{"id":640419,"date":"2026-10-08T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/640419\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:40:13","slug":"nathan-fielders-you-can-see-everything-eyes-oscars-best-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/640419\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Fielder&#8217;s &#8216;You Can See Everything&#8217; Eyes Oscars&#8217; Best Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWill the Academy\u2019s documentary branch finally see it all?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/you-can-see-everything\/\" id=\"auto-tag_you-can-see-everything\" data-tag=\"you-can-see-everything\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You Can See Everything<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/nathan-fielder\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nathan-fielder\" data-tag=\"nathan-fielder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Fielder<\/a> and Lance Oppenheim\u2019s A24 doc that made for an explosive secret screening in Telluride, follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes during the 34 days before she reported to prison and keeps rolling long after. It just played the New York Film Festival and carries something no nonfiction film has pulled off in 98 ceremonies: a legitimate shot at best picture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s a gate that nonfiction films have been trying to storm past for years. Jonas Poher Rasmussen\u2019s 2021 film \u201cFlee\u201d came closest, landing documentary, animated and international feature nods at the 94th ceremony (a first, though the film went home empty-handed).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhy might the Holmes yarn break through? It\u2019s a movie the rest of the Academy can find without an individual branch hanging a neon sign. Cinematographer David Bolen shoots with long lenses, parking on faces well past the point of comfort, which is what made the first \u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d trailer viral. Actors who have never opened a doc screener in their lives know Fielder from \u201cNathan for You\u201d and \u201cThe Rehearsal.\u201d Oppenheim has his own heat with \u201cPrimetime,\u201d the Robert Pattinson drama also sitting in the awards mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe best picture category is decided by the full membership of roughly 11,000 voters. However, the doc branch alone hands out the five documentary feature slots, and its habits have driven campaigners up the wall for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cSometimes it feels less like we\u2019re judging the work and more like we\u2019re judging only who we know,\u201d one documentary branch member tells Variety. \u201cThat\u2019s frustrating. You can make the most formally ambitious documentary of the decade, but if people have already decided they love another filmmaker, or they\u2019ve seen them at enough dinners and screenings, you don\u2019t stand a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHistory has shown, however, that popularity rarely does a doc any favors. The \u201cHoop Dreams\u201d omission in 1994 forced the Academy to overhaul the branch\u2019s voting mechanism. Morgan Neville\u2019s Mister Rogers portrait \u201cWon\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?\u201d grossed more than $22 million in 2018, won the PGA and Critics Choice doc prizes but didn\u2019t score an Oscar nom. Neville, who won for \u201c20 Feet From Stardom\u201d (2013), hasn\u2019t been nominated since, which keeps a theory on the circuit alive: Win once and the branch considers you taken care of. Laura Poitras (\u201cCitizenfour\u201d and \u201cAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed\u201d) is the rare exception. \u201cThere\u2019s a popularity contest element to it now that pisses me off,\u201d another voter says. \u201cI don\u2019t care how many people I know on a film or how charming somebody is at a Q&amp;A. Did they make a great documentary? That should be the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThere will be other buzzy titles expected in the doc race, including Ava DuVernay\u2019s criminal justice sequel \u201c14th\u201d and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor\u2019s \u201cNaza,\u201d the portrait of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that stunned at Venice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThen there\u2019s the question of who gets a ballot in the first place. Members from any branch can opt in for international feature, animated feature and, as of last season, animated short nominating rounds. Documentary is the lone holdout, and the argument for opening it up to the wider membership comes down to math. The 98th <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/oscars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_oscars\" data-tag=\"oscars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscars<\/a> had 201 eligible docs. Even at roughly 90 minutes a pop, that\u2019s more than 300 hours \u2014 or about seven and a half workweeks for people with