Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SALMAN RUSHDIE takes us through the man’s life, career, assassination attempt and eventual recovery through a largely conventional but intimate approach, revealing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity along the way. Rushdie’s…

Matt Neglia

From Sundance 2026 On August 12, 2022, Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed 15 times while on stage for a speaking event in Chautauqua, New York. The attack, which drew widespread publicity, was undoubtedly traumatic, both physically and psychologically. But it…

SiddhantAdlakha

Sundance Film Festival 2026 - Film #5 Powerful and surprisingly intense documentary about the knife attack on Rushdie at a speaking event (all of which viewers see as it was caught on camera). Well made and thoughtful.

Alexander Field

‘Twas feeling very tender after my tearful guided meditation with Chloe Zhao and this left me well-done. I found myself wishing that I was reading the book instead of watching the movie. The filmmakers claimed big political significance to the story, which is true, but the…

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Samuel Gursky

Another powerful piece of filmmaking from Alex Gibney, and the first one to make me cry. Don't watch if you're squeamish. Lingering shots on Rushdie's disfigured eye are necessary but garnered more than a handful of audible winces in the audience. It's difficult to fathom…

Max

“If we do not look at it, we allow it to happen.” Even at the film’s post Q&A at Sundance, Rushdie shared, “For the authoritarian, culture is the enemy.” The great trick of empire, the ones that will murder the likes of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in broad daylight, is to…

Zachary Lee

Repeatedly commits the cardinal sin of using far better works of art in its creation. Now I just want to watch Psycho, Knife in the Water, The Seventh Seal, etc. There’s a particularly egregious use of High and Low that really pushed the technique from slightly annoying…

Ben Delgado

Extremely powerful especially in light of everything going on in the world Disturbing to experience even a glimpse of the threat of danger he lives his life in everyday. His resilience and positivity through everything is inspiring

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