Search: Starring Lois Smith

Falling Down (1993)

Review preview for Falling Down

This is low-key, nervous, twisted stuff, hinting at anger so deeply ingrained it can only erupt in tight, controlled spurts of rage.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5

One hot day in LA a white collar worker goes berserk in the ravaged ruins of South Central.
Hollywoodland (2006)
A fictional exploration of the death of the original Superman.
Lady Bird (2017)

Review preview for Lady Bird

Her honesty cuts through you like an Arctic storm

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5

Teenage traumas in Sacramento, Cal, for 17-year-old Lady Bird who has love issues, sex issues, mom issues, when what she wants most is to be out of there, anywhere, especially New York because it's a long way away and packed with artistic promise.
Marjorie Prime (2017)

Review preview for Marjorie Prime

The narrative depth also accrues gently, like sedimentary layers, as the film progresses, looking deceptively slight at first but gradually building into something more profound.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5

A family buy a hologram to help their matriarch, who is losing her memory.
The Odd Life Of Timothy Green (2012)

Review preview for The Odd Life Of Timothy Green

Likely to please younger audiences who will find the simple, fairy story style arc comfortingly familiar and the central protagonist quirkily relatable.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

A magical little boy changes the lives of a childless couple and the community they live in.
Run All Night (2015)

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Pain has a price

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5

Mob revenge thriller in New York's bloody streets
Sweet Land (2005)

Review preview for Sweet Land

Beautifully photographed.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5

A young German immigrant tries to make a place for herself in a suspicious 1920s American farming community.
Uncle Frank (2020)

Review preview for Uncle Frank

Despite its dense plot, the story is as predictable as the route back to Creekville and it is testimony to Bettany and Lillis that Ball gets as much mileage out of it as he does.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

A teenage girl and her uncle go on a road trip to a family funeral, with his boyfriend in tow, as her uncle tries to come to terms with his past.