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: 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.
New movies via DC Comics, Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Also: History via South Korea, a gay man's memory, and two real sports stories.
Three big films for summer: Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight, and Stillwater
Plus two to enjoy at the newly reopened Vancity Theatre.
Reviews of a top Canadian film, some bad crowd behaviour and a feminist portrait
Also a top-notch animated fantasy, a lesser aging fantasy, and some toy-based martial arts.
Movies with or about LeBron James, Anthony Bourdain, and the Berlin Wall
And much more: Nicolas Cage, two pigs, an infectious scare at sea and two series finales.
Movies: Marvel is back big, Disney+ digs 2 series and Ronan Farrow reports a sordid scandal
Also, Fear Street Part 2 is even gorier and Black Conflux marks a strong Canadian debut.