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: Strays, cute dogs, but not for kids, Jules, an adult charmer, and more Warners history
Also: dying memories of repression in Chile and lowbrow jokes in Las Vegas
MOVIES: Gal Gadot moves over into the spy game, a rural dispute becomes violent and Warner Bros. celebrates 100 years
Also a Chinese legend for the kids and two contrasting gay love stories
MOVIES: An Oppenheimer companion piece illuminates and raises questions
Also a hip relationship drama and Seth Rogen brings back the MutantTurtles
MOVIES: Only smaller new films this week, but there are gems among them
Like Theater Camp (shown here), plus laughs, scares and a toy boom and bust
MOVIE: Barbie vs Oppenheimer: the box office confrontation is finally here
Also teenage superheroes and a spoof of independent filmmaking
MOVIES: Tom Cruise, here to save the day, plus a gem from Germany and a very dangerous sport
Also: massive gun battles in a heist film and frictions versus miracles
MOVIES: No new blockbusters this week, but a lively mix of smaller films
About novelists, re-connecting Asians (e.g Joy Ride), bank robbers and sex traffickers
MOVIES: Indiana Jones is back but not at his best, Korea sends a fine action film and PTSD is treated
Also: Nimona moves up from a graphic novel and Making Time ponders horology
MOVIES: More fun from Wes Anderson, LGBT issues felt by a gym teacher and a gem from Iran
Also: the action film of the year so far, musings on jazz and Jennifer Lawrence getting raunchy
MOVIES: Surprise then, bigger now, The Full Monty is back. The Flash and a new Pixar film too.
Also the man who built Marvel, a different Holocaust story and more.