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Casey Affleck
Women mobsters in The Kitchen, country ways in Honeyland and TV journalism as Mike Wallace did it
Also: stardom as David Crosby endured it, a dystopian tale and a wise dog yarn, both filmed in Vancouver, and two more that I haven’t seen
Volkmar Richter
Aug 8th, 2019
Spectacular scenes at Dunkirk, poignant fantasy in A Ghost Story and movie treasures found in Dawson City
Also Marion Cotillard goes sexy in her latest film and Sikh history is corrected in The Black Prince
Volkmar Richter
Jul 21st, 2017
Manchester by the Sea, superb; plus the return of Warren Beatty and some girl power from Disney
Also: Brad and Marion get together in Allied, Amy and Jake ponder Nocturnal Animals and Bad Santa spawns a sequel
Volkmar Richter
Nov 24th, 2016
Seven new VIFF picks take us to dramas in Massachusetts, Paris and Belgium
… and then on to Hollywood, Italy, Hong Kong and more
Volkmar Richter
Oct 11th, 2016
On Oscar weekend, six new movies arrive with gods, ski jumpers, a mermaid and Michael Moore
Also dirty cops, Freudian fears on the prairie and a gem about conflict in the Balkans
Volkmar Richter
Feb 26th, 2016
Inequality for All warns that capitalism is malfunctioning
Robert Reich speaks dynamically in two new documentaries this week, about the rich, the poor and the shrinking middle class.
Volkmar Richter
Dec 5th, 2013
A few VIFF picks for the weekend, including Le Week-End
Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan spend their anniversary in Paris but find a lot has changed
Volkmar Richter
Oct 2nd, 2013