The Middle Man (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Don McKellar | Nicolas Bro | Pål Sverre Hagen | Paul Gross | Trond Fausa
1001 Grams (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25
Director: Bent Hamer
Bruce says: “Bent Hamer specializes in stories about those who don’t fit into society in any conventional sense. He first came under my radar with KITCHEN STORIES; then followed O’HORTEN and HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. 1001 GRAMS is a slight departure
Read the review...O’Horten (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Bård Owe | Espen Skjønberg | Henny Moan
Bruce says: “At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival filmmaker Bent Hamer introduced this film by quipping ‘My producers say my films are comedies. They are not.’ To placate Mr. Hamer I shall refer to his films as ‘droll dramas’
Read the review...Factotum (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Adrienne Shelley | Didier Flamand | Fisher Stevens | Karen Young | Lili Taylor | Marisa Tomei | Matt Dillon
Bruce says: “Mickey Rourke fans and/or BARFLY fans should probably stay away from this film. Both BARFLY and FACTOTUM are based on the autobiographical novel penned by poet Charles Bukowski. FACTORUM traces the drinking marathons and sexual escapades of Henry/Hank
Read the review...Kitchen Stories (2004)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Bjørn Floberg | Joachim Calmeyer | Tomas Norström
Diane says: “KITCHEN STORIES will be on my nom list for cinematography: lovely palette (1940s hues of greens and browns), nice shots, esp. of low to high or vice versa showing the two characters’–observer and ‘host’–vantage points. The ending got
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