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: Jurassic World, too much, Hustle, a good one from Adam Sandler and Neptune Frost, Afro-Futurism and anticolonialism
Also: two films on women's rights, one in India, one watching Roe v Wade
MOVIES: Three with true histories to tell and life tips to pass on for us
Also: a light comedy to warm your evening and an action-packed animation
New movie-streaming ideas include a potential game changer, a recent gem and one to avoid
With the movie theatres dark, streaming services are trumpeting what they have to offer.
Spike Lee hits one big, Kenneth Branagh does kid-lit, and an unlikely gem from Palestine
Sure, the pandemic restrictions are easing, but don't let that stop you from watching what's out there.
The best Vikings movie ever, meta fun with Nicolas Cage and climate documentaries for Earth Day
Also a mysterious road trip in Iran and a frenetic kids movie
MOVIES: New from Cronenberg, a charmer from France and Patrick Stewart's side trip from space
Also: Musings about God, war and the real Italian Mafia