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: Magic Mike dances up a dud but alternatives shine brightly
They include an Oscar contender, an NFB film and a touching French film
MOVIES looking ahead to the Super Bowl and to Black history month
Also catching up with Eddie Murphy and a minor romantic comedy
MOVIES: All That Breathes– climate change drives an excellent documentary
There aren't many movies that take on climate change directly. So support this one. It's a mesmerising documentary, has won awards at Cannes and Sundance and is nominated for an Academy Award. It's from India about one of the results of the man-made crisis and the efforts of a pair of brothers to do something to help.
MOVIES: An Oscar worthy performance, plus films with angry music and literate memories
Also a couple of films for lunar New Year and a computer-driven fantasy
Tom Hanks playing not so nice, Sarah Polley letting women talk and an entangled story from Korea
Also: Canadian cynicism in a modern, punky film noir
Christian Bale meets Edgar Allen Poe in a murder mystery. Climate change figures in two other films
Also: Nicolas Cage shoots it up in his first western
MOVIES: Brendan Fraser's triumph, Harvey Weinstein's downfall and my votes for the best films of 2022
From All Quiet on the Western Front and Avatar to The Whale
MOVIES: Hollywood as Babylon, superstition in Iran and home movies from France
Also two films your (older) kids will be wild about
MOVIES: Environmental stewardship and 3-D action from James Cameron's second Avatar
Also: a look back at a celebrated rock and roll day
MOVIES: TWO FIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS FROM ENGLAND AND A DISTURBING ONE FROM IRAN
Also Tilda Swinton playing both mother and daughter, Jim Parsons in a gay romance and trans people talking