BARFLY Barbet Schroeder Wednesday, June 24th (18.10) Film info: 100 mins, USA, 1987, Digital Barbet Schroeder's Barfly follows hard-drinking writer Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) - literary alter-ego of writer Charles Bukowski - as he drifts between seedy Los Angeles bars, brawls, and writes poetry and short stories for magazines. He forms a tentative, turbulent bond with fellow drinker Wanda (Faye Dunaway), and briefly attracts the interest of a publisher who sees promise in his writing. Gritty yet tender, the film captures the poetry and despair of lives lived on the margins of society.