Named "One of the Top Five Documentaries of 2024" by The National Board of Review
Nominated for 3 Cinema Eye Honors including Best Nonfiction Feature and Best Directing
Named "One of the Best Movies at Sundance 2024" by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, and Rolling Stone
A group of New York City psychics conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness and connection, joy and eccentricity, pain and healing.
Lana Wilson
Kyle Martin
Emily Osborne
Nicole Stott
Shizuka Asakawa
Julie Parker Benello
Ruth Ann Harnisch
Regina K. Scully
“CRITIC'S PICK. Touching and revelatory.”
“The genius of Lana Wilson's portrait of New York City psychics is that she doesn't ask us to believe, but to feel. An exquisitely made documentary that puts compassion before cynicism.”
“What Wilson's complicated, compassionate film ends up proving beyond a shadow of a doubt is that people need to be told that they're forgiven, they're loved, and they can let go and move on from trauma. The speaking-from-beyond aspect almost seems superfluous. It's more about those who have a desire to heal by any means necessary.”
“Deeply moving.”
“Wilson makes movies with uncommon intimacy, paving cinematic paths of self-actualization. Look Into My Eyes signals an exciting step forward for Wilson, as she expands her gaze toward an entire community.”
“Mystical…marvelously nuanced and fascinating in its examination. Is this performance? Is it 'real'? And if it brings peace to the living, does it matter?”
“A celebration of human empathy and the power of shared connection.”
“By diving into each psychic's journey to the oft-mocked practice, as well as the clients' desperate pleas for any semblance of closure, Wilson explores the grief and humanity of those who are left behind.”
“Unfolds the grief, turmoil, and loneliness that come along with being a human. Wilson's truly masterful work with Look Into My Eyes cements her as a powerhouse documentary filmmaker.”
“A sensitive and surprising film about the relationship between shared performance and private pain. Lana Wilson is a singularly perceptive filmmaker.”
“Perceptive documentarian Lana Wilson has an intellectually inquisitive touch regardless of whom she's filming. With Look Into My Eyes, Wilson puts forth something that will make every New Yorker—or anyone who's ever sat with unprocessed grief and suffering—feel a little less alone, a little more seen.”
“Magnificent. Alternately sobering and vital. What's unquestionable about Look Into My Eyes is the ability of both the filmmaker, one of the best working today, and her subjects to make people feel less alone.”