There have been numerous documentaries made about the war in Gaza, which began with Hamas’ massacre of Israelis on October 7th, 2023, and was followed by a brutal retaliation from the IDF, who killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and destroyed much of the Gaza Strip. I’ve reviewed a few of these docs over the past two years, including American Doctor, Holding Liat and A Letter to David, not to mention semi-fictional works like Of Dogs and Men. But none of them have felt as bleak or despairing as Israeli director Anat Even’s scathing cinematic essay, Collapse (Effondrement). Shot in...