A Jekyll and Hyde for the Manosphere Crowd

“The Things You Kill” explores the pitfalls of masculinity in modern-day Turkey.

A man in a blood-stained shirt stands in the middle of an orchard of young trees, looking right into the camera with a distraught expression. December 5, 2025, 2:15 PM

In The Things You Kill , the new film from Toronto-based Iranian director Alireza Khatami, a harrowing instance of femicide serves as a mirror to a society buckling under the weight of patriarchy. The unnerving psychological thriller—Canada’s submission for best international feature film at next year’s Academy Awards—follows Ali, a literature professor reeling from his mother’s suspicious death, who, in the process of confronting the toxic masculinity around him, instead becomes ensnared in it.

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