‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’ Review: An Uncharacteristically Polite and Sentimental Portrait of a Raucous Band and Phenomenon

Shot during the Mancunian band’s 2025 reunion tour, Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace's documentary features impressive concert footage interrupted by clumsy attempts at earnestness. 

By Elena Lazic

Elena Lazic

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The 2016 documentary “Supersonic,” focused on Oasis’ beginnings and incredibly fast rise to superstardom, made no mention of what was then the most salient fact about the Gallagher brothers: that from 2009, they were no longer on speaking terms. Ten years after that Asif Kapadia-produced doc, the concert film “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger” — world premiering at the Venice Film Festival —begins by placing the split front and center. After a short montage, which includes actual footage of the infamous Rock en Seine gig where the brothers never even made it to the stage, the film takes us right into the rehearsal room where, in the summer of 2025, the newly reunited band is set to practice together for six weeks. The question of whether sparks will fly between the siblings within this confined space hangs heavily in the air, and nifty editing plays up the anxiety around the project.

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