The Most Emblematic Film of 2026: ‘You Can See Everything’ Review

At the height of the pandemic back in 2020, I ended up taking a week-long creative nonfiction seminar with Valerie Boyd. Throughout her instruction, I grew a lot as a writer, but two particular quotes stuck with me. The first was “Acknowledge your lens and that it is there.” The second was “We don’t make shit up.” This one I wrote in sharpie and hung up above my laptop, and every time I sit down to write, I see those words.

While these pearls of wisdom were appreciated and influential to the point where it led to me penning one of my favorite pieces as a writer, I haven’t really been forced to grapple with the true meaning of her adages. Enter You Can See Everything. The joint venture between Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder is a 2026 documentary focused on Elizabeth Holmes, who lives on in infamy as the face of Theranos. Pitched on a promise of being able to complete all sorts of blood work from a single pinprick, Theranos’ flagship product was intended to disrupt the entirety of the diagnostic medical industry. It was famously not actually capable of any feats purported, and Holmes was sentenced to prison time for the fraud. It is in this fraught circumstance that Holmes and her partner, Billy West, invited Oppenheim and Fielder into their home with unfettered access. Holmes and West wanted to rehabilitate the image, and the best way to do that was a human-interest piece. Everything I just said was in the trailer. Everything I’m about to say is in direct response to the …