How do you handle resources in MATLAB in an exception safe manner? (like "try ... finally")

Since there is no finally clause to the try-catch block in MATLAB, I find myself writing lots of code like the following:

fid = fopen(filename);
if fid==-1
    error('Couldn''t open file');
end
try
   line = getl(fid);
catch ME
   fclose(fid);
   rethrow ME;
end
fclose(fid);

I find having the fclose function in two places ugly and error prone.

Is there a better way for doing this?