Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Scorsese, 1974): Close-Up Cinema, 8.15pm
This film, presented in a new 4K restoration, also screens on September 9th, 19th and 26th. You can find all the details here.
Time Out review:
Although
the ending is a bit of a cop out from a feminist point of view, Martin
Scorsese's warm and witty blending of the road movie with the
conventions of the women's weepie is a delight. Ellen Burstyn is
excellent as the eponymous heroine who, following the death of a husband
she barely loved, sets off for the Monterey of her childhood with hopes
of reviving her abandoned singing career. Her encounters, and those of
her precociously witty 12-year old son, are observed with great
generosity and a raw realism, while Scorsese typically makes wonderful
use of music to underline character and situation. Bitter-sweet and very
charming.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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