• A24's new documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, "You Can See Everything," is in theaters now.
• Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, it's more character study than straightforward doc.
• The story about the downfall of Theranos has been told — but this one hasn't yet.

Elizabeth Holmes famously does not blink, whether she's pitching investors or, by her own admission, flirting with a guy.

Is her moony gaze haunting or hypnotic? A calculated act or proof of her naivete? At various points in A24's new documentary, "You Can See Everything," I vacillated between each of the above.

A good portion of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's movie could be classified as a provocative staring contest, as Fielder probes Holmes about her life and the demise of her company, Theranos, in the weeks before she reported to prison to serve an 11-year sentence in May 2023.

The answers he gets from Holmes are rarely satisfactory. (At one point, she insists she's never told a lie in her entire adult life; despite being convicted of fraud, she maintains her innocence throughout the film.) But with the camera zoomed in tight on Holmes' every micro-expression and clump of mascara, the movie's power is in the questions it raises in the space between her words.

In these profoundly uncanny scenes, I found myself fluctuating between being freaked out by the lack of emotion in Holmes' vacuous gaze and, to my surprise, pitying her. Then I'd quickly shift back to being freaked out, because what if pity was exactly the reaction that Holmes — a talented, convicted fraudster — was angling for? If she could manipulate her voice to sound more authoritative in the workplace, she could certainly adapt her face to appear more sympathetic onscreen.

It turns out that just because you can see everything, that doesn't mean you know anything. At least not for sure.

'You Can See Everything' is not the movie it appears to be

Much like its subject, "You Can See Everything" is a slippery mind-trick of a film — part character study, part psychological thriller, part surrealist thought experiment. What it is not, despite its subject, is a movie about a tech company.

The story of how Holmes went from being named the youngest self-made female billionaire by Forbes to being convicted of defrauding investors as the founder and CEO of the blood-testing startup Theranos is well documented. Holmes has already been the subject of a more traditional documentary, Alex Gibney's "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley," which exhaustively maps the discrepancies within Theranos, and a scripted Hulu miniseries, "The Dropout," which dramatizes Holmes' origin story and attempts to illustrate how her ambitions outpaced her abilities.

Both of those works lean into the prevailing narrative about Holmes, who was often pitched as "the next Steve Jobs" and proved especially skilled at wooing powerful men to her cause.

"You want it to be true so badly," Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee-turned-whistleblower, says of Holmes' vision in Gibney's doc. "I was working with these devices every single day, and she could still kind of convince me. When I think back on those conversations, I just think, 'How did she do that?'"

The Holmes we see in "You Can See Everything" is tamer, gentler, and, at times, far more submissive than many headlines would have us believe. Yet even Fielder isn't immune to her strange charisma.

Early in the film, Fielder admits to Holmes that he did a lot of research about her tenure at Theranos. He challenges her answers to questions, at one point telling Holmes, "I don't think anyone will ever believe you ever again."

Yet, as time goes on, Fielder seems alternately bemused and unnerved by the onetime wunderkind — though never to the point of aversion. On the contrary, Holmes seems to draw Fielder ever closer, like a close-up magician with a deck of cards in her hands and a trick up her sleeve.

Toward the end of the film, Fielder's memory is called into question. A friend asks if Fielder is retroactively polishing his interactions with Holmes, perhaps unconsciously, because he's grown to care about her. Maybe he wants to protect her.

Seemingly taken aback, Fielder replies, "I'm not putting my feelings into this. I'm just trying to be accurate."

It's one thing to be told someone is a master manipulator, as "The Inventor" and "The Dropout" plainly do. It's quite another to experience the manipulation firsthand. "You Can See Everything" offers audiences the latter.

During a Q&A after an early screening of "You Can See Everything" in New York, Oppenheim described how he, Fielder, and the crew would swap interpretations of what they'd just seen and heard after the cameras were switched off. "The disagreements were so dynamic," Oppenheim recalled.

It's been over three years since their close encounter of the Holmesian kind, and Fielder said he's still trying to process what he felt in her presence.

