OASIS IN VENICE FOR THE DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE. NEVER HAS A TITLE BEEN MORE FITTING.

Oasis arrives at the Venice Film Festival with Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger. The documentary is directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace. It chronicles one of the most anticipated musical comebacks in recent years: Liam and Noel Gallagher, back together after nearly sixteen years. The film, presented in the Venice Open – Out of Competition section, runs 122 minutes.

This is not a celebratory retrospective on the band’s career. It’s not just a concert film either. At its core is something that seemed impossible for so long: the reunion of the two Gallagher brothers.

The documentary follows twelve concerts across three continents. It takes viewers inside the Live ’25 Tour. Stadium spectacle alternates with the far more private dynamic between Liam and Noel. There’s never-before-seen rehearsal footage. Backstage moments. Onstage performances. And most importantly, their first joint interviews in over twenty-five years. Southern and Lovelace observe the brothers’ gradual reconnection. They also capture what unfolds around them: different generations singing the same songs, an audience that becomes part of this reconciliation.

There’s a more intimate dimension too. The first rehearsals happen when Liam and Noel’s relationship is still fragile. The directors choose not to interfere. They let the cameras observe that distance and the slow way it begins to shrink. The film also reveals the friendship that developed between their children. That bond helped bring the two families closer. This is where the documentary transcends simple music storytelling. It becomes a story of reconciliation.

To understand what this return means, you need to remember what Oasis was. Formed in Manchester in the early Nineties, they became a Britpop symbol. One of the most important British rock bands of their generation. Definitely Maybe and especially (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? quickly took them beyond British borders. Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Anger, Champagne Supernova became songs that outlasted time and trends.

But Oasis was always about Liam and Noel Gallagher above all. Liam: the voice, the frontman. Instinctive. Provocative. Unpredictable. Noel: guitarist and writer of most of the band’s greatest songs. More methodical in his musical approach but certainly no less forceful in personality. Two personalities hard to contain. Even harder when they belong to two brothers.

And that’s precisely where part of their appeal lies. For me, Oasis always represented rock without too many filters. Imperfect. Proud. Sometimes even arrogant. But authentic and instantly recognizable. They never tried to seem agreeable. They probably wouldn’t have become Oasis if they had.

That relationship finally exploded in 2009. After years of tension, Noel left the group shortly before a Paris concert. Years of separation followed. Different careers. Statements that were anything but conciliatory. Seeing them together again seemed more like fan wishful thinking than a real possibility.

Then came August 2024. The announcement: Oasis would return. In 2025, Liam and Noel took the same stage again. The Live ’25 Tour turned the reunion into a global event. Not just nostalgia. Different generations showed up. Including those who were too young in the Nineties to see them live. Or hadn’t even been born yet.

Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace tell this story. Two British directors who know the relationship between music and film well. Together they’ve made works like Shut Up and Play the Hits and Meet Me in the Bathroom. Here they choose not to stop at the concert’s power. They look for what happens behind it. In the silences. In rehearsals. In the relationship between two brothers. The film becomes concert, portrait of a complex fraternal bond, and testament to music’s power to unite people—all at once.

And finally, here they are in Venice. Arriving at the Lido by speedboat. The film presentation. The press and public walkway. Liam and Noel appeared at times almost out of their element. Not inclined toward red carpet rituals. Maybe even a bit awkward. But that’s Oasis too. They never had much interest in behaving the way people expect.

Their presence at the Festival brought more than two rock stars before the public. It brought two brothers who shared talent, success, conflict, and a long separation. And perhaps that’s exactly what makes this documentary compelling beyond the music.

The title, after all, seems written for them today: Don’t Look Back in Anger. After nearly sixteen years, Liam and Noel Gallagher have started looking in the same direction again.

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