Venice Review: Quentin Dupieux Delivers Surreal, Uproarious Comedy in Mandibules
Like the giant fly in Mandibules, director Quentin Dupieux has been buzzing and provoking us for roughly the past decade, trying to build a reputation as a new...
David Katz
Venice Review: Vanessa Kirby Excels in Kornél Mundruczó’s Warm Melodrama Pieces of a Woman
One of the most anticipated films going into the festival, Pieces of a Woman delivers, although in a less harrowing register than many assumed. The film is dir...
Venice Review: Pedro Almodóvar & Tilda Swinton Unite for the Ravishing Melodrama The Human Voice
And like that, the Venice Film Festival, and maybe auteur cinema itself, is back. Recovering from a global pandemic that has altered life as we know it, and wi...
David Katz
David Katz has been a freelance film journalist for over a decade. Born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in London, he primarily writes for the trade publication Cineuropa, but also loves popping up at The Film Stage from time to time.