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Spanish films
Spike Lee takes on the KKK, McQueen reveals a fashion rebel and Summer 1993 offers a rare look at childhood
Also: a woman’s self-discovery in Puzzle, canine antics in Dog Days, creepy chills in The Crescent , and two other films explained but not reviewed
Volkmar Richter
Aug 10th, 2018
Eccentrics, boy sopranos and hockey players show up in the last few VIFF picks
Laura-Kay Prophet is an eccentric from Vancouver in John Zaritsky’s documentary Different Drummer.
Volkmar Richter
Oct 6th, 2014
Pompeii is buried, spies shoot up Europe and the nature of art is considered in the week’s new movies
A Toronto-generated vision of ancient Rome’s doomed city of Pompeii
Volkmar Richter
Feb 21st, 2014
VIFF picks for Monday and Tuesday
There’s droll and oddball humor in the popular Dutch film Matterhorn
Volkmar Richter
Sep 30th, 2013