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Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, MS NOW Senior Contributing Editor Michele Norris takes an in-depth look at the groundbreaking career and burgeoning influence of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Through exclusive sit-down interviews with Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Norris explores the Senator’s role in shaping a new generation of candidates and political leaders who are redefining the Democratic Party.
Five friends camp on Mount Welirang. On their way to the summit, they encounter a Queen and her royal troops. What mysteries lie hidden within Mount Welirang?
Skater boys are terrorized by a delirious skeleton man at a strip mall pizzeria.
Carla got her period. Unfortunately, it happened on a swim day at the lake with her dad.
June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said to be his soulmate through music. A residency at New York’s Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one night. Ten days later, LaFaro dies in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing.
Hitman Hank Carter is trying to save his marriage with the perfect family Christmas. Unfortunately for him, a hit has been put on his head — and a gang of festive bounty hunters will stop at nothing to collect the payday.
Gioia is a high school teacher who has never known any other love than the oppressive bond with her own parents, with whom she still lives. One of the students at her school, Alessio, is cashing in on his own body to make a couple of hundred euros to help his mother, a cashier in a supermarket. The relationship that dawns between Gioia and Alessio is forbidden fruit, fragile yet, inexplicably, one they can’t do without. Still, Alessio’s desire to improve his social standing is a silent killer that prevents him from ultimately accepting Gioia’s surprising affection for him. He goes and destroys it all, cancelling the only person who has ever loved him.
A statue of an English knight arrives in Chicago for an art exhibit. While cleaning the statue, museum conservator Emily impulsively kisses the statue, bringing him to life.
In the not-too-distant future, a group of American citizens attempt to flee the country to escape an authoritarian regime, but their path to freedom quickly becomes a dystopian nightmare.
A DJ drifts through the spectacle of Miami nightlife, torn between the urge to create and the desire to be seen.
A short film played at the beginning of Reel Rock 20.
Talented as a child but completely lost in her thirties, Vasya suddenly realizes she's heading for rock bottom and has no strength to escape. Malvina, an imaginary friend from childhood, comes to his aid, a freakish woman with purple hair and a quirky sense of humor. Malvina pushes Vasya to find her childhood love, Stasik. Vasya will go through a long journey and understand what went wrong in her life, but most importantly, she will learn why Malvina appeared.
Years after abandoning the film they once dreamed of making together, two old friends reunite on the set of a television series. As they prepare french fries in a trailer, memories, old ambitions and long-buried disappointments resurface. Their conversation gradually becomes a confrontation with the choices, compromises and excuses that have shaped their lives, raising a simple question: Do we give up on our dreams because we change, or do we change because we give up on our dreams?
Days blur together for a maternity ward nurse who prays that a previous abortion was successful and that her late period will arrive in due time. Set among scenes of medical expertise, electricity blackouts, and camaraderie, this film feels lived-in, reminding us that life continues apace despite individual crises.
In the year 2029, the world is at war. As announcements of incoming nuclear attack shake the United States, people of all walks of life scramble to reconcile with the end of the world.
Country girl Akiko visits a Tokyo college in search of her hometown sweetheart. In the course of finding him, she runs into various odd inhabitants of the college campus–blasé intellectuals, horny co-eds, a psych professor in search of the theory of shame, and of course her beloved Yoshioka, who has become an elusive campus nobody.
Hawk, a Native American ex-foster youth, who visits Enid, Oklahoma for the tallest Christmas tree lighting. He bonds with locals and runaway teen Alexis while dealing with PTSD, anxiety, and self-discovery concerning his faith.
People who have never had to do real work want to convince you that the best approach is to cut investments for those who are out there grinding every day. Flávio Bolsonaro—who was accused of being a "ghost employee" in Jair’s office at the age of 19 and has always lived off his father—wants to cut the very things that have helped millions of Brazilians get ahead in life: social security, healthcare, education, the *Bolsa Família* welfare program, and labor rights. This is the man who wants to be president of Brazil. If Flávio wins, you lose.