“Knife” Is Alex Gibney’s Intimate, Unflinching Portrait of Salman Rushdie’s Survival

(L–R) Alex Gibney, Salman Rushdie and Rachel Eliza Griffiths attend “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie” Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January 25, 2026, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) By Adam Silverstein The request before the screening is unusually direct. Standing onstage at […]

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