Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) starring Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Green Bush, Alfred Lutter, Diane Ladd, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Burstyn won an Oscar in the role of Alice, a woman whose husband (Bush) dies and who must then decide what to do with her life (and her 12-year-old son, played by Lutter). Kristofferson plays the gentle man she meets along the way, who tries to win her heart. The movie makes lovely use of music. (Subtitles in English are available on the disc, as well as closed captions.) Grade: B+