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October 17, 2026

Each time “You Can See Everything,” the new Nathan Fielder-Elizabeth Holmes movie, came up in the newsroom this week, some people did the equivalent of plugging their ears and chanting, “Nana nana nana, I’m not listening.” There are always those who want to avoid spoilers for a big, buzzy film, but going in blind seems to have become a strict requirement for this one, mostly thanks to the surprise premiere in Telluride, which left the audience “gobsmacked.” So you may not want to watch the panel of experts who joined Max Read on “Hard Fork” discuss the film if you haven’t seen it yet. One of them was John Carreyrou, who broke the story of fraud at Theranos, and he said in the comments that he almost jumped out of his seat when — oh, don’t worry, I won’t say it. I can’t even go to the theater until tomorrow. But, I’ve rounded up our coverage, which you’ll find below.

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— Farah

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CRITIC’S PICK Check out our coverage of “You Can See Everything.”

READ THE REVIEW Manohla Dargis says it’s “off-the-charts bonkers.” →

HEAR FROM EXPERTS A “Hard Fork” panel discussed the movie and what Holmes means to the tech world of today. →

JOIN THE CONVERSATION Have you seen it? Our critics have thoughts, and want to hear your reactions in the comments, too. →

Let’s talk

(But this is not a spoiler-free zone!)

Alissa Wilkinson Movie critic One thing we talked about right after seeing this film is that it’s also a pretty incisive look at a certain kind of person who makes their way in Silicon Valley culture — and I actually don’t mean Elizabeth Holmes, but her romantic partner Billy Evans. In a year full of movies and TV shows about tech moguls, that seems significant, and I wonder if it says anything those movies haven’t gotten at? Jason Zinoman Comedy and culture critic I think so, and it makes this movie about something bigger. One of the dizzying aspects of this moment is how much of our lives is being run by these effusive, swaggering, seemingly shameless tech moguls who appear to live in a different world than the rest of us — and follow different rules. I suspect that explains some of the madness on display.

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