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‘You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Documentary About Elizabeth Holmes is a Shameless, Fascinating, Reality-TV-Eats-Its-Tale Look at Entitled Duplicity

By: Owen Gleiberman

It's a hangout-movie portrait of the Theranos fraudster, which is really Fielder's way of asking: What makes someone like Elizabeth Holmes tick?

Variety

‘Musk' Review: Alex Gibney's Definitive Documentary Puts the Pieces of Elon Musk Together — It's a Lacerating Portrait of Technocratic Brilliance, Power Lust and Crackpot Delusion

By: Owen Gleiberman

Once you start lining up Musk's scandals and cut corners, you see that he's a creator of mirages who promises more than he delivers.

MSN

'Musk' review: Alex Gibney puts the pieces of Elon Musk together

By: Owen Gleiberman

When a subject has been as exhaustively covered - and as infamous - as Elon Musk, the

Variety

‘Being Huemann' Review: Siân Heder's First Film Since ‘CODA' Is a Bold and Stirring Dramatization of the Protest That Launched the Disabled-Rights Revolution

By: Owen Gleiberman

Ruth Madeley plays the protest leader Judy Heumann like an officious Joan of Arc, and Mark Ruffalo is the soul of liberal bureaucratic weariness as the politician she's fighting.

Variety

‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder’s First Film Since ‘CODA’ Is a Bold and Stirring Dramatization of the Protest That Launched the Disabled-Rights Revolution

By: Owen Gleiberman

In Siân Heder's first movie since "CODA," Ruth Madeley plays the disability-rights leader Judy Heumann like an officious Joan of Arc.

Variety

‘The Julia Set' Review: Chase Infiniti Confirms Her Movie-Star Mettle in Niki Byrne's Riveting Math-Geek Bad Romance

By: Owen Gleiberman

She plays a math prodigy who falls into an affair with her dream-preppie TA. An unwise idea, but the movie plays it out with startling conviction.

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‘I Play Rocky' Review: Anthony Ippolito Channels Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly's Cleverly Crafted Crowd-Pleaser About the Making of ‘Rocky'

By: Owen Gleiberman

It taps into the love of "Rocky" that's never gone away, showing you how the movie found its meaning in the idiosyncrasy of its creation.

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‘Misty Green' Review: Chris Rock Tells the Story of a Party-Girl Actress, Brilliantly Played by Rosalind Eleazar, in The Best Movie About Hollywood in Years

By: Owen Gleiberman

In his first movie since "Top Five," Rock confirms he's a major filmmaker.

Variety

‘Pretenders' Review: A Superb Portrait of Chrissie Hynde and Her Legendary Band Captures Their Incandescence…and Tragedy

By: Owen Gleiberman

Joss Crowley's film is close to a definitive chronicle, as it explores the paradox of Chrissie Hynde: the smoldering punk who was also the most majestic songwriter of that scene.

Variety

‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd' Review: Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy Are Powerful in Tim Blake Nelson's Twisty Dark-Side Prison Saga

By: Owen Gleiberman

McNairy plays a violent prisoner, and Seyfried is the teacher who thinks he can save her, in Nelson's strongest movie since "The Grey Zone."