Volkmar Richter
About Volkmar Richter
Volkmar Richter is a former producer for CBC Radio, first in Toronto, then in Vancouver. He is a life-long movie fan ever since he was taken to his first as a boy in a small town in Austria. It was an American swashbuckler that he's been watching out for ever since.
Movies: Spider-Man, The Lost Daughter and Nightmare Alley
And three more: A media spoof in France, a loser's return in Texas and the Jeffrey Epstein effect.
Movies: West Side Story remade, public discourse fallen in Don't Look Up, and The Forever Prisoner queried
Also: Journalism against big odds, a Japanese masterpiece, a YA hit, mystery at the lake, and Sandra Bullock.
Two touching films about childhood and the latest from a connoisseur of the lurid
Also: Two indigenous stories at Whistler, plus a volatile family, and Julia Child.
Movies recall the Gucci murder, Beatles struggles, and bring us Disney’s latest
Also: Oliver Stone revisits the JFK conspiracy, Halle Berry directs her debut, hypocrisy and horror show up, too.
Film: Benedict in cowboy mode, Will Smith as a tennis dad and Ghostbusters once again
Also: up close (too close?) with Alanis Morisette, more from Lin-Manuel Miranda and a horror on the rez
Movies: Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, pioneers in a classic Quebec tale and two American films for the kids
Also a European treat, a comedy set in Gaza and a Cuba-Canada immigration story
Movies: Eternals big with fans, Red Notice a fun surprise, and Diana done right
Plus: Vancouver's house prices, California's water crisis, a French mystery, and tornadoes.
Movies: Swinging ’60s fun, mystery on the rez, and one master safecracker
Plus: Passing for white, enjoying a gem from Malta, revealing Capote, and surviving horror.
New movies: Dune made better, Wes Anderson’s ode to journalism, and what really happened at the Capitol
Also: The Old West revised in The Harder They Fall.
Movies: Ridley Scott’s newest, a gem from Germany, and a Muppets take on Halloween
Also: Devastating soul-searching after a shooting, and down-not-out country vibes.