Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor accept the Special Jury Prize for their documentary “NAZA” at the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Saturday. Credit: Scott A Garfitt/AP The creators of ‘NAZA’ are trying to force Israelis to confront what they already know: that Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has left […]

Ultimately, Israel’s fury at “NAZA” — which has its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival on Sept. 26 — is almost certainly not about journalistic ethics. Part of the uproar is simply Netanyahu and his allies demagoguing ahead of next month’s parliamentary election, trying to cast the Israeli left as traitorous enemies of […]

NYTimes: Close to Power, German Far Right Takes Aim at Theaters and Arts As the Alternative for Germany party seeks to control a state government for the first time, its push for “patriotic” art has drawn comparisons with Nazi policies. The main building of the former Bauhaus design school, now home to the Bauhaus foundation, […]