Iranian director Alireza Khatami ("Terrestrial Verses," the only Iranian film to premiere at Cannes 2023) debuts the mind- and narrative-bending, Turkey-set thriller "The Things You Kill," about a ...

But that's precisely the sort of bait-and-switch Iranian writer/director Alireza Khatami is operating on here, until his tense and nightmarish film starts to resemble more something like David Lynch's ...

The World Cinema Dramatic program of Sundance often leaves a bit to be desired as it feels like accomplished international ...

Iranian writer-director Alireza Khatami examines how the distinct identities a person holds within themselves can manifest in this fascinatingly heady work, debuting at Sundance. Late in the ...

At one point, Hamit remarks, “What did I do that Allah gave me such a son?” Khatami’s endgame is consciously signposted. Ali’s mother passes away. The death is forensically incompatible ...

The Sundance Institute hosted an awards ceremony for the films with the largest impacts on audiences during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on Friday, Jan. 31.

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PARK CITY, Utah—The sins of the father are an evil to overcome and a cross to bear in The Things You Kill, Alireza Khatami’s film about a Turkish university professor who embarks on a course of ...

Both films won awards at Sundance on Friday, as did the Indian movie Sabar Bonda, about the relationship between two men in a village in Maharashtra. Rohan Parshuram Kanawade’s Marathi-language ...

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Exclusive: Iranian director Alireza Khatami's uneasy new thriller premieres in the World Cinema Dramatic competition and is one of Sundance's best (and most disquieting) films. The Sundance Film ...