their own movies to finish. Nobody is watching everything. More members watching could provide balance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d won\u2019t make the branch\u2019s life easier, because Fielder isn\u2019t hiding behind the camera. He\u2019s in the frame, and the film keeps circling whether Holmes is being authentic, performing for the camera or some blurry mix of both. For a branch that still prizes the fly on the wall, that\u2019s a tough sell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe smart money has this as the kind of movie that misses the 15-film shortlist in December. If it does, a snub that loud becomes a rallying cry, the way Ben Affleck\u2019s directing omission for \u201cArgo\u201d did, and the wider membership answers in the one place it can: the best picture ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis week\u2019s updated predictions are below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m lrv-u-text-align-center  \">\n\t(In alphabetical order. Ranked choices are on each individual category page)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBest Picture<br \/>\u201cArtificial\u201d (Neon)<br \/>\u201cThe Debut\u201d (A24)<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) <br \/>\u201cI Play Rocky\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)<br \/>\u201cThe Invite\u201d (A24)<br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) ***<br \/>\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)<br \/>\u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d (Searchlight Pictures)<br \/>\u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d (A24)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDirector<br \/>Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, \u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>Martin McDonagh, \u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d (Searchlight Pictures)<br \/>Christopher Nolan, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures)<br \/>Denis Villeneuve, \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) ***<br \/>Olivia Wilde, \u201cThe Invite\u201d (A24)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tActor<br \/>Matt Damon, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures)<br \/>John Malkovich, \u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d (Searchlight Pictures) ***<br \/>Pedro Pascal, \u201cBehemoth!\u201d (Searchlight Pictures)<br \/>Andrew Scott, \u201cElsinore\u201d (Focus Features)<br \/>John Turturro, \u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York\u201d (Sony Pictures Classics)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tActress<br \/>Marion Bailey, \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d (Bleecker Street)<br \/>Emily Blunt, \u201cDisclosure\u201d (Universal Pictures)<br \/>Julianne Moore, \u201cThe Debut\u201d (A24) ***<br \/>Inde Navarrette, \u201cObsession\u201d (Focus Features)<br \/>Olivia Wilde, \u201cThe Invite\u201d (A24)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSupporting Actor<br \/>Andrew Garfield, \u201cArtificial\u201d (Neon) ***<br \/>Guitarricadelafuente, \u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>Paul Giamatti, \u201cThe Debut\u201d (A24) <br \/>John Leguizamo, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures)<br \/>Sam Rockwell, \u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d (Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSupporting Actress<br \/>[Redacted], \u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d (A24)<br \/>Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, \u201cThe Invite\u201d (A24)<br \/>Anne Hathaway, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) ***<br \/>Samantha Morton, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures)<br \/>Kate O\u2019Flynn, \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d (Bleecker Street)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOriginal Screenplay<br \/>\u201cArtificial\u201d (Neon) \u2014 Simon Rich<br \/>\u201cThe Debut\u201d (A24) \u2014 Jesse Eisenberg<br \/>\u201cI Play Rocky\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios) \u2014 Peter Gamble<br \/>\u201cTender Loving Care\u201d (Bleecker Street) \u2014 Mike Leigh<br \/>\u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d (Searchlight Pictures) \u2014 Martin McDonagh ***<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdapted Screenplay<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) \u2014 Brian K. Vaughan, Denis Villeneuve<br \/>\u201cThe Invite\u201d (A24) \u2014 Rashida Jones and Will McCormack ***<br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix) \u2014 Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Alberto Conejero<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) \u2014 Christopher Nolan<br \/>\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios) \u2014 Drew Goddard<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCasting<br \/>\u201cBeing Heumann\u201d (Apple Original Films) \u2014 Adam Caldwell and Bernard Telsey<br \/>\u201cI Play Rocky\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios) \u2014 Rick