The title of Oliver Laxe’s “Sirāt” refers to a mystical bridge in the Islamic tradition that, an epigraph tells us, “connects hell and paradise,” and the movie lands decidedly on the fiery side of ...

Filmmaker Oliver Laxe brings a kind of humbling brilliance to “Sirât,” his inaugural Cannes competition entry, after catching attention in sidebars for his previous films. It’s the kind of film that ...

The second time I saw the road thriller “Sirāt,” I couldn’t wait to hear the audience moan. Months earlier, I’d stumbled dazed out of its Cannes premiere already excited to see it again with a crowd ...