After Hours (1985)

Screened at Luna Cinemas Leederville as part of the Trash Classics season programmed by VHS Tracking. There was a period of time when I was younger when I would rent the two 1980s Martin Scorsese comedies, The King of Comedy and After Hours, over and over again from the video store. The VHS tapes weren’t available to buy, […]

After Hours (1985)

During the mid-1980s, director Martin Scorsese’s career was stuck after the lack of box office success for The King Of Comedy and his frustration trying to get The Last Temptation Of Christ financed by a major studio. Connecting with an independent production by actor Griffin Dunne and Amy Robinson (who acted in Mean Streets), they […]

The Irishman (2019)

The first time I watched I Heard You Paint Houses aka The Irishman (2019) was in a cinema thanks to The Backlot. When it ended, I felt like I had lived a lifetime and my head was heavy like a brick. Second viewing was weeks later on Netflix and it’s a long epic that carries […]

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

A post-Exorcist vehicle for star Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) was the first Hollywood studio production Martin Scorsese directed who was hand-picked by Burstyn after seeing Mean Streets (on Francis Ford Coppola’s suggestion). Burstyn plays Alice, a housewife with dreams of becoming a singer who hits the road with her young son, […]