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2022
Oscilloscope
1 h 26 m

2022
Oscilloscope
1 h 26 m

Anonymous Club

Summary Shot on vivid 16mm film over a three-year period, Anonymous Club chronicles notoriously shy, Melbourne-based musician Courtney Barnett’s ups and downs on the world tour for her album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Featuring Barnett’s unguarded narration from her audio diary, recorded on a dictaphone provided by filmmaker Danny Cohen, the f...

Documentary

2022
Oscilloscope
1 h 26 m

2022
Oscilloscope
1 h 26 m

Anonymous Club

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Summary Shot on vivid 16mm film over a three-year period, Anonymous Club chronicles notoriously shy, Melbourne-based musician Courtney Barnett’s ups and downs on the world tour for her album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Featuring Barnett’s unguarded narration from her audio diary, recorded on a dictaphone provided by filmmaker Danny Cohen, the f...

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

70% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Jul 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.

By Susannah Gruder FULL REVIEW

Mar 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.

Jul 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.

By Christian Gallichio FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jul 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.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Jul 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.

By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW

Jul 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.

By Natalia Keogan FULL REVIEW

Jul 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.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Film Camp

Release Date Jul 15, 2022

Duration 1 h 26 m

Genres

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Website https://www.anonymousclubfilm.com/

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Awards

Soundtrack Cologne

• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

• 1 Nomination

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