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David Katz


417 articles available in total starting from 11/07/2018. Last article published on 22/05/2025.

Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow lands at Cannes

Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow lands at Cannes

The semi-autobiographical tale stars Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as a father navigating Lagos with his two young sons amidst the country’s 1993 civil unrest  

15/04 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland/Nigeria

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling lead Harry Lighton’s Cannes-bound Pillion

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling lead Harry Lighton’s Cannes-bound Pillion

The two actors play gay bikers engaged in a dom/sub relationship in this UK-Irish co-production selected in Un Certain Regard  

14/04 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland

Review: Four Mothers

Review: Four Mothers

Darren Thornton reimagines Mid-August Lunch, in which a bumbling middle-aged man looks after four demanding old ladies, as a more sombre, serio-comic affair  

04/04 | Films | Reviews | Ireland/UK

Review: The Lions by the River Tigris

Review: The Lions by the River Tigris

In Zaradasht Ahmed’s emotive documentary, made following Mosul’s liberation from ISIS, a stone carving above a door takes on a symbolic value  

31/03 | CPH:DOX 2025

Review: The Ugly Stepsister

Review: The Ugly Stepsister

BERLINALE 2025: Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt's debut is a grotesque yet faithful retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale, updated for modern mores  

25/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: Houses

Review: Houses

BERLINALE 2025: Israeli filmmaker Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum creates a dark dreamscape with her tale of a trans person undertaking a tour of his old family residences  

21/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Review: Kontinental '25

Review: Kontinental '25

BERLINALE 2025: Radu Jude returns with another funny, anarchic film about guilt, systemic neglect and Romanian identity, this time all shot on an iPhone  

19/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Review: Köln 75

Review: Köln 75

BERLINALE 2025: An 18-year-old concert promoter stages one of the most legendary jazz gigs in history, by Keith Jarrett, in Ido Fluk’s biopic  

16/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Ten films we’re looking forward to at the 2025 Berlinale

Ten films we’re looking forward to at the 2025 Berlinale

Our annual curtain-raiser piece assesses the festival in its new era and looks ahead to the line-up’s choicest selections  

11/02 | Berlinale 2025

Review: Raptures

Review: Raptures

Jon Blåhed’s historical drama explores the demise of Sweden’s Korpela movement, a disturbing and eventually tyrannical form of radical Protestantism  

07/02 | IFFR 2025 | Big Screen Competition

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