Montgomery<br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix) \u2014 Eva Leira and Yolanda Serrano<br \/>\u201cMichael\u201d (Lionsgate) \u2014 Victoria Thomas<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) \u2014 John Papsidera ***<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnimated Feature<br \/>\u201cForgotten Island\u201d (DreamWorks Animation) \u2014 Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado and Mark Swift<br \/>\u201cRay Gunn\u201d (Netflix) \u2014 Brad Bird, John Lasseter, Lisa Beroud, David Ellison and Dana Goldberg<br \/>\u201cTangles\u201d (Independent Film Company) \u2014 Leah Nelson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lauren Miller Rogen, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg<br \/>\u201cToy Story 5\u201d (Pixar) \u2014 Andrew Stanton, Lindsey Collins and Jessica Choi<br \/>\u201cWildwood\u201d (Laika) \u2014 Travis Knight and Sam Wilson ***<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tProduction Design<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) ***<br \/>\u201cThe Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) <br \/>\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCinematography<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) <br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) ***<br \/>\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)<br \/>\u201cWerwulf\u201d (Focus Features) <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCostume Design<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) ***<br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cMichael\u201d (Lionsgate)<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures)<br \/>\u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d (Focus Features)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFilm Editing<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) <br \/>\u201cThe Invite\u201d (A24)<br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) ***<br \/>\u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d (A24)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMakeup and Hairstyling<br \/>\u201cDigger\u201d (Warner Bros.)<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) ***<br \/>\u201cMichael\u201d (Lionsgate)<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures)<br \/>\u201cWerwulf\u201d (Focus Features)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSound<br \/>\u201cBehemoth!\u201d (Searchlight Pictures)<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.)<br \/>\u201cMichael\u201d (Lionsgate)<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) ***<br \/>\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVisual Effects<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) ***<br \/>\u201cGodzilla Minus Zero\u201d (GKids)<br \/>\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)<br \/>\u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d (Sony Pictures)<br \/>\u201cWildwood\u201d (Laika)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOriginal Score<br \/>\u201cArtificial\u201d (Neon) \u2014 Damon Albarn<br \/>\u201cBehemoth!\u201d (Searchlight Pictures) \u2014 The Behemoth! Collective<br \/>\u201cDune: Part Three\u201d (Warner Bros.) \u2014 Hans Zimmer<br \/>\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d (Universal Pictures) \u2014 Ludwig G\u00f6ransson ***<br \/>\u201cWildwood\u201d (Laika) \u2014 Dario Marianelli<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOriginal Song<br \/>\u201cYour God is Sleeping\u201d from \u201cBehemoth!\u201d (Searchlight Pictures)<br \/>\u201cBy Any Means\u201d from \u201cBy Any Means\u201d (Paramount Pictures)<br \/>\u201cThis City May Have Chewed Me Up (But It Hasn\u2019t Spit Me Out)\u201d from \u201cThe Debut\u201d (A24) ***<br \/>\u201cLet Me Sell You a Dream\u201d from \u201cMusk\u201d (Bleecker Street)<br \/>\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d from \u201cToy Story 5\u201d (Pixar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDocumentary Feature<br \/>\u201c14th\u201d (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cMusk\u201d (Bleecker Street)<br \/>\u201cNaza\u201d (The Guardian and MK2) ***<br \/>\u201cOnce Upon a Time in Harlem\u201d (Neon)<br \/>\u201cRehearsals for a Revolution\u201d (Sony Pictures Classics)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tInternational Feature<br \/>\u201cFjord\u201d from Romania (Neon)<br \/>\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d from Spain (Netflix) ***<br \/>\u201cMinotaur\u201d from France (Mubi)<br \/>\u201cPossible Love\u201d from South Korea (Netflix)<br \/>\u201cWoman Unknown\u201d from Denmark (U.S. Distributor TBD)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will the Academy\u2019s documentary branch finally see it all? \u201cYou Can See Everything,\u201d Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[105018,458,146,85,46,276744,3220,276482],"class_list":["post-640419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-awards-circuit-column","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nathan-fielder","tag-oscars","tag-you-can-see-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}