I first discovered Bent Hamer not with his Director's Fortnight 1995 film Eggs, but with a smallish offering called Kitchen Stories (03). I thought the tale about Norwegians studying the domestic habits of Swedes was the best thing since sliced bread.
Following their last year pick up of Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and this year's pick up of his Tales From The Golden Age hybrid, Arianna Bocco has put her cuffs on Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective
IONCINEMA.com's Remains of the Day (Monday to Friday) is a look at eight and 1/2 news items that we didn't have enough time to cover but are worth mentioning here. For July 29th we have fest news from Venice and Qatar and a pair of one sheets worth checking out.