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A 55-year-old woman and Arul, 33, live in a remote village in the Sigi valley. After suffering a work accident, Arul has been confined to bed, while his mother cares for him lovingly. Many people have come to visit, but their presence has brought more sadness than support.
Dec 2025
Pauline, Norah, Kristina and others wait for hours, sitting under a hut deep in the Bois de Vincennes. In front of the administrative detention center (CRA) in Paris, they have all come to see their loved ones locked up. Lives on hold, awaiting deportation or release. On this stage, these women tell their stories, talk to each other, share their experience, their revolt and their dreams with new visitors. They are the mirror of migrant detention, its reverse view.
Nov 2025
CBS News celebrates the life and legacy of Hollywood legend Rob Reiner, featuring interviews with Kathy Bates, Albert Brooks and more.
After being blackmailed by two detectives, Clint Edwards is on the hunt for a missing woman with vital information. He searches the Dark Web for clues, but some unwanted guests come to visit-and they don't want to help.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange battled extradition to the U.S., where he could've faced a lengthy sentence for publishing classified documents. His case, centered on press freedom, took unexpected twists as it unfolded.
In an attempt to discover the truth about the mysterious death of his son, Journalist Vince Sand descends into a dangerous netherworld of drug-abuse and murder that forces him to confront his own demons.
As we wrap up the year, the sultry Zsara Laxamana takes us through a sizzling lookback at 2025’s hottest movies. Stick around to see if your favorites made it!
Single-gender schools allow few chances for campus romance. Will inter-school activities provide the right opportunity? Ryan is both eager and afraid of mingling with the opposite sex after studying in an all-boys school for years. One day his friend Jayden makes him join a mixed choir formed with an all-girls school. There, he meets the enthusiastic singer Carol. Unexpectedly, Cupid’s arrow carries more than love itself. Ryan will also have to face life lessons such as a test of friendship and the unfairness of the school system. The film’s manga-like style and humourous scenes establish perfect comic timing. The innocence and ignorance of youth come alive while the ending suddenly turns into an anti-climax that reveals the bitterness of growing up amidst shattered ideals.
Experimental Spanish short film featuring stop-motion animation.
Jun 1957
Lita has been afraid of lizards since she was little. Every summer, he returns to Lagartera, where his family's traditions are deeply rooted. During the celebration of Corpus Christi, while her grandmother dresses her, Lita discovers the roots of her fear.
After forty years of radio silence, Sol meets his old friend Dicky to clear an incident from the past. Time is precious, as Dicky's death is scheduled for tomorrow.
An explosion in the subway takes Rasul's life, leaving his family grieving for his son for 15 long years. However, on Memorial Day, Rasul returns home. The family is shocked - the joy of reunion is mixed with the bitterness of the question “Where have you been all this time?”. Rasul is evading the question, and each member of his family has their own assumptions about this.
A story about finding your own way of life, about exclusion and community.
May 2024
For eight years, Ferdinando has stopped speaking with people. In the solitude of his Milan apartment, he cooks, practices singing, and does an improbable form of gymnastics. He is paid to keep company to Genziana, a wealthy and cultured lady, who needs to connect with a deep soul akin to her own. Ferdinando reads her passages of literature. She narrates the happy fragments of her life, now vanished: she is a widow, her children are far away, the house is empty and silent. In his free time, Ferdinando visits modernist architecture and spiritual places. His isolation is interrupted by calls from Domenico, an eccentric who rambles about lofty subjects, aware that he cannot break his friend's mutism.
At the end of the weekend, Louis has to say goodbye to his friend Antonin, with whom he is secretly in love. However, just a few days before his departure, Antonin prefers to flirt with Pauline, who quickly interferes with the duo. For Louis, stealing his place is out of the question. So he takes refuge in his imagination: where Pauline doesn't exist.
Mar 2025
The Movie Starts with a flashback where beautiful visuals of a mother feeding her daughter Shifting to present day there are two youngsters ‘ Sandeep ’ and ‘ Melvin ’ who have a brotherly relationship. Melvin is in love with ‘ Eliza ’ whom he met 2 months back online. He is requesting ‘ Sandeep ’ to accompany him to meet his love forthe first time