970s — Miss Shepherd would stay for almost two decades — the story is on one level a charming ‘odd couple’ tale, as the spiky, independent and no-nonsense visitor refuses to acknowledge that she is accepting charity, while the mild-mannered writer and reluctant guardian angel tip-toes around her.