Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Surprise

Plus: Why Can't Hollywood Get the Art World Right?

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September 7, 2026

Sunday night, the 2026 fall festival season saw its biggest surprise (so far). Telluride Film Festival attendees were ushered into the Werner Herzog Theater for a mystery screening, free of cell phones or other ways to contact the outside world. Once they were seated, Festival Director Julie Huntsinger told ticket holders they were about to watch You Can See Everything, a top secret documentary about famed Theranos founder and felon Elizabeth Holmes, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Vanity Fair’s John Ross and Rebecca Ford were there, and were “in shock,” John says. You can read Rebecca’s full report from the scene below. If the name “Lance Oppenheim” seems familiar, it’s because one of the buzziest premieres at the Venice Film Festival was Primetime, his narrative-feature debut. That film is about the production of the reality television series To Catch a Predator, with Robert Pattinson—who is also having one hell of a year—playing Predator host Chris Hansen. Vanity Fair’s Chris Murphy was there for the film’s buzzy launch, as well as its glitzy after-party. Pattinson has publicly said he hopes Hansen appreciates the movie, but it’s just as possible that he’ll drub the film’s authenticity—a not-uncommon reaction when your own life is dramatically portrayed. A prime example of this reality-to-Hollywood dissonance is the sudden wave of films about the art world, some of which are already drawing criticism for a lack of veracity. VF’s Nate Freeman talks to some of the scene’s biggest names, all to determine why movies so frequently get art so wrong.

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TELLURIDE Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Doc Met With Shock and Awe at Secret Screening   By Rebecca Ford   ”I really am struggling to this day to understand exactly what I experienced,” says Fielder, who lived with the Theranos founder and her family in the days leading up to her imprisonment. Read more

VENICE   Robert Pattinson in Primetime Is a Showstopper at Venice   By Chris Murphy   The intense film from documentary director Lance Oppenheim bowled over audiences at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, thanks to Pattinson’s go-for-broke performance as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. Read more

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TRUE COLORS   Hollywood Can’t Seem to Get the Art World Right   By Nate Freeman   There’s a long history of feature films about the art world—and an equally long tradition of real artists complaining about them. With the Natalie Portman vehicle The Gallerist’s release coming up, we look at the movies the art world loves, hates, and loves to hate. Read more

HOLLYWOOD   Cast of Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard and Vanity Fair Toast to the Film at the Venice Film Festival   By Chiara Oltolini and Stefania Saltalamacchia   As the sun set on the Grand Canal, the cast of Herzog’s Bucking Fastard gathered ahead of the movie’s premiere. Read more

ROYALS   The Mystery of the Missing Romanov Jewels   By Hadley Hall Meares   The fate of the hidden jewels, which were carefully sewn into the grand duchesses’ garments during imprisonment, haunts heirs and historians to this day. Read more

MOVIES   The 25 Best Movies on Netflix to Watch in September 2026   By Chris Feil   From comedy classics to recent Oscar winners, these are the titles you don’t want to miss. Read more

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