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Brooklyn-born film obsessive Robbie Holmes waited until he'd seen You Can See Everything twice before sitting down to talk about it, and he still isn't sure he's done processing it. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's A24 documentary follows Elizabeth Holmes in the 34 days before she reports to prison, and this 1er™ is about what happens when a documentary works like a magic trick.

"I went into the theater with one sense of what the movie was, and I came out of the theater less sure."

Robbie starts spoiler-free, covering the stripped-down three-camera shoot, the natural light, and the small domestic moments that end up saying everything, before a countdown takes him into full spoiler territory. If you haven't seen it yet, he'd rather you hit pause and catch it in theaters first. He also looks at the chaos it's about to cause for awards voters, and at why first and second viewings land so differently. Amy weighs in too, with three stars: original, confusing, and mixed feelings.

"I have not seen so much conversation in a movie theater, or in the lobby afterwards, as I have with this movie."

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First viewing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ ❤️ https://boxd.it/gRvkRr
Second viewing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ❤️ https://boxd.it/h7S1l7

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Klara and the Sun is a fantastic, moving surprise: a deceptively simple story that opens up into something far more complex, and one of the most heartfelt films of the year. Taika Waititi, Kazuo Ishiguro's source material, and Jenna Ortega come together exactly the way you'd hope, and the result is charming, empathetic, and quietly powerful, with a thread of faith running through it that pulls you in rather than pushing you away.

"This movie feels like a perfect marriage of director, material, and leading actress."

"It's fueled by an unbelievable superpower known as Jenna Ortega. She's absolutely empathy incarnate."

Press play for the full 1er™ on why Klara and the Sun deserves your opening weekend, and why it might be the film that wins back anyone who's grown tired of Waititi.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½ ❤️
Letterboxd Review: https://boxd.it/gSxjWt

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Digger has been one of the most divisive films of the year, so Robbie waited until he'd seen it twice, once on a CineXL screen and once in IMAX, before weighing in. The first half is spoiler-free: why Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise make one of the most ambitious pairings ever put on screen, why Riz Ahmed anchors both the drama and the comedy, and why the "all noise, nothing to say" complaint misses the point.

Then Robbie counts down into spoiler territory, so if you haven't seen it yet, that's your cue to hit pause. The verdict is ambitious, audacious, chaotic and frustrating by design. It's Cruise's best work since Magnolia, and the window to see it in theaters is closing fast.

Plus: a first look at Award Ceremony Tracker, Robbie's new app for ranking your Letterboxd films by awards category. awardsceremonytracker.com

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Letterboxd Review: boxd.it/gH4c4d
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