Pocas veces he constatado un grado tan alto de expectación no ya entre la cinefilia, sino también en gente de la calle que quiere saber mi opinión sobre una película titulada La bola negra. Viene avalada por premios lujosos en festivales, en la tantas veces falsa suposición de que esos galardones han sido bendecidos por la infalible gracia de Dios, y por una espectacula…

What does Trump’s Hitler impersonation at the United Nations on Tuesday have to do with Trump’s banning select news organizations from the White House? And what do either have to do with his increased efforts to round up thousands of unaccompanied children with pending asylum claims and prep them for deportation?

The answer: All of these indignities are symptoms of a US political system that has been captured by fanatics, its priorities now a near-mirroring of those of the fascist leaderships against whose foul vision hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their lives fighting during the Second World War.

First there was a moment of stunned silence. Then, in the Sala Grande, the main screening hall of the Venice film festival within the Palazzo del Cinema, the audience stood almost as one and turned to applaud the film-makers for 25 minutes.

The film the audience had watched for 80 harrowing minutes was the Gaza documentary NAZA, which has been produced by the Guardian.

The film’s title comes from an Israeli military acronym used euphemistically to refer to the civilians expected to be killed in a military attack.