White Wall Cinema Presents: ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

The great Ellen Burstyn hand-picked Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Shutter Island) to direct this brilliant and sensitive tale of Alice, a woman desperately trying to find her independence at age 35 with a young precocious son in tow. Thrust into the world of the mid 1970’s American southwest to fend for herself, Alice is determined to make a better life for herself despite the litany of (mostly male) obstacles standing in the way of her second chance. Straight after making Mean Streets, and right before Taxi Driver, Scorsese uses this unique moment in his career to carefully help Burstyn (then famous for her roles in The Last Picture Show and The Exorcist) take the lead in creating a performance that noted critic Vincent Canby of the New York Times defined as ‘appealing, tough, intelligent, funny, and bereft, all at approximately the same moment’ and earned Burstyn a Best Actress Oscar win. One of the few truly great female centred movies to come out of the defining era of 70s American cinema, Alice Doesn’t Live Her Anymore is one of the most rewarding, surprising and overlooked films by one of the world’s all-time great directors.

DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8pm*

RUN TIME: 112 mins

CERT: 15