Critically Acclaimed #403 | You Can See Everything, Crawlers, Animals, Matchbox: The Movie, Bloody Tennis, Sacrifice, Fjord, Trust Me I'm a Doctor, Infirmary

Now, the first film we're reviewing is...

I don't think it's the biggest financially film of the week or whatever, but it's the biggest per theater average by far.

It's also one of the most talked about films of the year.

It's one of the most talked about films of the year.

And it was a surprise, too.

It aired at...

It screened, I believe it was at Telluride.

And it was a surprise screening.

No one knew it was going to be there.

No one knew it really existed.

And then here it is.

It's a new documentary directed by Nathan Fielder from Nathan for you.

And the, uh, was it the audition? So the rehearsal.

Yeah.

Sorry.

I've been, I was writing about Takeshi Miike's audition earlier.

Oh, right.

Um, so yeah, it's from him and it's also from Lance Oppenheim who recently directed, uh, the, uh, to catch a predator biopic film, uh, primetime.

And it is a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, a company which had claimed to develop a technology that could, with a single drop of blood, test for any ailment.

And who was then thrown in prison for fraud.

Quite a lot of fraud, in

fact.

The machines didn't work.

It looks like the machines were never going to work.

And yeah, she was brought to court, accused of fraud.

Now, the first film we're reviewing is...

I don't think it's the biggest financially film of the week or whatever, but it's the biggest per theater average by far.

It's also one of the most talked about films of the year.

It's one of the most talked about films of the year.

And it was a surprise, too.

It aired at...

It screened, I believe it was at Telluride.

And it was a surprise screening.

No one knew it was going to be there.

No one knew it really existed.

And then here it is.

It's a new documentary directed by Nathan Fielder from Nathan for you.

And the, uh, was it the audition? So the rehearsal.

Yeah.

Sorry.

I've been, I was writing about Takeshi Miike's audition earlier.

Oh, right.

Um, so yeah, it's from him and it's also from Lance Oppenheim who recently directed, uh, the, uh, to catch a predator biopic film, uh, primetime.

And it is a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, a company which had claimed to develop a technology that could, with a single drop of blood, test for any ailment.

And who was then thrown in prison for fraud.

Quite a lot of fraud, in

fact.

The machines didn't work.

It looks like the machines were never going to work.

And yeah, she was brought to court, accused of fraud.