Anonymous Club
Oscilloscope | Release Date: July 15, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
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3
Negative:
0
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IndieWireSusannah GruderJul 14, 2022
Anonymous Club is undoubtedly a film that Barnett fans will adore — but if you’re not familiar with her music, or perhaps not that into it, you may emerge a fan by the end. Or at least a fan of Cohen, who, through his sensitive lens, reminds us that the music of the best singer-songwriters is inspired by their own feelings — of joy, or sorrow, love or solitude — and can transcend the boundaries between the crowd and the person singing it. Read full review
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The Film StageJohn FinkApr 13, 2022
Anonymous Club’s power is in its meditative nature, reflecting on the intersection of celebrity and creativity. Read full review
80
NMEJared RichardsMar 22, 2022
As a meditation on depression, anxiety and touring, Anonymous Club isn’t just valuable viewing for Barnett’s die-hard fans, though they will no doubt cherish this film which captures the artist at her most open, outside of her music. For the first time, we’re invited into the club. Read full review
75
The PlaylistChristian GallichioJul 18, 2022
As a showcase of her creative process, as well as a dive into the repetition of touring, it’s a loving tribute to the artist and an invitation to listen to more of her music. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearJul 18, 2022
It’s a perfectly good rockumentary. It may be an even better group therapy session, led by one person’s unfiltered experience down in a hole yet resonating as deeply for anyone else still struggling to lift themselves up. Welcome to the club. Read full review
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The New York TimesGlenn KennyJul 14, 2022
Barnett muses on the contradiction of how, in one performance, she might be “vivid and alive” and in the next “distant,” even though she’s going through the same motions with each show. Read full review
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Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJul 27, 2022
The low-key music documentary “Anonymous Club” — ostensibly a portrait of Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett — kind of feels like a movie about someone who doesn’t really want to be in a movie. Read full review
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The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeDec 19, 2022
While the film is not particularly groundbreaking in its approach to the music documentary, it’s unusually candid and open in what it reveals about the cost of the creative process. Read full review
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Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganJul 14, 2022
Though Cohen has made a formidable name for himself in the visual aesthetics of rock ‘n’ roll, his feature debut is unfocused and emotionally flimsy, no doubt a product of Cohen’s first-film inhibitions. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreJul 14, 2022
Anonymous Club isn’t an invitation. Don’t know the lyrics? Kind of hard to make them out. Underwhelmed by this guitar snippet or that one? Well, she does like the label “slacker garage rock.” Leave this one to the fans. Read full review
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