MOVIES: You Can See Everything (2026, Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim)

This documentary was first seen as a secret screening at the Telluride Film Festival just over a month ago, and it instantly became the most talked-about documentary -- heck, most talked-about movie, period -- of the year. This is a rare case in which you should believe the hype.

In the month before she begins her 11-year federal prison sentence on fraud charages related to her healthcare company Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes invites the directors into her home to record her life with partner Billy Evans and their children; Fielder eventually moves into the house as a 24/7 guest.

Given the 17 books, 43 podcasts, 6 documentaries, 14 TV series, and (one assumes) 3 sea shanties that have already been devoted to Holmes and her crimes, you might wonder what else there is to say. As the movie begins, the focus seems to be her attempt to let people see the softer side of Elizabeth Holmes, to humanize herself in the public eye. She is, of course, incapable of doing so because she has no softer side; she remains as brittle and socially awkward as ever. But the intersection of her awkwardness and that of Fielder, who is the primary onscreen presence for the filmmakers, proves fascinating.

Holmes heads off to begin her prison sentence about halfway through the movie, which does lose energy for a bit. But Fielder and Oppenheim find a new focus for the rest of the movie and, using some of Fielder's trademark techniques, explore a part of Holmes's story that hasn't been so overexposed as her Theranos crimes.

The first half of the movie is a pretty good run-of-the-mill glimpse into a subject's life; the second half of the movie is spectacularly innovative and thoroughly fascinating, and the less you know about it going in, the more you will be delighted by it. It's not out of the question that this could be the first documentary to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, and it would be well deserved.