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David Katz


423 articles available in total starting from 11/07/2018. Last article published on 13/06/2025.

Review: Grey Bees

Review: Grey Bees

Dmytro Moiseiev directs an intense and lightly surreal adaptation of Andrey Kurkov’s novel, about a beekeeper caught between the frontlines of the Donbas war  

02/02/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Tiger Competition

Review: Under a Blue Sun

Review: Under a Blue Sun

In Daniel Mann’s essay documentary, the shooting of Rambo III in Israel’s Negev desert is shown as a camouflage for land dispossession  

01/02/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Tiger Competition

Review: After the Long Rains

Review: After the Long Rains

Damien Hauser, just 21 years young, presents his third feature to date, a vibrant coming-of-age tale on leaving and returning home  

31/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Harbour

Review: Swimming Home

Review: Swimming Home

Modern dance, unexpected nudity and the trials of the privileged are all on display in Justin Anderson’s adaptation of Deborah Levy’s novel  

30/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Tiger Competition

Review: Hammarskjöld

Review: Hammarskjöld

Per Fly directs a sturdy but speculative account of the Swedish UN Secretary-General, whose death remains shrouded in mystery  

27/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Limelight

László Nemes’ Orphan heads the latest group of films supported by the UK Global Screen Fund

László Nemes’ Orphan heads the latest group of films supported by the UK Global Screen Fund

Jan Komasa and Hanna Bergholm are also among the grantees from the BFI’s programme to support international co-productions with the UK  

25/01/2024 | Production | Funding | UK

Review: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Review: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Mid-century American jazz soundtracks anti-colonial struggles in Johan Grimonprez’s study of the Congo Crisis and Patrice Lumumba’s CIA-backed assassination  

23/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Review: Agent of Happiness

Review: Agent of Happiness

Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó’s documentary takes us across Bhutan for a door-to-door happiness survey  

22/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Oppenheimer leads a European-heavy list of BAFTA nominees

Oppenheimer leads a European-heavy list of BAFTA nominees

Christopher Nolan’s hit has 13 nominations, whilst The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall continue their strong awards runs with nine and seven nods, respectively  

18/01/2024 | BAFTA 2024

20 European films we’re anticipating in 2024

20 European films we’re anticipating in 2024

Leos Carax, Andrea Arnold and Audrey Diwan head our round-up of the coming year’s cinematic treats  

09/01/2024 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Europe

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