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: 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.
Movies: Paul Schrader’s view of America, another romance in Ireland, and looking ahead to VIFF
Also: A female assassin in a most violent film.
New movies from Marvel, from an Oscar nominee, and a modernized Cinderella
Also: a dramatized case of terrorism
Movies on race and horror, the world’s most valuable painting, and illusions about dad
Also: a marriage crisis, old country traumas, and what you didn't know about trees.
Movies about memory with Hugh Jackman, family turmoil from Denmark, and animation for two age groups
Also: The early days of COVID-19, scares from Night House and Demonic, and avenging killers.
Movies: Ryan Reynolds tripping, a vacation going bad, and souls awaiting judgment
Also: Terror on a subway and a producer's scam in Hollywood.