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Remember when Sarah Polley made Stories We Tell, supposedly about a paternity question in her family history, but it actually turned out to be a meta-documentary about truth, narrative, and subjectivity? Or when Banksy made Exit Through the Gift Shop, which at first seemed to be about street artist Thierry Guetta but in the end turned out to be a meta-documentary about truth, art, and subjectivity? Remember when Rodney Ascher made Room 237, nominally about hidden meanings in The Shining, but really about truth, narrative, and subjectivity?
Would you believe me if I told you that You Can See Everything is only superficially about Elizabeth Holmes, that actually it's a meta-documentary about truth, narrative, and subjectivity?
Let’s set aside the fact that Amanda Seyfried shows up to atone for her Hulu biopic and that her plotline is copied from The Act of Killing, which itself stole its main gimmick from some Cambodian guy’s movie about the Khmer Rouge. Here we have another postmodern prestige doc which either can't find something to say about its subject or thinks having a subject is gauche, so it throws up its hands and settles for a thematic focus on "unknowability" instead—not out of necessity, not because it’s about the Zodiac Killer and they can’t find him, but just because they think that kind of abstraction is high-minded.
Every cliche is here: The filmmaker deliberately entangled with his subject, the film happily exposing its own artifice (because only dolts who believe in “objectivity” would try to hide that), the reflexive, flamboyantly meta structure which I guess is supposed to feel truth-coded, or remind you of truth and untruth in some way. Letterboxd users, who learned in college that truth is hopelessly mired in perspective, certainly appreciate these decisions and feel the movie is a “hall of mirrors,” but I found it boring and legible. I’ve already seen Capturing the Friedmans, Tabloid, F for Fake, Letter From Siberia, etc. I already know about “subjectivity.” I actually discovered it when I was a child and I began to experience the world.
So yes, this is another The Ambiguity Is The Point movie. That’s why it's titled You Can See Everything—because you can’t. And that’s why some of the posters show Elizabeth Holmes but kind of blurry, because it’s about truth, which is also blurry. And if you think that’s mind-blowing then you will probably like the movie. Personally, I think the filmmakers are confusing an empirical problem with an epistemic one, so actually their theming doesn't line up, because a lot of their questions are in fact quite "knowable," but whatever
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Emanny says KenTheMan proved his point and goes on to call out Joe Budden & Marc Lamont Hill for never supporting their fellow co-hosts. Emanny brings up going at Drake for Joe and at DJ Akademiks for Marc. Emanny says he will never defend them again #JBTVClips 😬
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A fan created a @LeBatardShow Time Machine, letting you quickly pick a date of older shows. Pretty awesome.
dls-time-machine.com/
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Comedian Deon Cole’s friends hold back tears after Deon Cole surprises both of them with a brand new Ford Bronco and a brand new GMC Hummer EV SUV.
(🎥Dein Cole/IG)
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We talk with editor Harrison Wall about the editing that shaped the new season. nofilmschool.com/editor-harr…
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It's insane to think about how dominant the Knicks' championship run was.
I don't think we've seen anything like it in a long time.
Sixteen and three. Thirteen straight wins at one point, and 15 of the last 16. Every loss came by one, one, or four points, so nobody ever really beat this group. They just hung around for a night.
Then check the margins. They outscored teams by 283 points, an NBA record. They won by almost 15 a night, the most in playoff history. Five of those games were over by 29 or more.
It goes to show you what a team built on fit and chemistry can accomplish. Everyone knows their role and no one is above the team's ultimate goal.
Give me this Knicks team over every other team that's just trying to stack the biggest names together.
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A veteran documentary dealmaker has a new investment model that pairs pro athletes with production opportunities. And you don’t have to be a Peyton or LeBron to get into the movie business.
puck.news/the-new-investment…
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The Best Films of the Fall Festivals: THR Critics' Picks hollywoodreporter.com/lists/…
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They said the players were crazy
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I don’t believe you the real Michael anyway‼️ Real Michael got glitter on his socks‼️ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #CLASSIC #MichaelJackson #Martin #Valentino – at Los Angeles, CA
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On my mama I felt the same way as Coates when I heard this at the DNC🤷🏾♂️
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kamala Harris’ 2024 Presidential campaign:
“And yet… why are we here? Are we here to just act like white men have acted everytime before?”
“The struggle means to me not just that we would get the boot of our necks, but that we would destroy the boot, that this would not happen to other people.”
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NYC is the greatest city on earth. You can watch the most important films in history on any day of the week, often for free. Not enough people talk about this because they're kinda hard to find! So I fabled a site that has all the independent film screenings in NYC on any day, all in one place:
whatsplaying.nyc
It's sortable by year, director, theater, 35mm/70mm, etc. and includes every indy theater + free screenings in the parks, museums, etc.
I was reminded this needed to exist by the Feed Me newsletter last week, thanks @Emily_Sundberg
My hope is that people find art that speaks to them 💫
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I spent 5 minutes testing the AI they used for Fenix Flexin "Rubberz" and yeah we're cooked
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A well-deserved recognition of Johanna’s life and work
nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/jo… via @NYTimes
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Must-read.
How ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Was Rescued From Oblivion — and Blew Up in David Zaslav’s Face hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
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academia is probably one of a few places where ppl quit their jobs & feel the need to write a generalizing op-ed about why they did it. & if youre going to engage w/ this very tired genre, read those who did it well. Keguro Macharia's "On Quitting" (2013): thenewinquiry.com/on-quittin…




























