World War II

More streaming ideas take you to Brazil, low-life China and two Jesse Eisenberg films

As well as a cleverly-plotted trip to Barcelona thanks to Netflix

Volkmar RichterMar 27th, 2020

Also fun amid the California wildfires (filmed in BC) and two film festivals, one new, one a regular

Also a teen girl tries to escape her problems through improv theatre

The other shows Engels prodding Marx to get more revolutionary. Plus, ratings of two other films.

Volkmar RichterOct 10th, 2017

And is this week’s animated film good for your children?

Also Tatiana Maslany and her real-life boyfriend in a bi-polar romance

Also Trolls, great for kids; Tower, notes on a mass shooting; Spa Night, two strains of male identity and Lavender, a Canadian Gothic

Anne Dorval gives a powerful performance in Xavier Dolan’s Mommy, Canada’s Academy Award entry. (Photo credit : Shayne Laverdière)

Volkmar RichterOct 17th, 2014

Nina Hoss in Phoenix, trying to figure out if her husband betrayed her to the Nazis

A Toronto-generated vision of ancient Rome’s doomed city of Pompeii

Volkmar RichterFeb 21st, 2014