Following a couple weeks’ pause to make room for the GlobeDocs festival and prerequisite Halloween programming, IFFBoston’s Fall Focus series returns to The Brattle Theatre this week for its second round of programming. This leg is even more expansive than the first , cramming 15 features into seven days, spanning the Earth and ranging from cockeyed comedies to gripping dramas. As always, and particularly in a year as stacked as this one, the variety of choices can be daunting. With that in mind, here are our picks for some of the most exciting titles of the series (though, of course, all are well worth a look!).

‘The Secret Agent’ https://cambridgedaymediafiles.s3.amazonaws.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/27024732/251030v-The-Secret-Agent.mp4

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