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: 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.
Movies: Bond is finally here, boys are rescued — and from VIFF, life in Sarajevo as seen from Vancouver
Also: Japan's wartime coverup, and one last shot at the festival opener.
Movies: the big winner from Cannes, and more from VIFF, including our Oscars hopeful
Also: the forgotten Chinese men on the Titanic, record collectors, and a self-made king.
Movies bring back The Sopranos, dream about opera, and explore hot topics at VIFF
Also: one of the toughest documentaries ever, a satire about masculine pretences, and a silly horror flick.
New movies: a hit musical, a tense remake, and two big-name animations
Also: a quantum-theory love story, a police station shootup, and Melisa versus a starling.
Three movies — two with aging stars, and one about an old televangelist scandal
Also: A true transgender story, an immigration travesty, and some lurid sci-fi fiction.