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 about real people: the Chicago 7, Gloria Steinem and two documentaries at VIFF
Also dramas about schizophrenia, turning off technology and time travelling to save the world.
VIFF films about a classy first job, bad vibes between father and son and recalling Oka crisis
Also drug addiction among Indigenous youth and Angela Merkel fretting over the politics of refugees.
Sherlock Holmes has a rival, while VIFF has Toronto drug crime and Jimmy Carter’s musical friends
Also a sketchy bio of Nikola Tesla, a poignant workplace drama, and some brutal revenge filmed in Canada.
A stylish fantasy, a second blast at corporate culture, and recalling Canada’s Indigenous history
Also another humanistic film from Iran, and genre fun from Vancouver.
The biggest-ever protest, a modern Southern Gothic, and an early VIFF review
Plus some Aussie family fun, two not so fun family tales, and celebrating a female scientist.
The strongest movie yet about social media, a Canadian whistleblower, and a good rom-com
Also young girls maturing fast, a hit song’s impact, and some of the usual violence.
A Chinese legend, a Charlie Kaufman mind trip, and looking ahead to VIFF
And more: viral politics, a Greek chiller, a Winnipeg rom-com, low-level hockey, and a twist on the Bard.
Two time travel epics and a Dickens adaptation to lure you back to movie theatres
Also the Virgin Mary with a message, a family film in space, and an actor switching to be a wrestler.
Two films you can watch with the kids, and one you shouldn’t
Also documentaries about the Middle East, Africa, and the third-largest sports event on Earth.
The movies have a summer after all with Russell Crowe, Jamie Foxx, and a singer’s tour of the real Africa
And there's more: A picture of inequality, a Canadian crime caper, and a notorious Cronenberg film is revived.