"I'm really curious to hear what everyone else thinks, and what they make of certain things," Fielder said. "I think it will actually help me understand."

"You Can See Everything" is in theaters now.

In Pakistan’s rapidly growing urban centres, daily life is accelerating. As cities expand, demanding work schedules and household management have made time one of our most precious commodities. Yet, while traditional conversations around food often focus on heritage recipes or shifting culinary trends, a quieter, structural revolution is unfolding. This transformation centres on reliable, daily access to fresh food and essential groceries – a fundamental human necessity.

For millions of households, putting nutritious meals and essential groceries on the kitchen table every day is a daily logistical challenge. In this evolving landscape, digital delivery platforms have moved beyond convenience and become essential infrastructure for modern urban living. The true breakthrough in Pakistan’s delivery landscape is the innovation that’s driving convenience and accessibility. Historically, securing fresh produce or a warm meal meant navigating dense traffic, dealing with localised supply shortages, or settling for whatever was available at the nearest market.

Today, data-driven quick-commerce models have fundamentally altered how Pakistanis access food. Through foodpanda’s hyper-local dark store network, pandamart, and intelligent routing algorithms, technology is shrinking the distance between supply and demand. By optimising rider routes and establishing localised fulfilment hubs, tech platforms drastically cut the time, cost, and friction of moving essentials from source to customers’ doorstep. Whether it is an early-morning delivery of fresh milk and eggs or an affordable dinner after a long workday, digital micrologistics have made food access consistent, predictable, and inclusive.

This structural shift speaks directly to World Food Day’s core message and its global guiding theme, “Innovate today, nourish tomorrow.” True innovation in modern food systems extends far beyond agricultural yields; it requires building smarter, resilient supply chains that eliminate waste, reduce friction, and bridge distribution gaps.

By digitising neighbourhood kiryana stores, empowering home-based food entrepreneurs through initiatives like HomeChefs, helping established (as well as new) restaurants expand their offerings to wider customer cohorts and optimising rapid last-mile delivery, foodpanda is helping construct an agile, modern food and grocery network across Pakistan. In a developing economy, this technological resilience cushions local food systems against urban sprawl, rising fuel costs, and supply chain bottlenecks. At its core, technology fulfils its highest purpose when it directly serves human needs.

In Pakistan’s evolving gig ecosystem, foodpanda anchors its platform around a central mission: to put a meal on every table. This motto reflects an operational commitment to give every consumer seamless, affordable access to fresh groceries and quality food with just a few taps on a smartphone screen. It means equipping micro-entrepreneurs and local merchants with digital tools to expand their reach and protect their livelihoods. It also means building a connected ecosystem where farmers, local sellers, delivery riders, and families thrive together.

As Pakistan accelerates its transition toward a fully digitised economy, online platforms play a role that extends well beyond delivering food. By turning technological innovation into reliable, daily nourishment, foodpanda is laying the foundation for a more connected, efficient, and inclusive food future for all Pakistanis – one delivery and one meal at a time.

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For the third installment of MS NOW’s “The Voter Files,” we went to West Des Moines to hear from two groups of reluctant Trump voters — one group from the city’s suburbs and another from small towns and rural areas. Most have split their tickets in past elections.

Of the three states we’ve visited so far, Iowa offers Democrats the clearest and most hopeful picture. In Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ standing as a long-tenured institution may help her withstand Democratic momentum. In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s struggles with some of his party’s traditional constituencies have kept the race tight.

But in Iowa, Democrats have taken the national distrust of Trump’s self-dealing and pointed it at Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, raising questions about how her wealth has grown since she entered Congress. ​​The resulting cynicism may give Democrat Josh Turek enough of an edge to win: enough crossover votes and enough depressed Republican turnout.

Low marks for Trump

National polls show President Donald Trump at the lowest approval of his second term, and the Iowans we met were no more generous. All of them said they were unenthusiastic about voting for him in 2024. Asked to rate his second term on a scale of one to 10, none went higher than a six, most gave him a four or a five, and the lowest assessment was a two.

