Factotum (2005)

Director: Bent Hamer

Based on Charles Bukowski's semi-autobiographical novels (including episodes from Post Office and Factotum), Hamer's excellent, consistently entertaining film follows writer and drunkard Henry Chinaski (a superb Matt Dillon) through a series of dead-end jobs and relationships. Chinaski is a flawed and fascinating character to watch, and while the film doesn't go into quite as unflinching detail as the novels, it revels in Bukowski's dry humour (it consists pretty much entirely of killer dialogue) and even brings out a surprising warmth.