Will Lovelace

In Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger (2026), fans explain the place the band's songs have held in their lives. Lovelace and his co-director Dylan Southern give those accounts time to explain the excitement of seeing Liam and Noel Gallagher on stage together. We were moved by the testimony because it made that attachment understandable without assuming we shared it. A reunion means something different to the people buying tickets than to the people returning to work.

That interest in musical occasions has a clear history in Lovelace's work with Southern. They began with music videos, then made their first major feature, the Blur reunion documentary No Distance Left to Run (2010). Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012) documented LCD Soundsystem's final show, while Meet Me in the Bathroom (2022) turned to an archive-driven account of the early-2000s New York indie scene. Reunions, farewells and the experience of being at a concert recur across their work.

The pair favour archive footage, contemporary audio interviews and fan perspectives over heavy narration. Their live filming can involve hidden or remote cameras for sensitive interactions, keeping equipment from intruding on the musicians. These are practical choices that suit their interest in how an occasion feels to the people taking part. In the Oasis film, the songs and the brothers' humour carry an enjoyable account of the band's 2025 reunion tour.

The limitation is how little the directors ask of the brothers beyond their presence. Their reconciliation is accepted rather than examined, and the fans' testimony becomes repetitive because Lovelace and Southern are too reluctant to stop. We would welcome fewer contributions and more curiosity about how the band reached this point. Neither problem spoils the pleasure of seeing the brothers perform together, but both keep the film from telling us much beyond what the occasion meant. Start with the Oasis film if the music is yours; do not expect it to explain the reunion.