Take Another Look: Maggie Smith is ‘Almost Too Good’ in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The second in a series of retrospective pop culture reviews examines the late actor’s overlooked triumph as an Irish spinster caught up in a crisis of faith… WHEN A COMMUNION wafer gives genteel young Judith Hearne (Emma Jane Lavin) the hiccoughs and other girls in the congregation start giggling, a painful demonstration of Catholic self … Continue reading Take Another Look: Maggie Smith is ‘Almost Too Good’ in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne →