Volkmar Richter

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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.

103 Articles

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.

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.