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David Katz


431 articles available in total starting from 11/07/2018. Last article published on 24/07/2025.

Review: Amparo

Review: Amparo

CANNES 2021: A working-class family deals with the brunt of military conscription in Colombia, in this nervy debut from Simón Mesa Soto  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Critics’ Week

Nadav Lapid  • Director of Ahed’s Knee

Interview: Nadav Lapid • Director of Ahed’s Knee

“I’m not script-driven in the traditional way; the lead character is the existential melody of the film, the heart, the music”

CANNES 2021: The Israeli director discusses his formally bold new film, how a typical “Lapid” protagonist is born and the influence of rap music on his approach to performance  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Review: Great Freedom

Review: Great Freedom

CANNES 2021: Franz Rogowski excels as a man incarcerated for his homosexuality in post-war Germany, in this impressive drama by Austrian director Sebastian Meise  

09/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Ahed’s Knee

Review: Ahed’s Knee

CANNES 2021: An irascible Israeli filmmaker comes to a small town in the Negev desert for a retrospective screening of his work in Nadav Lapid’s follow-up to Synonyms  

08/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Review: A Pure Place

Review: A Pure Place

Nikias Chryssos’s daffy Greek-German fable staged on a picturesque island thinks it’s the New Testament, JM Barrie and Sophocles all rolled into one  

06/07/2021 | Filmfest München 2021

The Story of My Wife tops Films Boutique’s sparkling Cannes slate

The Story of My Wife tops Films Boutique’s sparkling Cannes slate

The Berlin-based international sales company has five plum titles to show off on the Croisette, including Ildikó Enyedi's film and Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, both in competition  

28/06/2021 | Cannes 2021/Marché du Film

The Match Factory prepares to represent its biggest Cannes slate to date

The Match Factory prepares to represent its biggest Cannes slate to date

The leading German sales and production outfit is repping 14 films in the selection, including the much-anticipated competition titles Memoria and Three Floors  

28/06/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

The hybrid edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021 hands out its gongs

The hybrid edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021 hands out its gongs

The award-winning European films included the co-productions Equatorial Constellations by Silas Tiny and Ali and His Miracle Sheep by Mayhem Ridha  

14/06/2021 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2021 | Awards

Review: My Dear Spies

Review: My Dear Spies

Franco-Russian filmmaker brothers Vladimir and Pierre Léon parse their family backstory to unveil a potential link with Cold War-era espionage  

10/06/2021 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2021

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reunite for Poor Things

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reunite for Poor Things

Following on from the Oscar success of The Favourite, the star and director will team up for another surrealist period drama, again produced by Ireland’s Element Pictures  

26/05/2021 | Production | Funding | Ireland/UK/USA

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