“Five is almost too generous,” said Diane, an independent. “He has a lot of room for improvement.”

One participant called him “unhinged.” Another described his second term as “a personal session, like his playground.”

For these voters, the clearest evidence of broken promises is the cost of living. Consumer prices are up 3.7% over the past year.

“Our prices were going to come down. Cost of living was going to get easier,” said Janella, a Republican. “Still haven’t seen it.”

Then there’s Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran. In national polling, only roughly 34% of Americans say Trump’s decision to go to war was the right one. He promised no new wars, and when he took office in January 2025, the United States wasn’t at war. Now, voters see not only continuing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, but a new war with Iran that Trump launched.

“It seems like we’re in more wars than ever before,” said Tim, an independent.

Jack, another independent, tied the broken promise to avoid war to rising costs.

“I think we’re paying for that at the gas pump, grocery store, etc.,” he said. Gas prices have jumped 34% over the past year, and groceries prices are up around 2.5%.

They’d do it again

These voters went into Trump’s second term with their eyes open. Some dreaded a return to the drama of his first term and voted for him anyway.

“Do I really want to deal with all the drama that comes with him?” said Kristi, an independent, recalling her decision in 2024. “But then, what was my other choice?”

“He’s gotten worse,” Janella said, describing a president who has dropped any pretense of working with his own party, let alone with Democrats.

Yet for all their misgivings, when asked whether they would change their 2024 votes, all but one agreed they would vote for him again over Kamala Harris.

“There were no other options,” said Dirk, a right-leaning independent, raising his hand.

It’s this sentiment — that they would choose Trump again — that helps explain why Trump’s sagging approval hasn’t translated into decisive Democratic leads in some battleground states.

Two years later, what drives these voters as they weigh their Senate and House options is less Trump himself than a broader distrust of politics.

Kate, an independent, offered the most charitable view of Trump’s presidency.

“At least he is trying,” she said. “At least he is pushing a button somewhere.”

In theory, that’s a low bar for the opposition to clear. But these voters don’t see a compelling alternative from Democrats, or any vision that convinces them the party would do better.

No home with Democrats?

“Right now, we’re stuck with a Republican Party that will do nothing to offend Trump, and a Democratic Party that will do nothing except try to go after Trump, any way, shape, or form,” Dirk said. “So in the end, we all get screwed.”

The Iowans echoed what we heard from similar voters in Maine and Michigan: Democrats seem unmoored, fixated on Trump and short on concrete policy. Most alienating of all is their sense that Democrats look down on them for voting for Trump.

“I feel like they all think that we’re like racist,” Chandler said. “It’s like they always think that we’re all against everything. It’s just their agenda that they try to push on us.”

Some said those assumptions about their motives ignore the real circumstances and needs that shaped their votes.

“Personally, my vote was motivated by potential changes that Trump could make to the economy,” Anne said.

Democrats, Janella argued, were not paying attention to their lived reality.

“They need to stop all the fighting and bickering amongst themselves, and really genuinely take a good look at what the American people are dealing with,” Janella said. “This is our livelihood we’re talking about, and every single politician has forgotten about that.”

Will they skip the Senate race?

Disenchanted with Republicans and unconvinced by Democrats, some of the Iowans we met are weighing not who to support in the Senate race, but whether to vote in it at all.

The two groups split sharply. Of the 10 rural and small-town voters, six are leaning toward Hinson and four are considering Turek. None of the 10 suburban voters is considering Hinson; seven said they would leave the Senate race blank, and the other three are considering Turek.

Focus groups aren’t polls, and 20 voters can’t predict a statewide race. But if the 2024 electorate turns out again and that pattern holds in suburbs and small towns across Iowa, Turek could be well positioned to win. He wouldn’t need to convert Trump voters wholesale, just persuade some to cross over and many others to skip the race.

For Hinson, the danger isn’t that these voters have embraced Democrats. It’s that they’ve given up.

“You just lose all faith in everybody eventually because nothing gets done, and you lose trust and become cynical,” Jack said.

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